Guidelines (pdf). www.writersleague.org/contests/book-awards.htm Deadline: April 30, 2009. Eligibility The 2009 contest is open to American authors of books published in 2008. Authors are not required to be members of the Writers’ League of Texas. Collected works must be written by a single author. Anthologies that include works of several authors are not eligible.

The Second Annual Press 53 Open Awards Accepting Entries Until March 31 8 Categories: Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short-Short Story, Short Story, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Novella, and Young Writers. 8 Industry-Professional Judges 8 Beautiful Etched-Glass Awards 17 Opportunities for Publication in the Second Annual Press 53 Open Awards Anthology Guidelines available at...

www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/mainpages/iowaaward.html Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Li-Young Lee, Ann Patchett, and John D’Agata, judges $1000 to each winner $500 to runners-up plus publication in our December 2009 issue 1. Submit up to 20 pages of prose (double-spaced) or 10 pages of poetry (single or double; one poem or several). Work must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are fine assuming you inform us of acceptance...

Sponsored by Outrider Press in affiliation with TallGrass Writers Guild Working title: Fearsome Fascinations. We interpret broadly; can mean fascination with the paranormal as well as snakes and spiders, and dangerous/extreme sports, addictions and the allure of Forbidden Fruit: Bad Boys, Vamps, flirty married bosses, vices, etc. Especially interested in poetry. Previously published material and simultaneous submissions OK. $1000 in cash prizes...

www.carteretwriters.org Carteret Writers 18th annual writing contest is open to submissions from January 1 through March 10, 2009. Categories include flash fiction, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s. Cash prizes are awarded in each category: $100 for first place, $50 second, $25 third. You do not have to be a member of Carteret Writers to enter. For members, the fee is $5.00 per entry, two poems for $5.00. For non-members, the...

Tribute to African American Poets RATTLE seeks submissions of poetry and essays by African American poets for a special issue, releasing in June 2009. Poems may be written in any style or on any subject–as always, we want to represent the entire scope of what African American poets are writing today. Send no more than 5 poems per submission. Essays may be up to 5,000 words, serving either as an introduction to contemporary African...