Posts made in January, 2009

THE 2009 IOWA REVIEW AWARDS

Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Li-Young Lee, Ann Patchett, and John D’Agata, judges www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/mainpages/iowaaward.html $1000 to each winner $500 to runners-up plus publication in our December 2009 issue 1. Submit up to 20 pages of prose (double-spaced) or 10 pages of poetry (single or double; one poem or several). Work must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are fine assuming you inform us of acceptance...

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The 2009 Devil’s Kitchen Reading Awards in Poetry and Prose

www.siuc.edu/~grassroots/dkawards.html The Department of English at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and GRASSROOTS, SIUC’s undergraduate literary magazine, are pleased to announce the 2009 Devil’s Kitchen Reading Awards. One book of poetry and one book of prose (novel, short fiction, or literary nonfiction) will be selected from submissions of titles published in 2008, and the winning authors will receive an honorarium of...

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2009 Pinch Literary Awards

The Pinch and The University of Memphis present the 2009 Pinch Literary Awards deadline: March 15 prizes Fiction: $1500 and publication in The Pinch, judge, Brian Evenson Poetry: $1000 and publication in The Pinch, judge: Robin Becker Guidelines: Fiction Submit a story of no more than 5,000 words entry fee: $20.00 Poetry Submit up to three poems entry fee: $20.00 All entries include a one-year subscription to The Pinch, the biannual, nationally...

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Dead of Winter Nonfiction Contest

www.thewritehelper.com/id68.html It’s the dead of winter. Your hands are cold. Your feet are cold. Your earlobes are cold. Everything is cold. Outside, the landscape is a frozen whitish-blue. Dreary, if you think about it. But inside you beats a writer’s heart, warm with thoughts of stories, old and new. Fond reminisces, important ideas, strong opinions. Send them our way. We’re waiting for a good read over a steaming cup of hot chocolate!...

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The Lakeview Review’s Spring 2009 Short Story Competition

www.lakeviewreview.com * All manuscripts for the competition must be submitted online. * Manuscripts are due June 30, 2009 for the Spring 2009 Writing Competition. Make sure you register for an account to make the submission. * Manuscripts must be double spaced and include your name on each page. * Due to security only word, text and PDF documents will be accepted. * We limit manuscripts to 5,000 words maximum. * We buy First North American...

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