Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience Postmark Deadline: December 1, 2006 Established in 1987 by the Judah L. Magnes Museum and the children of Anna Davidson Rosenberg, a community volunteer who came to California at the turn of the 20th century, the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award annually awards cash prizes for poems on the Jewish experience. The first prize winner will be awarded a cash prize of $1,000; second prize...

The 2007 Third Coast Fiction and Poetry Award First Prize: $1,000 & Publication Final Judges For fiction: Chang-rae Lee For poetry: Carolyn Forché Send entries to: Third Coast 2007 Fiction or Poetry Contest Department of English Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331 Open to all writers unassociated with the judges or Third Coast. Postmark deadline: October 15th, 2006. Prize-winning issue: Fall 2007. Entry fee: $15 per...

Pudding House Chapbook Competition Deadline: September 30 annually 10-36pp ms. Prefer around 24-28pp. $15 entry fee payable to Pudding House. Send to Pudding House Chapbook Competition 81 Shadymere Lane Columbus Ohio 43213 (614) 986-1881 $2000.00 First Place divided between author ($1,000.00) & a shelter program for the homeless ($1,000.00) plus publication 20 free copies; deep discounts on optional additionals Identify author/address on...

Pavement Saw Press Chapbook Contest $500 and 50 copies of the winning chapbook will be awarded for the finest collection of poetry received. Everyone is allowed to submit regardless of previous publication history. Every entrant will receive the equivalent cost of the entry fee in Pavement Saw Press titles. The chapbooks are published in an edition of 400 copies. While chapbooks rarely receive exposure, ours have been reviewed in Poets and...

2007 Poetry Chapbook Contest–Deadline: December 1, 2006 The annual Slipstream poetry contest offers a $1,000 prize plus 50 professionally-printed copies of your book. www.slipstreampress.org Send up to 40 pages of poetry: any style, format, or theme (or no theme), plus a SASE with correct postage for the return of your manuscript, and a $15 check, bank draft, or money order for reading fee. Send to: Slipstream Poetry Contest Dept. W-1 PO...

THE 2007 WASHINGTON SQUARE REVIEW COMPETITION Washington Square Review invites you to enter the 2007 Washington Square Review competition. Winners (one in Fiction and one in Poetry) receive $500 and publication in a forthcoming issue of Washington Square. Selected runners-up will also receive publication. The 2007 judges will be Darin Strauss (author of Chang & Eng) and Nick Flynn (author of Blind Huber). Submit up to 3 poems (6 pages...