Posts made in April, 2009

The MacGuffin’s 14th National Poet Hunt Contest

www.schoolcraft.edu/pdfs/macguffin/Poet_Hunt_Contest.pdf Judged by Thomas Lynch First Place Prize $500 *Two Honorable Mentions* Contest Rules 1. Each entrant will receive one FREE issue of The MacGuffin that includes the 14th National Poet Hunt winners. 2. Staff members and their families are not eligible to participate. 3. An entry consists of five poems. 4. Poems must be typed on sheets of 8½ x 11” paper. Clean photocopies are acceptable. DO...

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The 31st Nimrod Awards

The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction & The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry Founded by Ruth G. Hardman First Place: $2,000, publication, and a trip to Tulsa for the Awards Celebration www.utulsa.edu/nimrod/awards.html FIRST PLACE: $2,000 and PUBLICATION SECOND PLACE: $1,000 and PUBLICATION Contest Rules Contest Begins: JANUARY 1, 2009 Postmark Deadline: APRIL 30, 2009 Poetry: 3-10 pages of poetry (one long poem or several short poems)....

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E.M. Koeppel $1,100 Short Fiction Award

www.writecorner.com/award_guidelines.asp Annual Awards for Unpublished Fiction in Any Style, Any Theme Guidelines: First Place Award: $1,100. Editors’ Choices: $100 each. Maximum Length: 3,000 WORDS. Stories must be unpublished. Annual Submission Period: Between Oct. 1 and April 30. (Postmark Deadline, April 30) Award winning fiction writers are the judges. No limit on number of stories entered by any one writer. The winning short story...

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2009 Cave Canem Poetry Prize

www.cavecanempoets.org/pages/pdfs/Competition_Guidelines.pdf Guidelines Award: Winner receives $1,000, publication by Graywolf Press, 15 copies of the book and a feature reading. Two finalists receive introductory readings. Final Judge: Yusef Komunyakaa. Judge reserves the right not to select a winner. Eligibility: African American writers who have not had a full‐length book of poetry published by a professional press. Authors of chapbooks and...

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ALABAMA WRITERS’ CONCLAVE 2009 WRITING COMPETITION

www.alabamawritersconclave.org/contests.html Deadline: April 30, 2009 (postmark). Prizes: 1st: $100; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $50; 4th: $25 and up to 4 Honorable Mentions. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED on the last day of the AWC Conference at the Hilton Birmingham Perimeter Park Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama on JULY 19, 2009. Contest Rules: Entries must be original, unpublished, and may not have won a money prize in any contest. (Sitting AWC voting Board...

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