Writer’s Relief announces a NO-FEE contest to celebrate its 15th anniversary as an author’s submission service. The grand prize is 25+ submissions of your work professionally targeted to agents, editors, or literary magazines (monetary value: $106). In other words, Writer’s Relief will do the market research for you to make sure your work gets into the right hands. More information about this prize at:...

www.midwestwritingcenter.org Poems should be typed with no identifying information on the page. Include a separate cover sheet with author’s name, address, email address, and poem titles. Poems may be more than one page, but only one poem per page. Include a SASE for results if you do not wish to receive notification via email. No previously published poems. Email submissions or questions about the contest should be sent to...

If you’re an American high school student, take advantage of this unusual scholarship chance to win a poetry scholarship contest and be the high school poet of the year! Take your place among the members of the unique society known as the Live Poets Society (a slightly oddball takeoff on the well-known movie “Dead Poet Society”), and win a merit scholarship for college. The National High School Poetry Contest, also known as the Easterday Poetry...

The deadline for submissions for the next issue of Shakespeare’s Monkey Revue is approaching. The theme for the issue is “Body” and the deadline is Sunday, January 25th. Even if you’re not planning to submit to this issue, please consider spreading the word where ever you hang with writing folk. We pay $10 and 2 copies upon acceptance, and we’d love to publish you or one of your friends. For more information, you...

Sheila Bender is reading entries for Writing It Real’s (www.writingitreal.com) first quarter 2009 No-contest Contest. Submissions of poetry (up to three poems) and creative non-fiction (up to six pages double spaced) until March 31st. Every entry receives detailed response from Sheila Bender via email. First, second and third place winning pieces will be published in Writing It Real with the authors’ permission and each winning author will...

Folded Word Press is pleased to announce that they are now open to reading chapbooks. Complete details are on our website at folded.wordpress.com/chapbook But basic details are 1-Under 45 pages 2-Any genre 3-$15 reading fee, $10 if your work has been accepted for publication in Shape of a Box 4-Once you have paid your entry fee you will receive instructions on how to email your manuscript. 5-We will read year round 6-No contests at this time...

The Poetry Market Ezine is currently seeking submissions of Poetry Reviews for publication in our free monthly ezine. The Poetry Market Ezine only accepts poetry book, chapbook or poetry magazine or ezine reviews. We do not publish poems. We only publish reviews somehow related to poetry. Reviews must be unpublished in any form. Reviews must be written by person submitting review. Reviews may not be a review of the reviewer’s own poetry...