Break the Silence is looking for submissions that address the themes of the silence around sexual abuse, reasons people stay silent, and experiences of breaking that silence. All visual and literary arts as well as other forms of creative expression are welcomed. Submissions will be showcased on the website, with the possibility of later being part of a printed publication and/or traveling exhibition. There are NO entry fees. Deadline is March...

Guidelines (pdf). www.writersleague.org/contests/book-awards.htm Deadline: April 30, 2009. Eligibility The 2009 contest is open to American authors of books published in 2008. Authors are not required to be members of the Writers’ League of Texas. Collected works must be written by a single author. Anthologies that include works of several authors are not eligible.

Judge: Mary Jo Bang www.fourwaybooks.com/contest.php Submission Dates: January 1 – March 31, 2009 by email or regular mail Awarding publication of a book-length collection and $1000.00 Open to any poet writing in English, regardless of publication history. Submissions accepted on-line (preferred) and by mail. Please read the following instructions carefully. Online submission: Submitting to us online is easy, saves you money, and saves trees. •...

Entry form available at womanmade.org/pdfs/hermarkpoetry2010.pdf WMG is looking to showcase a variety of compelling, sensitive, and provocative poetry by women for the annual HER MARK publication. All themes and styles are welcome. Selected poems will be featured together with visual art in a bound publication. The publication is 5” x 7”; poems submitted should be able to fit on one page of this size. Poetry Juror: Maureen Seaton Maureen Seaton...

Abroad Writers’ Conference (www.abroad-crwf.com) is announcing its annual 2009 literary contest. Contest winners in the categories of fiction/non-fiction and poetry will have their work published inthe journal Driftwood. Contest Deadline: February 15, 2009 Winners will be announced on: March 15, 2009 Poetry Judge: PATRICIA SMITH, National Book Award Finalist in Poetry. Fiction/Non-Fiction Judge: JOAN SILBER, National Book Award Finalist in...

Narrative’s Third-Person Story Contest is open to all writers. For this contest we will be accepting short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 10,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest. We are looking for works...

Writing/Fellowship: The Brown Graduate Program in Literary Arts and Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies seek applications and nominations for the 2009-2010 International Writers Project Fellowship. The fellowship provides institutional, intellectual, artistic and social support to writers who face personal danger, oppression, and/or threats to their livelihood in nations throughout the world. Each academic year, the fellowship...