$1,000 & BOOK PUBLICATION Judge: Gerald Locklin www.pearlmag.com/contests.html GUIDELINES MANUSCRIPTS should include a title page with the author’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address; an acknowledgment page listing previously published poems; a table of contents, 48–64 pages of original poetry; and an SASE for reply or return of manuscript. Manuscripts should be unbound, typed, pages numbered, and name should appear on...

The Fourth-Ever Black Warrior Review Contest has begun! Guest Judges this year are Tomaz Salamun (poetry) and Lydia Millet (fiction). Send your entry to: Fiction Contest OR Poetry Contest Black Warrior Review Box 862936 Tuscaloosa, AL 35486 The Reading Fee is $15 per short story (up to 7500 words) and $15 per group of up to 3 poems. Contestants will also receive a complimentary one-year subscription. All entries must be postmarked by October 1,...

Pacific Cinémathèque and curator Heather Haley are seeking videopoem submissions from around the world for the annual Visible Verse screening and performance poetry celebration, Nov. 6, 2008 Visible Verse is North America’s sustaining venue for the presentation of new and artistically significant videopoetry. Official guidelines: * Visible Verse seeks videopoems, with a 15 minutes maximum duration. * Either official language of Canada is...

threecandlespress.com/OB2008.htm three candles press is pleased to announce the second Three Candles Press Open Book Award for the best book of poems by a poet in any stage of his or her career. The contest will be judged by Deborah Keenan, whose most recent book is Willow Room, Green Door (New and Selected Poems), winner of the Minnesota Book Award. Award: Winner receives $500.00 and 25 copies of the winning book. Deadline Oct. 15th (post-mark...

www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc/bakeless/ Overview and Current Guidelines Judges for the year 2009 Prizes Percival Everett, fiction; Sue Halpern, creative nonfiction; Linda Gregerson, poetry. Rules of Eligibility The Bakeless Prizes require that poetry manuscripts contain at least 50 pages of text; fiction, which includes novels and short-fiction collections, 150-450; creative nonfiction, 150-300. The competition welcomes manuscripts from all...

www.finishinglinepress.com/submissionguidelines.htm PRIZE IN POETRY OPEN CHAPBOOK COMPETITION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 15, 2008 A prize of $1,000 and publication will be awarded by Finishing Line Press for a chapbook-length poetry collection. Open to all. All entries will be considered for publication. The top-ten finalists will be offered publication. Submit up to 26 pages of poetry, PLUS bio, acknowledgments, SASE and cover letter with a $15...