www.redhen.org/ru_poetry.asp Award: $1000 Deadline: September 30, 2008 postmark Type: Single Poem Award Line limit: 120 lines Fee: $20.00 per entry Established in 2003, the Red Hen Press Poetry Award is for an unpublished poem. Awarded poem is selected through an annual submission process which is open to all poets. Award is $1000 and publication of the awarded poem in the Los Angeles Review published by Red Hen Press. Submit up to three poems...

MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE MASTERS OF ARTS IN WRITING PROGRAM & INKWELL ANNOUNCE http://www.inkwelljournal.org/competitions.htm THE 11TH ANNUAL SHORT FICTION CONTEST $1500 GRAND PRIZE & PUBLICATION IN INKWELL COMPETITION JUDGE: Brian Morton GUIDELINES 1. Up to 3 previously unpublished stories, 5,000-word limit 2. Text must be typed, 12pt. font, double-spaced, one-sided 3. Cover sheet with name, address, phone, e-mail, titles and word counts...

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to everyone! This competition welcomes anyone who loves to arrange words into beautiful art or to write a short story that is worth telling. And to all who have the ability to dream. Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly...

www.english.neu.edu/publications/morse_poetry_prize/ The Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize was established in 1983 to honor the Northeastern University career of Samuel French Morse as poet, teacher, and scholar by publishing the work of emerging artists. The prize is awarded annually to the manuscript of a first or second book of poems by a U.S. poet and consists of a $1000 cash award and publication of the winning manuscript by Northeastern...

Contest Guidelines academics.sru.edu/SlabLitMag/contestinfo.html Judge: Kimberly Johnson NEA Creative Writing Fellow, and author of Leviathan with a Hook. Her newest collection is forthcoming from Perseus books. Rules: All winners/finalists will be published in SLAB. All poems considered for publication. All manuscripts are submitted to the readers and judge anonymously. Current and former students of the judge are ineligible to enter. Deadline...

Central Coast Poetry and Short Story Contest winners will each receive $500 http://centralcoastwriters.org/2009-spring-contest-rules.htm Their winning work will be published in the Spring 2009 Homestead Review produced by Hartnell College. Note: All contest entries will be considered for publication in Hartnell College’s Spring 2009 Homestead Review. Contest Rules Eligibility: Open to all work not previously published. Simultaneous submissions...