Posts made in February, 2009

Tusculum Review Fiction Contest

www.tusculum.edu/tusculumreview/contest.html Deadline: March 15, 2009 (postmark) Works Accepted: Previously published stories (including web publications) are not allowed. Send all work to: The Tusculum Review Tusculum College Department of English P.O. Box 5123 Greeneville, TN 37743. Submission inquiries: wthomas@tusculum.edu How to Label Your Submissions Please send us a cover letter with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address....

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The Willow Springs Fiction Prize

Willow Springs invites submissions for The Willow Springs Fiction Prize, $1,000 plus publication in Willow Springs. Submission deadline: April 1, 2009 willowsprings.ewu.edu/contests.html Contest Submission Guidelines Include a $15.00 entry fee. Submissions without an entry fee will not be judged. Send only one story per submission. Use a check or money order only; cash will not be accepted. Please make the checks and money orders payable to...

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The 3rd Annual Hotmetalpress Chapbook Contest

www.hotmetalpress.net/PoetryPrize.html Our prize is $350 and 20 free copies. We also want to send every entrant a copy of the winning collection. Page Limit: 32 pages Fee: $20.00 Deadline: end of May 2009 If you are looking for clues as to what we look for a winner, we wish you luck because our selections are unpredictable and eclectic. We like to take risks if the poems interest us. We do not know what poems will interest us either until we...

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2009 R.A.I.L. Awards

Website: www.railawards.org Entry Deadline: May 31, 2009 Entry Fee: $10 for one submission, $20 for unlimited submissions Description: The R.A.I.L. Awards are an annual literary competition dedicated to Recognizing Advancement & Innovation in Literature. Each year we honor the best new voices in Fiction, Playwriting, and Poetry with cash prizes totaling $750. The R.A.I.L. Awards are open to all English-language fiction writers, playwrights,...

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The Writer 2009 Short-Story Contest

Prizes $1,000, first place; $300, second place; $200, third place. The first-place entry, along with the finalist judge’s comments, will be published in The Writer magazine. All three winning entries will be posted on The Writer Web site, www.WriterMag.com. Finalist judge Shelby Hearon Entry fee $10 per entry, payable to The Writer. Entry fees are nonrefundable. Payments must be in U.S. funds drawn from a U.S. bank. Deadline Postmarked by...

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