www.torhouse.org/prize.htm The annual Tor House Prize for Poetry is a living memorial to American poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962). The prize is $1,000 for an original, unpublished poem not to exceed three pages in length, $200 for Honorable Mention. The final judge for 2009 is Diane Thiel. This contest is open to well-crafted poetry in all styles, ranging from experimental work to traditional forms, including short narrative poems. Each poem...

Entry Deadline March 31 Eight Categories (Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short-Short Story, Short Story, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Novella, Young Writers) Eight Industry-Professional Judges Eight Personalized Etched-Glass Awards 17 Opportunities for publication in the second annual Press 53 Open Awards Anthology Complete details online at www.Press53.com.

100wordsorfewerwritingcontest.com “We welcome any fiction of 100 words or fewer that will make us shiver. It can be whimsy, allegory, mystery, romance, fable,humor, love, fantasy, even horror. “First Prize is $500, Second Prize is $200, Third Prize is $100.The three authors and their stories will be presented on the website, accompanied by explanations by the Final Judge regarding the choices. Twenty authors will receive Honorable...

Knockout recently established a new poetry contest, the 2009 International Reginald Shepherd Memorial Poetry Prize, to honor the life and work of highly acclaimed poet Reginald Shepherd, who left us on September 10, 2008. For more information on Reginald Shepherd’s work, visit his blog at reginaldshepherd.blogspot.com. One of Shepherd’s previously unpublished poems will appear in Knockout #2. Here is the essential contest...

www.hotmetalpress.net/PoetryPrize.html Our prize is $350 and 20 free copies. We also want to send every entrant a copy of the winning collection. Page Limit: 32 pages Fee: $20.00 Deadline: end of May 2009 If you are looking for clues as to what we look for a winner, we wish you luck because our selections are unpredictable and eclectic. We like to take risks if the poems interest us. We do not know what poems will interest us either until we...

Website: www.railawards.org Entry Deadline: May 31, 2009 Entry Fee: $10 for one submission, $20 for unlimited submissions Description: The R.A.I.L. Awards are an annual literary competition dedicated to Recognizing Advancement & Innovation in Literature. Each year we honor the best new voices in Fiction, Playwriting, and Poetry with cash prizes totaling $750. The R.A.I.L. Awards are open to all English-language fiction writers, playwrights,...