www.chestercollege.edu/compassrose/Spring2008/parnell_prize.htm The Department of Writing and Literature at Chester College of New England is pleased to offer the sixth Pat Parnell Poetry Prize. Named after the founder of COMPASS ROSE, Professor Patricia Parnell, the contest is designed to bring work of the finest quality to the pages of our magazine. Each year, the winner of the contest receives $400 and publication in COMPASS ROSE. All other...

This is a 10 round contest. There is one winning author per round. Each round lasts a total of ten days. There are no designated subjects, topics or genres. There will be a panel of designated judges, initially selected by StoryMash. All registered StoryMash users are encouraged to rate and comment on competing chapters. All registered StoryMash users are eligible to win, except for designated judges and StoryMash staff. Contest #5 rules are...

Mirage Books, a Pune-based publishing house, that has recently released the novel titled ‘Square Circles’ has announced another project – a book of experimental short stories. The stories will be selected from open entries submitted by both, amateur and established writers. There is no entry fee nor any formality. A publishing house set up to combat the monopoly that exists in today’s publishing world where only known...

www.umbrellajournal.com Umbrella, the supremely rereadable electronic journal, is now reading for our winter issue, online December 1st. www.umbrellajournal.com/submit.htm In addition to reading works of a general nature, our theme for the Winter edition will be popular culture. Movies, TV shows, music, fashions, trends, pop icons and iconography: intrigue us with poems that recognize the depths beneath the shallows. Deadline: November 10,...

These prizes have been established by Marvin Rosenberg in memory of his late wife, Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg. The intent is to encourage the work of new, young poets. Several prizes varying from $1,000 up to as much as $25,000 will be awarded for the finest lyric poems celebrating the spirit of life. The competition is open to any writer under the age of 40 on November 6, 2008. All poets, published or unpublished, are welcome to enter, but only...