Posts made in May, 2008

The TNPR Book Prize Series

Submit 45-80 pages of poetry with a $25 reading fee (personal check only, please; no money orders), a cover letter with your bio and your manuscript’s acknowledgments, and your email address for results (no SASEs please; manuscripts will be recycled). IMPORTANT: Checks payable only to “CJ Sage” IMPORTANT: SPECIAL ENTRY ADDRESS FOR BOOK PRIZE ONLY: National Poetry Review/TNPR Book Prize PO Box 2080 Aptos, CA 95001-2080 Postmark...

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2008 First Annual Benu Press Creative Non-Fiction Award

Required Entry Form Benu Press will publish the winning manuscript. The initial press run will be 1,000 copies. Benu Press pays authors 7% of book profits. The postmark deadline is July 25, 2008. Contest Process 1.Once the reader’s fee has been verified, cover page will be removed and an entry number will be stamped on the first page of your manuscript. 2.All manuscripts are read and considered anonymously. Benu does not use students to review...

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2009 National Writing Contest in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry

www.warrenadler.com $10 Entry Fee $500 First Place Prize Postmark Deadline: October 1, 2008 Our annual contest awards $500 plus publication for the first place winner in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Additional winners selected for publication will be paid in copies (4). $10 entry fee, checks payable to Alligator Juniper. Every entrant receives one copy of the 2009 issue, a $10 value. The issue will come out in summer 2009. There is...

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The American Poet Prize for Poetry & The American Poetry Journal book prize

The American Poetry Journal announces The American Poet Prize for Poetry. The winner will receive $500 plus publication in The American Poetry Journal. All entries will be considered for publication. Submit up to three original and unpublished poems (10 pages maximum total), cover letter with bio and contact information including email address, & SASE for results with a $16.00 reading fee to (ad $3 for outside of the USA): J. P. Dancing...

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Central Coast Writers 2009 Spring Writing Contest

Poetry and Short Story winners will each receive $500 Their winning work will be published in the Spring 2009 Homestead Review produced by Hartnell College. Note: All contest entries will be considered for publication in Hartnell College’s Spring 2009 Homestead Review. Contest Rules Eligibility: Open to all work not previously published. Simultaneous submissions allowed, but you must notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. Entry Fee:...

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