www.mainstreetrag.com/ChapCont.html 2009 Guidelines Deadline: May 31, 2009 (postmark). Reading Fee: $17 * * * We prefer that entries for this contest arrive NO SOONER than March 1 since this contest comes right on the heels of the MSR Poetry Book Award. * * * Winner receives $500 and 50 copies of chapbook. All entries receive a copy of the winning manuscript and are considered for publication. Runners-up will also be offered publication and...

Guest judge: literary agent Wendy Sherman of Wendy Sherman Associates. Open prompt. 750 words max. Entry fee: $10, or $20 with critique. 15 Winners total. Awards: $200, $150, $100 plus gift certificates and WOW! goodie bags. Deadline: May 31, 2009. Info: wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php

The SIWG Writing Contest is an annual and much anticipated event. Entries are open to all persons over 18 years, or enrolled in post-secondary education. Submissions for the 2009 contest can be sent in beginning immediately. The deadline is May 1. www.jalc.edu/activities/siwg/contest.html Prizes 1st Place $100; 2nd Place $50; 3rd Place $25, in each category. Honorable Mentions as determined by judges. Winners will be published in the Writers...

scribesvalley.com/guidelines.html Mail Entries to: Short Story Contest Scribes Valley Publishing 6824 Drybrook Lane Knoxville, TN 37921-7312 Current deadline: July 31, 2009 Short stories word limit: 5000 words. Cover page: author’s name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, approximate word count, and optional author bio. For electronic submissions, this information should be included at the top of your story in the uploaded...

www.theledgemagazine.com/Annual%20Contests.html PRIZES: First prize: $1,000 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. Second prize: $250 and publication inThe Ledge Magazine. Third prize: $100 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. ENTRY FEE: $10 for the first three (3) poems; $3 for each additional poem. $20 subscription (two issues) toThe Ledge gains free entry for the first three poems. NO RESTRICTIONS on form or content. The Ledge is open to...

Abbey Hill Literary invites entries for its 2nd Quarter 2009 Quick Lit Challenge. Visit www.ahliterary.com for details, review the writing challenges posted there, and write a story incorporating those challenges. Prize List ($US): 1st-$500, 2nd-$200, 3rd-$100, and Evolving Talent-$50. Entry fee: $12. Electronic entries preferred; current deadline May 31, 2009. Most genres accepted, international entries written in English accepted with entry...

SAKURA REVIEW has begun reading poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions for its next issue. sakurareview.blogspot.com About Sakura Review: Situated in the District of Columbia and run by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Maryland,Sakura Review publishes poetry and prose; we are particularly interested in – though not limited to – work that in some way satisfies or reflects our own preoccupation...