Posts made in May, 2007

2008 Mississippi Review Prize

Awarding $1,000 each in fiction and poetry and publication in the print issue of Mississippi Review CONTEST BEGINS APRIL 2007 Our annual contest awards prizes of $1,000 in fiction and in poetry. Winners and finalists will comprise next Winter’s print issue of the national literary magazine Mississippi Review. Contest is open to all writers in English except current or former students or employees of The University of Southern Mississippi....

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The Antigonish Review Contests

The Antigonish Review Announces Two Writing Contests! 7th Annual GREAT BLUE HERON POETRY CONTEST & 3rd Annual SHELDON CURRIE FICTION PRIZE $2,400 in Prizes! Here are the details: Deadlines: Fiction entries must be postmarked by May 31, 2007 Poetry must be postmarked by June 30, 2007 Guidelines: No previously published works, works accepted for publication or simultaneous submissions are eligible. No electronic submissions, please. Fiction...

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Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize

www.graywolfpress.org Graywolf Press is pleased to announce the fourth annual Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. A $12,000 advance and publication by Graywolf in 2009 will be awarded to the best previously unpublished, full-length work of literary nonfiction by a writer not yet established in the genre. Robert Polito will serve as the judge. This prize seeks to acknowledge and honor the he great traditions of literary nonfiction, extending from...

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Post Road Contests

Post Road, Heidi Julavits, and Wes McNair seek quality fiction and poetry for writing contest. $1000 prize for each winner. Submission fee: $15 for each story up to 5000 words, or for each set of three poems. Contest is for previously unpublished work only. Entry fee includes a copy of the issue of Post Road in which the winning work appears. Deadline: July 15. For entry instructions, go to www.postroadmag.com

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