The International Fish Short Story Prize 2009 is now open with Ronan Bennett as the judge. The ten best stories will be published in the annual Fish Anthology 2010. The prize was started in 1994 to get new writers published in book format. So far we have published over 300 writers from all over the world. Overall winners have come from the USA more than any other country, and include Molly McCloskey, Marc Phillips, Kathy Hughes, Karl Iagnemma,...

The idea for Borealis – Northern Notes sprung out of an abiding love affair with Nordic/Northern literature, and a passionate interest in creative translation. Although a large portion of the journal will be dedicated to the promotion of new and exciting translations from the Nordic languages into English, we also seek to encourage creative writing connected to or touched by the Northern realms. For our inaugural issue we invite creative...

www.cra.sh Crash is an online literary journal celebrating the spontaneous, amorphous, and surreal. Embracing spontaneity, we consider a variety of genres from across the literary spectrum. Honoring amorphism, we support liberation of literature from boundaries imposed by traditional forms. Finally, Crash brings a diversity of enjoyable styles together, creating a surrealistic effect unique to each issue. Crash Issue #1 reading period:...

dept.kent.edu/wick/Competitions/Chapbook.html POETS CURRENTLY RESIDING IN OHIO may enter the Open Competition. Poets currently enrolled in Ohio institutions of higher education may enter the Student Competition. In spring 2010, two to four manuscripts will be selected for publication in the Wick Chapbook Series, and the honor also includes a reading at Kent State University. Maggie Anderson is the general editor of the series. Entry...

The editors are pleased to announce a call for submissions for A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry. We are seeking poems that work within the literary tradition of persona poetry: poems written as dramatic monologues, whose speakers employ masks, or whose character and voice are different from the poet’s own. Please submit up to 5 unpublished poems. We will also consider poems whose rights have reverted...

UPIu and uwemp.com are seeking submissions for articles from 400-800 words from Student Writers on a broad range of topics that effect them on campuses. The contest will run through 15-Nov, 2009, and there is no entrance fee. The winner will receive $500, a trip to Washington DC, and publication w/ byline on UPI.com. For more info and to submit, visit www.uwemp.com/contest

www.youtube.com/shapeofabox Shape of a Box, YouTube’s First Literary Magazine will be open for submissions during the month of October 2009 for our 2nd year of publishing our video literary magazine. Our detailed guidelines are available at shapeofabox.wordpress.com/guidelines We are seeking: poetry, fiction, non-fiction, stage/screen, graphic/comic work, cover art, reviews, interviews all under 5 minutes and/or 1000 words. If you have...