www.goodmenbook.org./writing-contest.html Do you have a compelling story to tell about a defining moment in your life? The editors of More Than a Few Good Men are sponsoring a national writing contest and are accepting submissions from March 1 through May 1. The contest is open to men ages 35 to 60. Each writer should submit an original essay focused on a defining moment in his life, when the challenges of childhood, coming of age, work,...

Southern Women’s Review is currently seeking submissions. Please submit your poetry/prose, fiction, creative nonfiction/memoirs, or photography along with contributor’s notes between August 1, 2009 to October 31, 2009 to southernwomensreview@gmail.com. Please include type of submission in the subject line. Visit www.southernwomensreview.com for detailed editorial guidelines. Note: Your submission gives us permission to use your work...

www.csuchico.edu/engl/flumepress/ Eligibility You may submit stories that have been published previously as long as your manuscript has never been published. If your manuscript is currently under consideration elsewhere, you must be prepared to withdraw it from the other press immediately if accepted by Flume Press. Please include the appropriate acknowledgments for any published stories. Rules Manuscripts should be 10-12,000 words, not...

www.mississippireview.com/mrpoetryseries.html 2010 JUDGE: DARA WIER A new poetry book contest in which three poetry collections will be selected and published in January 2010. Three prizes of $1000 will be awarded. The Mississippi Review Poetry Series is an annual contest awarding three publication prizes for book-length poetry manuscripts. It is open to all poets working in English except current or former students or employees of Southern...

keywestwritersguild.net/_wsn/page4.html (go to website to download entry form) 1. 3500 word limit. 2. Use double spacing throughout the entire story. 3. Put title of story and page number on every page. 4. Do not put author’s name on any page of the manuscript. 5. On a separate cover sheet put the title, author’s name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address if you have one. 6. Also submit the entry form and a check for $15 (for each...

Personal stories needed for self-help book: Remarriage in Midlife: 10 Things Women Over 50 Should Think About Before Saying I Do a Second—or Third—Time! Author (and FFWA member) Catherine Rain invites midlife women writers approaching and/or over the age of 50 who have contemplated a midlife remarriage, or made one, to send in first-person stories about their experiences. Stories needed in these areas: Reasons for marrying in midlife as well as...

www.angelfire.com/il/yww/contest.html A nationwide competition for creative writers aged 15-18. Entries accepted during the month of April in the genres of poetry and prose. Prize in each category: $250 and a full tuition scholarship to the 2009 Young Writers Workshop at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. To enter in poetry: send no more than 2 poems (limit of 25 lines each) per entrant, along with an entry fee of $5. To enter in prose...