Announcing The Briar Cliff Review Eleventh Annual Fiction, Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Contest $1000 First Place for each category Plus Publication in Spring 2007 Entries will be judged by the Editors of The Briar Cliff Review. $15.00 entry fee per story/creative nonfiction piece or three poems. Omit author’s name on manuscript. Deadline: November 1, 2006 Guidelines: Short story/creative nonfiction word limit up to 6,000. Short stories and...

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...

It is Rosebud’s great honor to announce The 4th Biennial X.J. Kennedy award for creative nonfiction. Mr. Kennedy is one of America’s most admired editors, poets and essayists. He was the judge of the first competition and remains a valued supporter of and advisor to the award. The current contest will be judged by Rosebud editor and VOICE OVER columnist Roderick Clark and by Robert Wake, Editor of Cambridge Book Review Press. As...