www.tupelopress.org/snow.shtml $1,000 cash prize and 50 copies This year’s judge is Aimee Nezhukumatathil Manuscripts are judged anonymously Tupelo Press will consider all finalists for publication GUIDELINES: This competition is open to any poet writing in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgment are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Employees of, and authors previously...

www.theledgemagazine.com/PF%20Fiction%20Competition.htm PRIZES: First prize: $1,000 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. Second prize: $250 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. Third prize: $100 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. ENTRY FEE: $10 for the first story; $6 for each additional story. $20 subscription (two issues) to The Ledge gains free entry for the first story. ALL STORIES must be previously unpublished and not exceed 7,500...

www.greymaredit.com/2715/2736.html 1. Send your chapbook manuscript of 20-30 pages of poetry. 2. Paginate ms. and include table of contents. 3. Individual pieces may have been published in literary journals, but the ms.has not been previously published before as a book. Include acknowledgement page for previously published pieces. 4. Send two cover pages, one with your name and contact information, one with the name of manuscript only. 5....

www.planbpress.com/contestnew.html Winnings: 50 Copies of your book PLUS $225! Deadline : March 1, 2009. Enter now! Judge: Deborah Ager, Publisher & Poet Contest Rules 1) Send in Manuscript, $15 Reading Fee, Table of Contents, a list of previously published work, if any, and a SASE (if you want a written response, otherwise we will e-mail) to P O Box 3242 Fairfax, VA 22038. 2) Manuscripts will NOT be returned. 3) Our judge does not read all...

cloudbankbooks.com/Contest.html Address for submissions: Cloudbank PO Box 610 Corvallis, Oregon 97339-0610 The deadline for contest submissions is February 28, 2009. The scheduled date to announce the winner is April 30, 2009. Guidelines: 1. The contest fee is $15.00 The check can be made out to Cloudbank. All poets who enter the contest will receive a one-year (two-issue) subscription to Cloudbank magazine. 2. Submissions without payment will...

WHEN DOCTORS AND LAWYERS CONNECT–AND COLLIDE: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm For a collection to be published by Southern Methodist University Press, Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays written by or about doctors and lawyers, exploring the two professions–their similarities as well as their divisions and points of conflict. What intrigues, interests, or annoys doctors and...

We are looking for previously unpublished, first person essays, memoirs, or creative non-fiction. Essays can be on any topic. Open to any writer, any age, anywhere. First Prize: $1000 Second Prize: $500 Third Prize: $250 Entry fee: $17 (save $2 by becoming a fan on Facebook – (look up Memoirs Ink) Max 1500 words. Deadline: Postmark by February 16, 2009. Late deadline February 28, 2008 (extra $5). Winners announced and published April 30, 2009...