Posts made in April, 2010

Nimrod Literary Awards

The 32nd Nimrod Literary Awards Competition: The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry First Prize: $2,000 and publication Second Prize: $1,000 and publication Contest Rules: Contest Submissions are Accepted Beginning: January 1, 2010 Postmark Deadline: April 30, 2010 Poetry: 3-10 pages of poetry (one long poem or several short poems) Fiction: 7,500 words maximum No previously published works or works...

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

Annual Awards for Unpublished Fiction in Any Style, Any Theme Guidelines: First Place Award: $1,100.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 Stories must be unpublished.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 and editors’ choices will be...

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Creative Non-Fiction Prize

The Malahat Review, Canada’s premier literary magazine, invites entries from Canadian, American, and overseas authors for its Creative Non-Fiction Prize. One award of $1,000 CAD is given. 2010 Deadline: The deadline for the 2010 Creative Non-Fiction Prize is August 1, 2010 (postmark date). Guidelines: • The entry must be between 2,000 and 3,000 words. Please indicate word count on the first page. Please double space your work. • No restrictions...

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The Idaho Prize for Poetry

Lost Horse Press is now accepting submissions for The Idaho Prize for Poetry 2010, a national competition offering $1,000 plus publication by Lost Horse Press for a book-length poetry manuscript. All US poets are eligible. Postmark deadline for manuscript submission is 15 May 2010. The winner and finalists will be announced on 15 August 2010. The final judge for this seventh annual poetry book contest sponsored by Lost Horse Press will be...

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BLR Literary Prize Guidelines

$1000 Marica and Jan Vilcek Prize for Poetry ~ Judged by Marie Ponsot $1000 Goldenberg Prize for Fiction ~ Judged by Andre Dubus III $1000 Carter V. Cooper Memorial Prize for Nonfiction ~ Judged by Jerome Groopman Judge Bios BLR Prize Guidelines: 1. BLR Prize awards outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 (in each genre) and publication in the Spring 2011 issue of the BLR....

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