www.dylandays.com/writers.htm (go to this URL to enter contest) The Dylan Days Creative Writing contest is issuing its 2009 call for entries. The annual contest based in Bob Dylan’s hometown includes poetry, short fiction and our wildly successful new one-act play category. The deadline is 11:59 p.m., March 15, 2009. Poetry and Short fiction will be accepted through an online entry system. One act plays are accepted only through the mail....

shaking like a mountain, THE online literary magazine about contemporary music continues to seek poetry, fiction,creative nonfiction and music-related visual art for upcoming issues. We’re happy with every issue, of course, but the current number (Winter 2009)just might be our favorite. Check it out at www.shakinglikeamountain.com. Tell us what you think in a nicely written email. We publish the best ones. At this time too, we’d...

The Los Angeles Review, established in 2003, is the voice of Los Angeles, and the voice of the nation. With its multitude of cultures, Los Angeles roils at the center of the cauldron of divergent literature emerging from the West Coast. Perhaps from this place something can emerge that speaks to the writer or singer or dancer or wild person in all of us, something disturbing, something alive, something of the possibility of what it could be to...

www.ohiou.edu/nor/submis.htm New Ohio Review is asking for new work to be considered for the NOR Prize in Fiction and Poetry to be judged by Peter Ho Davies and Philip Levine. In May 2009 we will announce the two winners on our website, one in each of the two genres. They will each receive $2,000, and their work will be published in NOR6, our Fall 2009 issue. The entry fee of $20 (check or money order payable to New Ohio Review) includes a...

Follow in the footsteps of Homer, Virgil, Longfellow, and others by crafting an Epic poem! Epics are long narrative poems conforming to a certain style (see the Scribophile contest page for full details). Any subject or theme is OK with us–let your imagination run wild! Entries will be accepted through April 30, 2009; 1st prize is an epic $100 Amazon.com gift card, 2nd is a $50 gift card, and entry is free! Details are available at...

Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature invites your submission for our 2009 Writing Awards in Poetry and Prose. Prizes are $500 in each genre. Entry fee is $15 for one story or essay … or up to six poems. The deadline is April 1, 2009. Visit www.tiferetjournal.com and click Writing Awards for details and to enter. TIFERET publishes writing from a variety of religious and spiritual traditions. Our mission is to help reveal spirit through the...

The Platte Valley Review is an international journal of Poetry, Prose, Photography, Artwork, Environmental and EcoCritical Essay. The magazine is currently within auspices of the Reynolds Endowed Chair of Poetry and the Creative Writing Emphasis in the English Department of the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The Reynolds Chair and Creative Writing Emphasis hosts the Platte Valley Review, Reynolds Review, Reynolds Reading Series, and the...