Bona Fide Books seeks literary essays for a collection about life and work in our national parks. Diverse park experiences desired. Although we enjoy tree-hugging epiphanies, we also want to read about day-to-day life, and the societal, environmental, and existential implications of living in the park. What happened there, and how did it influence your life? Writers will receive $100 for their essay and one copy of the collection. Deadline:...

Judge: Peggy Shinner “Nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and, often, more accessible.” –Lee Gutkind We agree. NDR seeks pieces that activate the compelling bits of “real” life. We welcome hybrid essays, ones that expose the insides of things to risk making language do new things. Personal essays are welcome, too. Use a slice of memoir, but use also a dose of...

Narrative Magazine Fall Story Contest is open to all fiction and nonfiction writers. We’re looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 15,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another...

The Sugar Creek Review is a publication of creative writing and art for students in grades 10 through 12. Students may submit work in one more of the following categories: poetry, fiction, personal narrative, multi-genre, and photographs or photographs of artwork. Only one entry per category per author will be considered. Teachers should submit work from no more than two students. Top submissions in each category will be published in The Sugar...

1st prize — $100 2nd prize — $50 3rd prize — $25 Looking for essays dealing with matters of culture, race, and/or a sense of place, either within the smaller microcosm of self-identity or within the larger environment of family, society, and world interactions. Essays in the traditional form, the definition being the conscious shaping of nonfiction prose around a central idea or subject. Winners and finalists are invited but not required to...

UPIu and uwemp.com are seeking submissions for articles from 400-800 words from Student Writers on a broad range of topics that effect them on campuses. The contest will run through 15-Nov, 2009, and there is no entrance fee. The winner will receive $500, a trip to Washington DC, and publication w/ byline on UPI.com. For more info and to submit, visit www.uwemp.com/contest