In keeping with tradition we’ve extended our deadline in the New Millennium Writings Fall-Winter Contest, once only, to Jan. 31, 2009 $4,000 in Prizes, plus publication in NMW and on the Web at www.NewMillenniumWritings.com $1,000 for best Fiction; $1,000 for best Poem; $1,000 best Nonfiction; $1,000 best Short-short Story (Nonfiction includes humor, memoir, creative nonfiction, travel, opinion, essay, interview, features, investigative...

First Prize: $300 Second Prize: $150 Third Prize: $50 All winners will be published on the RAF Website and/or Newsletter and Printed Materials Guidelines: • RAF is looking for original literary works that are based on the healing power of nature, including, but not limited to: gardens, nature, flowers, and aromatherapy. The contest is open to any genre and is open to any writer of any age, writing in English. • Entry fee: $15. Please make your...

The Maltz Museum STOP THE HATE! YOUTH SPEAK OUT! ESSAY CONTEST will award a tuition SCHOLARSHIP to an Ohio college/university of up to $25,000 per year (renewable for four years) to one 11th or 12th grade winner. Other prizes for students in grades 6-12 as originally announced will remain in place. Entry deadline for 500 word essays has been extended to Jan. 2, 2009 Contact info@mmjh.org or visit maltzjewishmuseum.org

Entries taken from January 2nd to February 2nd folded.wordpress.com/contest Folded Word Press is pleased to announce their first contest. “The Paper Plane Prize” is for the best piece of writing (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, comics etc all genres all forms of writing considered) received during our contest submission period. Since all submissions will also be considered for publication in Shape of a Box we are asking for...

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves to arrange words into beautiful art or to write a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand printed. And/or...

Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is now accepting submissions for our 2009 Contests in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction. Winning entries in each category will be awarded $500 and will be published in Issue 47, due out in the spring of 2009. All entrants will receive a copy of Columbia. http://www.columbiajournal.org/contests.htm Judges: Diane Williams, fiction Philip Lopate, nonfiction Henri Cole, poetry Deadline: Dec. 1, 2008 Entry...