Posts made in January, 2009

Six Word Memoir Contest

Can you sum up your love life in six words? Send us your submissions, and we’ll pass them on to six-word experts Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser, who are creating Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak by Writers Famous & Obscure, who’ll select their three favorites, and award free copies of the book to those three. But wait! There’s more! They’ve also agreed to include their favorite in the next published...

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The Camber Press Fiction Chapbook Award

Camber Press is pleased to announce our Fiction Chapbook Award. Our ethos is to publish contemporary fiction exhibiting lucid delivery while not sacrificing emotional depth, mastery of craft, or originality. First Prize: $1,000 and publication of chapbook Judge: Ron Carlson Deadline: April 30, 2009 Submission guidelines: The winning fiction writer will receive $1,000 and have his or her manuscript published by Camber Press, Inc. The winner will...

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The Cathy Washington Prize

sacramentopoetrycenter.org/bookcontest.htm —Submit a manuscript of 48-70 numbered pages of original poetry in any style in English. The manuscript must not have been published previously in book form, although individual poems appearing in print or on the web are permitted. Simultaneous submissions OK, but please let us know ASAP if your manuscript has been placed with another publisher. —Entries will be judged blind. Submitted manuscript must...

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U. Buffalo High School Writing Contest

The University at Buffalo invites current high school students to showcase their writing talents in a FREE poetry contest. All are invited to attend, particularly aspiring poetry students and their teachers. Winning poets will be invited to UB’s Center For The Arts for a celebration of their abilities at the Poetry Awards Ceremony and Poetry Workshop that will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2008, when winning poems will be read and prizes...

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Awards and Contests from New Millennium Writings

Final deadline in our Winter Contest is midnight Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 (postmark OK) or enter online (see below). $4,000 in Prizes, plus publication in NMW and on the Web at www.NewMillenniumWritings.com $1,000 for best Fiction; $1,000 for best Poem; $1,000 best Nonfiction; $1,000 best Short-short Story (Nonfiction includes humor, memoir, creative nonfiction, travel, opinion, essay, interview, features, investigative reporting, etc.) Winners...

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