New Millennium Writings Awards & Contests $4,000 in Prizes, plus publication in NMW and on the Web at www.newmillenniumwritings.com $1,000 for best Story; $1,000 for best Poem; $1,000 best Nonfiction (Nonfiction includes humor, memoir, creative nonfiction, travel, opinion, essay, interview, features, investigative reporting, etc.) Plus, $1,000 for best Short Short Fiction (1,000-word limit) Winners of NMW Awards are showcased along with...

I-70 Review announces the second George F. Wedge Poetry Award contest. The prize this year is $500.00. Reading fee for submissions is $10.00. Send no more than three poems. You must include SASE if you desire a response. Submissions by e-mail will not be accepted for the contest. Please do not place your name on the poems. All submissions will be judged anonymously. Place name and address on cover letter only. You may include your e-mail...

Ahsahta Press announces the sixth annual Sawtooth Poetry Prize competition, which this year will be judged by poet Peter Gizzi. The award consists of $1,500, publication, and 25 copies of the finished book. Previous winners include Noah Eli Gordon, Karla Kelsey, and Paige Ackerson-Kiely. The submission period is January 1 through March 1, 2007 (postmark). Full details of the competition are at our website Questions? Write to...

Wick Poetry Center Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Toi Derricotte, 2007 Judge First Book Competition $2,000 for a First Book of Poems 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 2005, the winner was Intaglio by...

New Meridian Contest for Prose Poems! Short-shorts, prose poems–whatever you want to call them, we’re opening a new contest just for them. The winning entry will be printed on a 4″ x 6″ postcard which will be given out at the AWP 2007 Conference to promote Meridian. The postcard will also be included with the May 2007 issue of Meridian. And the winner will receive a $100 prize and 100 stamped postcards so you can send...

2007 Tupelo Press Snowbound Series Chapbook Award $1000 cash prize and 50 copies Judge: A judge of national distinction will be named soon Manuscripts are judged anonymously Tupelo Press will consider all finalists for publication Guidelines This competition is open to any poet writing in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgment are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Employees of...