Our competition this year is for poems on the theme of “stories” (this can be broadly interpreted). There are no style or length restrictions but it should be stressed that a short poem is just as likely to be selected as a longer one. Competition Judge; Jim Bennett 1st prize is £100. All shortlisted poems will be published as a “Poem of the Week” on the PK Blog and the top five will be invited to be part of our CITN...

DEADLINE: June 30, 2013 Contest Rules Open to women 18 years or older. Women Who Write will retain one-time publication rights (print and electronic), after which all rights revert to the author. Entries to the contest must be previously unpublished. Prose pieces can be fiction or non-fiction and are limited to 3,000 words or less. $12 entry fee for each prose piece submitted or for up to two poems. Submissions will not be returned. Entry fees...

Contest Two: “Una Mujer” runs from May 2, 2013 to June 1, 2013, and winners will be announced July 1, 2013 to coincide with the launch of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume II. Awards: Grand Prize We will award one Grand Prize for poetry, and one for prose. Each of the two Grand Prize winners will receive: US$500.00 Publication in Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume III Lifetime Premium Membership at Scribophile, the online writing group for...

    *** $1,000 First Place Prize ***     Postmark Deadline: October 1, 2013      Our annual contest awards $1000 plus publication for the first place winners in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Finalists in each genre will be recognized as such, published, and paid in copies. Cost of entry: $15, checks or money orders payable to Alligator Juniper. Every entrant receives one copy of the 2014 issue, a $10...

Former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky will judge the 4th Annual Poetry Contest. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas is given annually for a group of poems. The winner will also be invited to give a reading at the 2014 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. Poets who have not yet published a poetry collection may submit two to four poems totaling no more than 400 lines with a $20 entry fee by August 15,...

The 2013 Autumn House Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Contests Naomi Shihab Nye, Poetry Judge Kathleen George, Fiction Judge Phillip Lopate, Nonfiction Judge Scroll down for separate contest guidelines for each genre. Guidelines for the 2013 Autumn House Poetry Contest Since 2003, the annual Autumn House Poetry Contest has awarded publication of a full-length manuscript and $2,500 to the winner. For the 2013 contest, the preliminary judge is...