www.roommagazine.com/news.html#contest2009 It’s that time of year again—sharpen your pencils or fire up your laptop and send us your fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction contest entries. Deadline: Entries must be postmarked no later than June 15, 2009. Entry Fee: $27 per entry (includes a complimentary one-year subscription to Room). Payment by cheque or money order made out to Room. Non-Canadian entries: $39 Canadian dollars Prizes:...

event.douglas.bc.ca/community/event-magazine/contestdetails.html $1,500 Three winners will each receive $500 plus payment for publication in Event 38/3. Other manuscripts may be published. Final Judge: John Burns John Burns is executive editor of Vancouver magazine. Previously, he was managing editor and books editor of the Georgia Straight. He has worked as an editor, reporter, and freelance reviewer and broadcaster, and is currently working...

allnationspress.homestead.com/submissions.html First Prize: $1000 plus publication $15 dollar entry fee, payable ONLINE at allnationspress.homestead.com/submissions.html or by mail DEADLINE May 31ST 2009 40 pages of text max any format is fine email entry to editors@allnationspress.com or mail them to Chapbook Contest ANP PO BOX 689 White Marsh, VA 23183

Awards & Grants for Artists, Writers & Poets! Artistic Modern Interpretations, Stories & Poetry Celebrating Angels & the Angelic World onangelsmagazine.com Entries Close May 31, 2009 On Angels Magazine Art & Literary Contest 2009 is open to several mediums of art and literature. There are six categories of art; Painting (oils, acrylics, watercolors), Computer Graphic Art, Sculpting, Drawing (pencil, charcoal, pen & ink),...

“LifeBytes…Real Stories of Online Dating” (US) seeks non-fiction stories for an anthology of true stories about the online search for Prince (or Princess) Charming. Invites submissions of “evocative stories that can be funny, poignant, provocative, scary, weird, edgy, sexy or happy” with a unique voice and point of view. Payment: US$50-100. Deadline: June 15 2009. See full submission guidelines at...

tewrites.blogspot.com/2009/03/christening-new-baby.html The competition will be running from 15 March 2009 until 30 June 2009. It’s all about stuff we’ve read and been blown away by. Share the good news you read with us and our readers. Did you come across a little-known but life changing fact in some book somewhere? How about a quote you live by? Do you feel you must share it with the world or you would just die? It might be a recipe that...