The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to everyone whether experienced or not. 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 your best short story or poem for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. (www.dreamquestone.com) Guidelines: (1) Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any...

2nd ANNUAL LIAM RECTOR FIRST BOOK PRIZE FOR POETRY www.brierycreekpress.org Reading: February 1 – March 30, 2007 No mss postmarked after March 30, 2007 will be considered. Reading fee: $20.00 Final Judge: David Wojahn, author of Spirit Cabinet, Glassworks, and Icehouse Lights. Notification in June for Spring 2008 publication by Briery Creek Press. Winner receives 50 books, and $1000.00. All entries receive a copy of the winning book. Send...

www.codhill.com $500 cash prize and fifty copies Judge: Pauline Uchmanowicz Manuscripts are judged anonymously. Codhill Press will consider all finalists for publication. Guidelines The competition is open to any poet who writes in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgement are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Poets should submit twenty to thirty pages (no more than one poem per...

Five hundred dollars and publication in Ekphrasis for a single poem. FINALISTS WILL BE NOTED AND PUBLISHED. WE ARE LOOKING FOR WELL-CRAFTED POETRY, THE MAIN CONTENT OF WHICH ADDRESSES INDIVIDUAL WORKS FROM ANY ARTISTIC GENRE. PLEASE IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC WORK OF ART THAT IS THE FOCUS OF YOUR POEM. ACCEPTABLE EKPHRASTIC VERSE TRANSCENDS MERE DESCRIPTION. WINNERS WILL BE SELECTED BY THE EDITORS OF EKPHRASIS ACCORDING TO THESE GUIDELINES. ALL...

Main Street Rag’s Annual Chapbook Contest www.mainstreetrag.com (go to website for details regarding online submissions) 2007 Guidelines Deadline: May 31, 2007. Reading Fee: $15 Winner receives $500 and 50 copies of chapbook. ***Top two runners up will also be awarded $100.*** All entries receive a copy of the winning manuscript and are considered for publication. Runners-up will also be offered publication and every manuscript entered...

Cranky announces its first-ever chapbook contest. The details? http://www.crankymag.org/contest.html You: Poet with 20-45 pages of poetry waiting to be let out to play. Maybe a few of these poems have been published in literary journals, but the set has not been previously published anywhere, though your poems are deliciously crisp and black (like ants). You live in a cold-water flat and could use the $500 first prize. Unlike the runners-up at...