allnationspress.homestead.com/submissions.html First Prize: $1000 plus publication $15 dollar entry fee, payable ONLINE or by mail DEADLINE May 31ST 2009 40 pages of text max any format is fine email entry to editors@allnationspress.comor mail them to Chapbook Contest ANP PO BOX 689 White Marsh, VA 23183

www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/Join-In/Tamarack-Award-Submissions/ Official Rules and Entry Guidelines Minnesota Monthly is now accepting submissions for the 2009 Tamarack Award, the magazine’s annual fiction contest. Entries will be accepted through July 1, 2009. The winning story will appear in the November 2009 issue. ELIGIBILITY The competition is open to residents of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin,...

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. Below are contest rules: 1. Authors must live within 150...

DOS PASSOS REVIEW accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry submissions NOW-July 31, 2009. Limit 3-5 poems, 3,000 words prose. Send to: Editor, The Dos Passos Review, Dept.of English, Longwood University, 201 High St., Farmville, VA 23909. sase for reply only. See Web site for specific guidelines: www.brierycreekpress.org.

The Short Story Award is for an original short story with a maximum of 25 pages. Submission is open to all writers and themes, and this year’s judge is Judith Freeman. Award is $1,000 and publication of the awarded story by Red Hen Press in The Los Angeles Review. Entree fee is $20 for two stories with 25 page limits. Please name on the cover sheet only, and include a SASE for notification. Entries must be postmarked by June 30, 2009. The...

www.nationalpoetryreview.com All entries will be considered by the editor for publication. Submit up to three unpublished, uncommitted poems (10 pages maximum per group of three poems), cover letter with bio and contact information, including email address for results, with a $15.00 fee (personal check only, please; no money orders) to C. J. Sage, TNPR, Post Office Box 2080, Aptos, California 95001-2080 IMPORTANT: Please make checks payable to...

www.gulfcoastmag.org Named in honor of Gulf Coast’s founder, the Donald Barthelme Prize awards $500 and publication in the upcoming issue of Gulf Coast for one prose poem, micro-essay, or piece of flash fiction. The 2009 prize-winning entry will be selected by Mary Robison. Guidelines: Submit up to 3 previously unpublished prose poems, short stories, or micro-essays, each no more than 500 words in length. Your name and address should...