Seacoast Writers’ Association 19th Writing Competition for short story, personal essay, poetry. No geographic restrictions for entry. Awards: $100, $75, $50 in each category. Entry fee: $5-$10. Deadline: February 15, 2009. Info: www.seacoastwritersassociation.org (go to website to download entry forms)

sycamorereview.com/contest/ Final Judge: Tobias Wolff First Prize: $1000 and winning entry published in Summer/Fall 2009 issue Entries of honorable mention also published in Summer/Fall 2009 issue Complete Guidelines for Contest Submissions Deadline: Entries must be received by March 19, 2009. This is NOT a postmark deadline. Entries received after March 19, 2009 will be returned unread. 1. Submit one piece of fiction (or a series of related...

Queer Voltage: the group that produced the award-winning Queer Anarchy, is pleased to announce their First Annual Queer Voltage Queer Poets Competition, a fundraiser for Queer Voltage Theatre. Any poet who self-identifies as GLBT may enter. Subsequently 10-15 poets will be invited to a Finalist’s Reading, Saturday, May 16th, at 7PM, at The ArtCentre Theatre of Plano, 1028 15th Place. Plano, TX 75074, corner of 15th and Avenue K. Three top...

Entries are now being received in the 2009 Senior Poets Laureate Poetry Competition for American poets age 50 and older. Deadline is 6/30/09. One National Senior Poet Laureate will be selected from poems that win the 2009 Senior Poet Laureate awards for state and territories represented by entrants. Poets must hold U.S. Citizenship regardless of where they live, or are visiting, in the world. The National Senior Poet Laureate will win a...

www3.ashland.edu/academics/arts_sci/english/riverteeth/guidelines.htm Congratulations to Kurt Caswell, winner of the 2008 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize for his collection of essays entitled, An Inside Passage. River Teeth’s editors and editorial board will conduct a yearly national contest to identify the best book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction. The winner will be announced in May of the prize year. The winner will...

www.diversevoicesquarterly.com is a new online literary journal looking for submissions from all walks of life. Submission guidelines are: Poetry: 3-5 poems, 40 lines MAX. Please send in one file, separated by a page break between poems. Short stories: 3,000 words MAX. You may submit up to two short shorts that add up to 1,000 words. If sending two shorts, please send two separate files. Personal essays/creative nonfiction: 3,000 words MAX....

www.inertiamagazine.com Inertia Magazine is now seeking submissions for our next issue (#7) to appear in September 2009. We are an electronic literary journal published in New York . Although our ultimate goal is to publish the best possible materials, we hope to seek out, discover and encourage new talent. To get a feel for us, please take a look at our issues, including our latest issue 6 (http://www.inertiamagazine.com/issues/006/index.php)...