Posts made in July, 2009

The Lakeview Review’s Fall 2009 Writing Competition

http://www.lakeviewreview.com * All manuscripts for the competition must be submitted online. * Manuscripts are due September 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...

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2009 Quick Lit Challenge

Abbey Hill Literary invites entries for its 3rd Quarter 2009 Quick Lit Challenge. Visit www.ahliterary.com for details, review the writing challenges posted there, and write a story incorporating those challenges. Prize List ($US): 1st-$250, 2nd-$100, 3rd-$50, and Evolving Talent-$25. Electronic entries preferred, current deadline August 31, 2009. Entry fee: $10 OR $20 for entry fee PLUS critique to be returned within 30 days of contest close....

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Black Warrior Review Contest

The Fifth-Ever Black Warrior Review Contest has begun! Send us that work you’ve been perfecting all summer… Guest Judges this year are Larissa Szporluk (poetry) and Brian Evenson (fiction). Send your entry to: Fiction Contest OR Poetry Contest Black Warrior Review Box 862936 Tuscaloosa, AL 35486 The Reading Fee is $15 per short story (up to 7500 words) and $15 per group of up to 3 poems. Winners in each genre will receive $1,000 and...

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Wilderness House Literary Review Call for Fiction

www.whlreview.com The submission period for this issue closes Aug. 30, 2009. whlrfiction@gmail.com Submission Guidelines All submissions must be in electronic form. Our preference is an MS Word file sent as an attachment. Short fiction may be submitted in three formats: 1. very short stories less than 500 words in length 2. short stories less than 1000 words in length 3. Short stories that do not fit the above should be less than 5000 words....

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Sweet Call for Submission

Sweet seeks only poetry and creative nonfiction and anything in between. (Sorry fiction writers!) www.sweetlit.com Past contributors include: Lee Martin, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Stephen Kuusisto, Anne Panning, and many more. We read submissions all-year. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately if your work has been taken by another literary journal. (We would like to be the first to congratulate...

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