Posts made in April, 2007

Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Contests

The Atlantic Monthly invites submissions of poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays for its 2007 Student Writing Contest. Categories Poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays. Prizes First $1,000 | Second: $500 | Third: $250 and one-year subscriptions to The Atlantic Monthly for seven runners-up in each category. ENTRANTS must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited...

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THE JOURNAL’S FOURTH ANNUAL SHORT STORY CONTEST

english.osu.edu/research/journals/thejournal/shortstorycontest.cfm Contest Guidelines for 2007: The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, would like to announce the fourth annual Journal Short Story Contest. This year’s judge is Lee K. Abbott, author of the short story collections Dreams of Distant Lives, Strangers in Paradise, Love is the Crooked Thing, The Heart Never Fits Its Wanting, and Living After Midnight....

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Katherine Anne Porter Guidelines for Short Fiction

web3.unt.edu/untpress/potential_authors.cfm#subkap The University of North Texas Press announces the 2008 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. The winner of this annual award will receive $1000 and publication by UNT Press. Entries will be judged by an eminent writer. The contest is partially sponsored by the University of North Texas English Department. Barbara Rodman serves as series editor. Entries can be a combination of...

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Live Lit in Oxford, Oh

Live Lit in Oxford! Submissions currently being accepted. The Live Lit in Oxford reading series welcomes all engaging, original fiction submissions from up-and-coming Ohio and Midwest writers in MA/MFA creative writing programs for consideration to read at Miami University. The next scheduled reading will be in the beginning of September, with more readings to follow throughout the semester. If interested, please send me a copy of your work (15...

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KULUPI PRESS 2007 SENSE OF PLACE CHAPBOOK COMPETITION

KULUPI PRESS 2007 SENSE OF PLACE CHAPBOOK COMPETITION $1000 Prize plus 50 copies www.kulupi.com/events Arthur Dawson and Rebecca Lawton will serve as judges for this competition. GUIDELINES: 1.Submit a manuscript of 16-24 pages of poetry with a strong sense of place, focusing on the natural world, culture, history, or personal experiences of a region. The theme will be broadly interpreted. 2.This will be a blind judging: Do not include your...

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