in poetry, short fiction, essay, and dramatic writing, with separate awards for adults and youth. New this year: The Big Read Special Recognition Award for Creative Expression, for essays on the theme of courage. No fee to enter. Deadline: March 19. Visit website for entry instructions: dcarts.dc.gov

1st prize: $1,750 2nd prize: $1,000 3rd prize: $1,000 ENTER NOW— at www.sfwpawards.com This year’s judge, Pagan Kennedy, will select authors who represent excellence in writing. Ms. Kennedy will judge prose fiction and non-fiction of any genre. We will not be accepting poetry, plays or screenplays. The top prize winners will be forwarded to the Irene Goodman Literary Agency (www.irenegoodman.com) for review towards possible representation. The...

www.womenwhowrite.com/id67.html Entry guidelines: Total submission — no more than 10 double-spaced pages. $10 entry fee for each poem or story submitted. Each poem or story needs a cover page with title of work, author, address and home phone. To identify each page of your work, use only the title. Postmark deadline: May 31, 2009 Members of Women Who Write are ineligible. Submissions will not be returned. Send entries and entry fee to:...

www.futurecycle.org/bookcontest.aspx Guidelines for Submitting FutureCycle Press is pleased to announce its inaugural, annual poetry book competition open to any poet writing in the English language. Whether you have published a thousand books or zero books, you are welcome to enter the competition. You may submit more than one manuscript (with $20 entry fee for each book). Simultaneous submissions are also considered, provided that we are...

somnambulistquarterly.com Somnambulist Quarterly, a new online literary magazine based out of Chicago is looking for submissions in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Photo Essay. No real requirements except that you be good. Visit our website at www.somnambulistquarterly.com to get an idea. Please submit stories to mpersley28@gmail.com.