EWU Press now sponsors the Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry (formerly the Spokane Prize for Poetry). Publication plus a $1500 cash prize. To be considered for the prize, send a book-length manuscript (no less than 48 pages) of poems, an SASE for notification, and a $25 dollar reading fee made out to “EWU Press”. Deadline for submissions is May 15, 2007. Eastern Washington University Press 705 West First Ave. Spokane, WA 99201 All United...

www.wagingpeace.org ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to people worldwide. Poems must be original, unpublished, and in English. AWARDS: Adults – $1,000 Youth (13 to 18) – $200 Youth (12 and under) – $200 We award Honorable Mentions in each category. PROCEDURES : 1. Send 2 copies of up to 3 typed unpublished poems. Maximum of 30 lines per poem. 2. Include name, address, email, telephone number, and age (if youth) in upper right...

Urban Echoes Entertainment, LLC, is pleased to announce the first annual FreeVoice Award For Poetry! The competition will recognize quality poetic works by both aspiring and established authors from all walks of life. www.urbanechoes.net Award Amounts 1st Prize: $500 Plus Certificate & Publication 2nd Prize: $300 Plus Certificate & Publication 3rd Prize: $100 Plus Certificate & Publication Honorable Mention: Certificate &...

First Book Competition $2,000 for a First Book of Poems dept.kent.edu/wick/publications.html This prize is offered annually to a poet who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems. The winning volume will be published by the Kent State University Press and the winner will give a reading with the judge of the competition on the Kent State campus. In 2006, the winner was Constituents of Matter by Anna Leahy chosen by Alberto...

2007 Chapbook Competition Guidelines: www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html#chapbook Elixir Press is sponsoring a chapbook contest open to all fiction writers and poets writing in English. There will be one competition for poetry, fiction, and multi-genre works. The prize is $1000 plus 25 copies of the chapbook to be published by Elixir Press. All finalists will be considered for publication. Chapbook publication DOES NOT make you ineligible for...

www.ghostroadpress.com/contest.htm Seeking entries of poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction Guidelines: There are two ways to enter this year’s contest. Send a labeled CD-ROM OR as an email attachment (preferred method) to contest@ghostroadpress.com with the following items: The work(s) in a Word document with the title of the piece on every page in the right-hand corner—no author info on the work itself—doudouble-spaced; a cover sheet...