Writer Advice’s Fourth Annual Flash Prose Contest seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction that mesmerizes the reader in 750 words or less. DEADLINE: April 15, 2009. Entry fee: $10 per submission. First prize: $150. Last year’s prizewinners will judge. Complete guidelines, mailing address, and prizes at www.writeradvice.com.

[out of nothing] is an electronic publication interested in new works in image, sound, text, and the intersections between these media. Generally speaking, we are actively seeking works that address, in some manner: * the vacuum * salvage / remainders * imaginary spaces possessed of imaginary dimensions * darkness / lightlessness * reduced or infinitesimal means * the exponential * self-abnegating symbols * the blank * obliteration * the...

writersdigest.com/mfacontest Think you have what it takes to be the next self-made celebrity of the writing world? If you will be enrolled in a writing-focused graduate program during the 2009–2010 school year, you could be the featured student blogger at WritersDigest.com! The winner of this unique contest will receive his or her own addition to the close-knit WD family of blogs. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to represent the student...

www.torhouse.org/prize.htm The annual Tor House Prize for Poetry is a living memorial to American poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962). The prize is $1,000 for an original, unpublished poem not to exceed three pages in length, $200 for Honorable Mention. The final judge for 2009 is Diane Thiel. This contest is open to well-crafted poetry in all styles, ranging from experimental work to traditional forms, including short narrative poems. Each poem...

protestpoems.org is a poetry journal entirely devoted to, and fully committed to, new poetry that tackles human rights issues worldwide. Paste your poems (a maximum of 3 one-page poems), into the body of an email and send to write@protestpoems.org. If necessary, you can email a single .doc or .rtf file containing all the poems you are submitting. The journal strives to present the best poems of protest written to promote freedom of speech and...

Entry Deadline March 31 Eight Categories (Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short-Short Story, Short Story, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Novella, Young Writers) Eight Industry-Professional Judges Eight Personalized Etched-Glass Awards 17 Opportunities for publication in the second annual Press 53 Open Awards Anthology Complete details online at www.Press53.com.

100wordsorfewerwritingcontest.com “We welcome any fiction of 100 words or fewer that will make us shiver. It can be whimsy, allegory, mystery, romance, fable,humor, love, fantasy, even horror. “First Prize is $500, Second Prize is $200, Third Prize is $100.The three authors and their stories will be presented on the website, accompanied by explanations by the Final Judge regarding the choices. Twenty authors will receive Honorable...