The Lumberyard Magazine, a biannual publication that merges the arts of poetry and design, is pleased to announce its inaugural Roark Prize in Poetry. The recipient of The Lumberyard Roark Prize will have a special spring 2010 issue entirely dedicated to her/his poems. The Roark Prize issue will be designed and letterpressed by Firecracker Press in the same unique style that readers have come to expect (writers who are not familiar with The...

Win a trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair GuideGecko.com holds an international writing contest for travel, food and lifestyle guides in conjunction with the world’s largest book fair in Frankfurt, Germany. The contest is open to all aspiring and established authors on all career levels. Authors from all over the world can submit their own travel, lifestyle or entertainment guides, and the winning titles will be showcased on the fair. The top prize...

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7th year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,350. Top prize $2,000. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: September 30. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning...

www.theeclecticjournal.com www.theeclecticjournal.com/submissions.php prize: $35 for first place reading fee: $5 deadline: october 1st 2009 * The theme for the short story contest is “animal.” * no more than one short story per email, please. * top three winners will be published online, with chance of publication in our end-of-year printed journal. * check out our contest guidelines on the submissions page to begin submitting your...