www.writermag.com Award $500 and a year’s subscription to The Writer Judges The Writer editors Deadline March 1, 2008 Description The Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship is a writing contest for full-time college students. The award is made in memory of Sylvia K. Burack, longtime editor-in-chief and publisher of The Writer. Burack was known for her dedication to helping writers and editors. Requirements You must be 18 or older and a full-time...

INFORMATION & GUIDELINES www.waterstonereview.com/contests.html $1,000 PRIZE & PUBLICATION Water~Stone Review announces the 2008 Brenda Ueland Prose Prize. Ueland’s If You Want to Write (Graywolf Press) is a best-selling classic that has inspired thousands to find their own creative centers. All submissions should be original, unpublished work. Submissions accepted November 1 – January 5, 2008. Fiction and creative...

$500.00 will be awarded to the best entry in each category. Judges: Amy Hempel, fiction Jo Ann Beard, nonfiction Major Jackson, poetry Winning entries will be published in Columbia; runners-up will also be considered for publication. All entrants will receive a copy of Columbia. Deadline: January 15, 2008 Entry fee: $12.00 Fiction and nonfiction entrants may submit up to 20 double-spaced pages. Poetry entrants may submit up to five poems. HOW...

Sponsored by Outrider Press in affiliation with TallGrass Writers Guild Deadline: 2-28-08 (may be extended to 3-31) Email tallgrassguild@sbcglobal.net or outriderpress@sbcglobal.net Planned publication date: late summer/early fall 2008. Working title: Wild Things: Domestic and Otherwise.. Broadly interpreted, this can be anything from unwanted bats in the attic to grandchildren running amok. Especially interested in poetry. All poetry, fiction...

An award of $2,500 will be given to the winning fiction or non-fiction entry in our sixth annual prose writing contest. Runner-up will receive $1,500 and the second runner-up $1,000. All finalists will be considered for publication with SFWP Press (see www.sfwp.com for more press details). Contest deadline December 31, 2007. Robert Olen Butler will judge. Visit us on the web for complete contest guidelines (www.sfwpawards.com). Email:...

We’re looking for the “best lead” … the first 150 words or less of any fiction or nonfiction work, published or unpublished. It’s open to all writers and entrants can submit as many entries as they want. There will be 15 winners with a top prize of $500 for 1st Place. The entry fee is $10 per submission. The deadline is January 15, 2008. Details are on the Writing for Money site at...