www.autumnhouse.org Guidelines for the 2009 Autumn House Poetry Contest judged by Alicia Ostriker Guidelines for the 2009 Autumn House Fiction Contest judged by Sharon Dilworth — The winners will receive book publication, $1,000 advance against royalties, and a $1,500 travel grant to participate in the 2009 Autumn House Master Authors Series in Pittsburgh. — The deadline is June 30, 2009. — We ask that all submissions from...

abzpress.com/2009contest.aspx ABZ will continue the ABZ Poetry Prize for a first full-length book of poems. We are looking for original poetry manuscripts between 48-80 pages. ABZ will publish the winning manuscript and award the author one thousand dollars and copies of the winning book. The winning manuscript will be chosen by Mark Halliday. Each manuscript must be bound only with a binder clip and bear a May or June 2009 postmark with a...

$1,000 plus publication in Willow Springs Submission deadline: April 1, 2009 willowsprings.ewu.edu/contests.html Include a $15.00 entry fee. Submissions without an entry fee will not be judged. Send only one story per submission. Use a check or money order only; cash will not be accepted. Please make the checks and money orders payable to Willow Springs. Submissions should be typed. Handwritten submissions will not be judged and the entry fee...

Our new contest highlights great work in shorter fiction–stories of 1,000 words or less, to be exact. First prize receives $500 and publication. Second prize receives $250 and publication. Judged by the editorial staff of American Short Fiction. Contest is open from February 16 to May 1. Submissions accepted online via the /ASF /Submission Manager. *Guidelines* 1. All entries must be unpublished and 1,000 words or less. Please type and...

www.waukeganpl.org/programs/bradcontest.html Since the inception of television our society has become increasingly more reliant on it with each generation. In this prescient novel, Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury anticipated this trend in which reality programming impacts our daily lives. Fahrenheit 451 is a reaction to a society defendant on television rather than human interaction, literature, or the fine arts. Respond to this theme of social...

River Poets Journal seeking submissions for “Special Edition” in editorial collaboration with Joseph Reich, poet, philosopher, social worker, dreamer, family man… riverpoetsjournal.com/SeekingSubmissions.html Title: Jukebox Junction USA: a poetic history to how music moved you Deadline: August 31, 2009 Theme: Please consider that song you recall from your adolescence and youth, which significantly and profoundly moved you from a...

www.deepbowlpress.com/id4.html Deadline: Postmarked by April 20, 2009 GUIDELINES Send one copy of the manuscript (136-152 pages) in a plain envelope and a $20 entry fee, made payable toDeep Bowl Press, to: Deep Bowl Press P.O. Box 602 O’Fallon, IL 62269 via USPS only. Do not send via any other mailing service and please do not send using expedited delivery or in any form that requires a signature. Only mailed submissions can be accepted....