Poetry Contests

Call for submissions for upcoming issues of Able Muse

ABLE MUSE – Submission Guidelines for Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Book Reviews & Art CALL We invite submission for forthcoming issues of Able Muse. WHAT Able Muse predominantly publishes metrical poetry complemented by art and photography, fiction and non-fiction including essays, book reviews and interviews with a focus on metrical and formal poetry. We are looking for well-crafted poems of any length or subject that employ skillful and...

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Room Magazine’s Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest

Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest Our annual writing contest is back—with $2250 in prizes! Send us your best fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction entries by June 15, 2012  for your chance to win! Calling all women writers: sharpen your pencils or fire up your laptop and send us your fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction contest entries. Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than June 15, 2012. Entry...

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Tennessee Williams Annual Poetry Contest – Accepting Submissions Now!

Our Annual Poetry Contest accepts submissions each year from April 15th through August 15th. The judge of the Third Annual Poetry Contest is Ava Leavell Hayman. Grand Prize: $1,000 VIP All Access Pass ($500 value) for the next Festival Publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine Public reading at the next Festival Deadline: August 15th 2012 (postmark). The top ten finalists will receive a panel pass ($75 value) to attend the next...

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Enchanted Conversation Monthly Contest

Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine is holding monthly contests for poetry and stories based on classic fairy tales. Submission windows open at 12 a.m., on the first day of the month, and close at 11:59 p.m. on the second day of each month, Eastern Standard Time. Two prizes of $25 each, US dollars only, will be awarded in the form of electronic gift certificates, each month. Unpaid honorable mention is also possible, if the writer is...

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Call for entries: HESA inprint blog submissions theme: REFLECTION – PEILIKUVA

Call for entries REFLECTION – PEILIKUVA. Submit your work to be featured on the HESA inprint blog with a chance to be published in our monthly magazine. We are looking for creative people with a vision and voice to share their opinions, work and stories not for a pay check but for the love of creating. This months issue theme is “REFLECTION – PEILIKUVA” if you feel like your work could be put in to this category we would...

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Switchback Flash Contest – May 2012

Each month Switchback provides a prompt and we want you to send us your best work inspired by that prompt. The winning entry as decided by our editors will be featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send us only one submission per prompt and only previously unpublished works. We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us immediately of...

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