The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who enjoys expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful literary art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! Welcome to all having the ability to dream… We are now in the 10th year of our mission to inspire, motivate, and encourage anyone having the desire or love for poetry and writing, to continue doing so without fear of failure or...

Rat’s Ass Review is back in business and once again soliciting submissions. Submissions info is at:  http://ratsassreview.net/ Submissions are to be sent to:  ratsassreview@gmail.com The info which you showed before remains correct: Editor plans to publish poetry that he likes.   No theory, no themes, just his personal taste.   Also no pay.   Online only. Visit the website: ...

Indiana Review 2015 Poetry Prize FINAL JUDGE: EDUARDO C. CORRAL Winner receives $1000 and publication in Indiana Review plus a scholarship to attend Adrian Matejka’s workshop at this year’s Indiana University Writers’ Conference. All entries are considered for publication. We look forward to reading your work! Submissions Deadline: March 15, 2015 EDUARDO C. CORRAL Eduardo C. Corral is a CantoMundo fellow. He holds degrees from Arizona State...

The 37th Nimrod Literary Awards The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction & The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry Founded by Ruth G. Hardman FIRST PLACE: $2,000 and publication SECOND PLACE: $1,000 and publication Postmark Deadline: April 30, 2015 Contest Rules: Poetry: 3-10 pages of poetry (one long poem or several short poems). Fiction: 7,500 words maximum (one short story or a self-contained excerpt from a novel) No previously published...

The 2015 Wasafiri New Writing Prize is now open! Entries are now welcome for the 2015 Wasafiri New Writing Prize. We are looking for submissions in three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Life Writing. Prize for each category: £300 and publication in Wasafiri Magazine Deadline: 5pm GMT on Friday 24 July 2015. Judges Toby Litt Yasmin Alibhai Brown Roger Robinson The competition is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book in...

In the spirit of the journal’s founding mission, the Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One winner in each genre per year will receive $1,000 and publication in the literary journal.  We consider writers “emerging” if they have not published or self-published a book.  Submit three to five pages of poetry or up to 6,000 words of prose with a...