Shape of a Box, a YouTube literary magazine, is seeking submissions in all genres. folded.wordpress.com We are seeking work that is around 500 words, but we are flexible and desire work that is under 5 minutes if read out loud. Your submission should be pasted into the body of the email and sent to foldedwordpress@gmail.com. Please check out additional details at folded.wordpress.com or www.youtube.com/shapeofabox. Three issues of the magazine...

www.riwriterscircle.com POETRY COMPETITION Contest open to residents of the United States and Canada. DEADLINE: December 29, 2008. Accepting submissions now. RULES: Poems must be unpublished. LENGTH: 5 pages of poetry STYLE: Open: free or formal verse JUDGES: Poems are judged by an independent group of writers and poets. Final judge: Patricia Fargnoli, New Hampshire Poet Laureate. AWARDS: First, second, and artistic merit awards. First Place:...

www.franklin-christoph.com/Writing/PoetryContest.html We will award $2500 in total prizes, including the $1000 cash grand prize. 10 Merit Award Winners will receive $150 writing instruments. Submission Period Entries accepted June 1-Nov 30 (postmark dates), 2008. What to Submit Original, unpublished poem of any theme. Limit of 2 entries per contestant. Entries should not exceed 100 lines each. Prizes First Prize, $1,000 cash and publication on...

Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is now accepting submissions for our 2009 Contests in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction. Winning entries in each category will be awarded $500 and will be published in Issue 47, due out in the spring of 2009. All entrants will receive a copy of Columbia. http://www.columbiajournal.org/contests.htm Judges: Diane Williams, fiction Philip Lopate, nonfiction Henri Cole, poetry Deadline: Dec. 1, 2008 Entry...

www.riverpoetsjournal.com Call for submissions: We accept year-round exceptional quality poetry, short prose, art and photography submissions to our River Poets Quarterly Journal, (4 issues yearly), posted on the website in PDF format, and available as a bound cover magazine. Review the Journal on the website for type of work published, and the submission requirements also listed on the site. Electronic submissions are preferred. Submit to the...

Harvard University. The Department of English at Harvard University invites applications for an appointment, to begin July 1, 2009, as Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on Fiction. The appointee to this five-year untenured position will have responsibility for teaching two undergraduate writing workshops per term. At least one book (or the equivalent) plus significant teaching experience is expected. Send a letter of application, resume, & writing...

University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Assistant Professor, Fiction. Tenure-track appointment in creative writing (fiction) effective August 1, 2009. Applicants must have published a minimum of one book & have appropriate teaching & professional credentials. MFA is the preferred degree. Candidates should possess the ability to teach creative writing & literature at both the undergraduate & graduate levels. Send letter of...