The 2006 Mid-American Review Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award, Creative Nonfiction Award, James Wright Poetry Award 1st Prize, each genre: $1000 + Publication Four Finalists: Notation + Possible Publication 2006 Final Judges: Fiction: Aimee Bender Author of Willful Creatures, An Invisible Sign of My Own, and The Girl in the Flammable Skirt Nonfiction: Phillip Lopate Author of Getting Personal, Portrait of My Body, and Totally, Tenderly, Sweetly...

The Crazyhorse Fiction Prize and the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize: $2000 each and publication in Crazyhorse. Each year Crazyhorse offers the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize for a single short story and the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize for a single poem. The prize awards are currently $2000 for each genre, and the winning poem and piece of prose are published in Crazyhorse. To enter: To enter, please mail a manuscript of up to twenty-five pages...

The MacGuffin’s 1st National Short Story Contest Judge TBA First Place Prize $500 *Two Honorable Mentions * Contest Rules 1. Each entrant will receive one FREE issue of The MacGuffin including the one with the Contest winner 2. Staff members and their families are not eligible. 3. An entry consists of one short story. Max, 3000 words. Double spaced. First page, start half way down. Title and page number on each page. Do not place name and...