www.comstockreview.org/nilescompetition.html Winner receives $1,000 and 50 copies of chapbook Each entrant also receives a copy of the winning chapbook. Entry Fee is $25 per Chapbook Deadline: Postmark September 30, 2009 Contest 2009 Final Judge: Kathleen Bryce Niles All chapbooks are screened by the editors of The Comstock Review Submit Manuscripts only between August 1 & September 30 to: Chapbook Contest, 4956 St. John Drive, Syracuse, NY...

www.mertoninstitute.org/merton_prize.php What is poetry of the sacred? Poetry that expresses, directly or indirectly, a sense of the holy or that, by its mode of expression, evokes the sacred. The tone may be religious, prophetic, or contemplative. Contest Guidelines Deadline for submissions: Received by December 31, 2009. First Prize, $500; Three Honorable Mention Prizes, $100 each. Winning Poems will be published in The Merton Seasonal, a...

The Visiting Writers Program at Farmingdale State College is pleased to announce the nineteenth annual competition for The Paumanok Poetry Award www.farmingdale.edu/campuspages/ArtsSciences/AcademicDepartments/EnglishHumanities/paward.html One First Prize $1500 and expenses for a reading in our 2010 – 2011 series Two Second Prizes $750 and expenses for a reading in our series Interested writers should send the following items to Margery...

http://www.theledgemagazine.com/print%202009%20Poetry%20Chapbook%20guidelines.html PRIZE: Winning poet will receive a $1,000 cash award and 25 copies of the published chapbook. SUBMIT: 16-28 pages of original poetry with title page, biographical note and acknowledgements, if any. Please include your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number (optional). Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but we ask that you notify us if your...

Go to oregonwriterscolony.org for full details. Deadline for submissions for both contests is August 15, 2009. www.oregonwriterscolony.org/contest.htm Short Stories Both True and Imagined (fiction and non-fiction) Awards: 1st place-$200, 2nd place-$100, 3rd place-$50, 1st Honorable Mention-Certificate of Achievement, Additional Honorable Mention credited in “Colonygram” and on the website oregonwriterscolony.org First place winners...

Deadline for the St. Lawrence Book Award is August 31 About the St. Lawrence Book Award www.blacklawrence.com Each year Black Lawrence Press awards The St. Lawrence Book Award for an unpublished collection of poems or short stories. The St. Lawrence Book Award is open to any writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of short stories or poems. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten...

The 6 Women Playwriting Festival proudly announces a ten-minute playwriting contest exploring the theme “MIXED EMOTIONS.” This fourth annual women’s playwriting festival is sponsored by The Pikes Peak Arts Council, The Pikes Peak Library District and Manitou Arts Theatre (MAT). The festival will be held April 15-18 2010, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1. Any woman 16 or older can enter. Collaborations are accepted. 2. Play must be unpublished...