/Perihelion Review/ is now accepting submissions of poetry and reviews for upcoming issues. perihelionreview.com All submissions will be considered for publication in Perihelion Review and are accepted year-round. Please send 3-5 previously unpublished poems by emailing us at perihelionreview@gmail.com —Please remember to include “Poetry Submission” or “Review Submission” in the subject line, in addition to the...

Turtle Light Press is glad to announce its bi-annual Haiku Chapbook Competition. In general, we are open to both traditional and modern-style haiku but have a particular fondness for haiku that deal with both people and nature. Please submit an original, unpublished collection or sequence of poems on a theme of your choice between 12 – 24 pages, two haiku per page maximum, postmarked by December 1, 2009. For entry fee and more details,...

Slash Pine Press is pleased to announce our first call for chapbook-length manuscripts of poetry or mixed-genre. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our mission and submission procedures. If our aesthetic and philosophical ambitions line up with yours, please send us the best work you’ve got. Submission Procedures: * DEADLINE: Postmark June 30, 2009. * Manuscripts should be no longer than 24 pp and be either poetry or...

Start Date: Apr 22, 2009 End Date: Jul 15, 2009 CWC invites fiction entries from new and established writers for its inaugural competition. The top three entries will receive the cash awards listed below. In addition, the top five entries will receive copies of What the Shadow Told Me, the award-winning novel of our judge, Kurtis Davidson. The first place winner will also receive a detailed review of his/her work from Kurtis Davidson. Awards:...

I’m currently looking for smart, thoughtful women-authored nonfiction essay submissions. It’s for a new anthology all about our favorite freaky feminist singer/artist/’Sex’-er/mother/material girl: Madonna. She’s been such a powerful, iconic cultural figure for the past 26 years (!). For women and girls in America, it’s almost impossible not to have been influenced, in some way, by her media presence. I want...

Moonlight Mesa Associates, Inc. is launching its First Annual Cowboy Up Short Story Contest. The contest will be open from June 1, 2009 to December 1, 2009 and will be awarding cash prizes. Submission guidelines are available on the company’s website: www.moonlightmesaassociates.com. Entry is open for original, unpublished western stories, up to 2500 words in length. Stories must feature a cowboy or two, or other western characters. Entries may...

Prizes include a book deal and $15,000 in cash. Since 2005, the University of North Texas’ Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference has awarded four book contracts to emerging authors. This summer could be your chance to get published. The conference, which will feature NPR host Ira Glass and be held July 24–26 at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, is accepting manuscripts, essays and articles for its literary...