Awarding $1,000 each in fiction and poetry and publication in the print issue of Mississippi Review CONTEST BEGINS APRIL 2007 Our annual contest awards prizes of $1,000 in fiction and in poetry. Winners and finalists will comprise next Winter’s print issue of the national literary magazine Mississippi Review. Contest is open to all writers in English except current or former students or employees of The University of Southern Mississippi....

The Antigonish Review Announces Two Writing Contests! 7th Annual GREAT BLUE HERON POETRY CONTEST & 3rd Annual SHELDON CURRIE FICTION PRIZE $2,400 in Prizes! Here are the details: Deadlines: Fiction entries must be postmarked by May 31, 2007 Poetry must be postmarked by June 30, 2007 Guidelines: No previously published works, works accepted for publication or simultaneous submissions are eligible. No electronic submissions, please. Fiction...

Post Road, Heidi Julavits, and Wes McNair seek quality fiction and poetry for writing contest. $1000 prize for each winner. Submission fee: $15 for each story up to 5000 words, or for each set of three poems. Contest is for previously unpublished work only. Entry fee includes a copy of the issue of Post Road in which the winning work appears. Deadline: July 15. For entry instructions, go to www.postroadmag.com

www3.uakron.edu/uapress/poetryprize.html Information The Akron Series in Poetry has been founded to bring to the public writers who speak in original and compelling voices. Each year, The University of Akron Press will offer the Akron Poetry Prize, a competition open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet will receive $1,000 and publication of his or her book. The final selection will be made by a nationally prominent poet. The final...

The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry is an annual book contest sponsored jointly by the M.F.A. Program at California State University, Fresno and Anhinga Press. The final judge for the 2006 competition was Corrine Clegg Hales. The Judge for the 2007 competition will be Charles Hanzlicek. Submission Period: August and September 2007 Postmark Deadline: 9/30/07 Prize: $1500 and publication by Anhinga Press Entry fee $25: Checks should be made out to...

www.fivefingersreview.org/contest.htm $500 prize in both categories. Theme: Camouflage Fiction: 5,000 word limit. Poetry: 3 poems, 10 page maximum. Deadline postmark June 1, 2007. $12 contest reading fee. Make check or money order payable to Five Fingers Review. Entries must have two cover sheets: one with your name and one without. Your name should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript. Entries should be typewritten or laser printed on...