Announcing a Special Issue of Sugar Mule www.SugarMule.com Writing Oklahoma into the 21st Century We invite all writers currently living in Oklahoma to submit to this special issue of Sugar Mule; all genres are solicited. Only writers who are current residents of Oklahoma may submit. While the editor does not require that Oklahoma is topic or theme of the writing (the editor wishes to encourage experimental submissions), she will admit to a...

Umbrella, the “supremely rereadable electronic journal,” is now reading for our fall issue, online September 1st, 2009. For fall, we are reading both unthemed and themed poetry and prose. For the themed section, we are looking for poems that have something to do with school subjects, e.g., history, geography, science, math, languages, Psych 101, whatever and et cetera. Understand, we are not looking for retrospective poems that deal...

http://fourthriver.chatham.edu/submit.cfm We are looking for poetry and creative nonfiction that capture the places—natural, built and imagined, urban, rural or wild—where humans and nature converge and collide. First place winner in each category will be published in the Fourth River and will receive a $500 cash prize upon publication. Contest judges to be announced. Contest Guidelines Submissions should be postmarked no later than October 15,...

www.memphismagazine.com/gyrobase/Magazine/Page?oid=21607 Cosponsored by Burke’s Book Store and Davis-Kidd Booksellers We are seeking entries for our annual fiction contest. The winning story will earn a $1,000 grand prize and will be published in a future issue of Memphis. Two honorable mention awards of $500 each will be given if the quality of entries warrants. Contest cosponsors are Burke’s Book Store, and Davis-Kidd Booksellers....

www.tennesseewilliams.net/article.php?story=fictioncontest2 The Festival is pleased to announce the second annual Fiction Writing Contest. We are now accepting submissions by mail. Online submissions coming soon. Grand Prize $1,500 VIP All Access Festival Pass ($500 value) for the 24th annual Festival: March 25-29, 2010 Publication in the New Orleans Review Domestic Airfare and Accommodations to attend the 2010 Festival in New Orleans Public...

www.shelteringpinespress.com/chapbookcontest5.html Submissions are now open: Official Rules First Prize: $100 and fifty copies of your chapbook Entry Fee is $15 per Chapbook Deadline: Postmark October 15, 2009. 1. Submit between 10-24 pages of poetry.(One page = maximum 38 lines, including spacing between lines). (Manuscripts either too short or too long will be disqualified.) 2. All contestants receive copy of winning chapbook. 3. No names are...

We are currently seeking submissions for a special online issue of The Mom Egg, a literary journal, to be released in Fall 2009. Deadline for poetry, fiction, creative prose and art for this issue is July 31, 2009. We are also accepting submissions of other material, such as reviews and interviews. Submission guidelines may be found on the website, www.themomegg.com. The Mom Egg publishes work by mothers about everything, and by everyone about...