Posts made in January, 2009

2009 Old Seventy Creek Press Poetry Series

oldseventycreekpress.books.officelive.com/Contests.aspx Old Seventy Creek Press would like to announce our first annual Poetry Prize. Submissions should be between 48-80 pages, with a font size of 12 in Verdana or Ariel. Each page of the manuscript should be formatted 6 X 9 inches. There is a $20.00 reading fee for each manuscript. Checks should be made out to Old Seventy Creek Press and sent to: Old Seventy Creek Press P. O. Box 204 Albany, KY...

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Outrider Press’ Literary Anthology/Contest Guidelines

Sponsored by Outrider Press in affiliation with TallGrass Writers Guild Working title: Fearsome Fascinations. We interpret broadly; can mean fascination with the paranormal as well as snakes and spiders, and dangerous/extreme sports, addictions and the allure of Forbidden Fruit: Bad Boys, Vamps, flirty married bosses, vices, etc. Especially interested in poetry. Previously published material and simultaneous submissions OK. $1000 in cash prizes...

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Carteret Writing Contest

www.carteretwriters.org Carteret Writers 18th annual writing contest is open to submissions from January 1 through March 10, 2009. Categories include flash fiction, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s. Cash prizes are awarded in each category: $100 for first place, $50 second, $25 third. You do not have to be a member of Carteret Writers to enter. For members, the fee is $5.00 per entry, two poems for $5.00. For non-members, the...

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Rattle Call for Submissions (Africian American Only)

Tribute to African American Poets RATTLE seeks submissions of poetry and essays by African American poets for a special issue, releasing in June 2009. Poems may be written in any style or on any subject–as always, we want to represent the entire scope of what African American poets are writing today. Send no more than 5 poems per submission. Essays may be up to 5,000 words, serving either as an introduction to contemporary African...

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Awards and Contests from New Millennium Writings

In keeping with tradition we’ve extended our deadline in the New Millennium Writings Fall-Winter Contest, once only, to Jan. 31, 2009 $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...

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