MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE MASTERS OF ARTS IN WRITING PROGRAM & INKWELL ANNOUNCE http://www.inkwelljournal.org/competitions.htm THE 11TH ANNUAL SHORT FICTION CONTEST $1500 GRAND PRIZE & PUBLICATION IN INKWELL COMPETITION JUDGE: Brian Morton GUIDELINES 1. Up to 3 previously unpublished stories, 5,000-word limit 2. Text must be typed, 12pt. font, double-spaced, one-sided 3. Cover sheet with name, address, phone, e-mail, titles and word counts...

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to everyone! This competition welcomes anyone who loves to arrange words into beautiful art or to write a short story that is worth telling. And to all who have the ability to dream. Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly...

First Leaves: The Santa Rosa Junior College Literary Journal seeks quality poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photographs and drawings for its Spring 2009 issue. Open to students, staff and faculty of SRJC and all residents of the North Bay (Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Lake counties), First Leaves accepts postal and email submissions. You may send any of the following: Poetry: up to 5 poems. Fiction: 1 short story (up to 4,000 words), or up to 3...

www.english.neu.edu/publications/morse_poetry_prize/ The Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize was established in 1983 to honor the Northeastern University career of Samuel French Morse as poet, teacher, and scholar by publishing the work of emerging artists. The prize is awarded annually to the manuscript of a first or second book of poems by a U.S. poet and consists of a $1000 cash award and publication of the winning manuscript by Northeastern...

Can you write a 10 minute play before 18th Oct. 2008? Please think of “IRAQ” as a metaphor for the Middle East, USA, Iraq, muslims,jews,christians,Torah,Koran,Bible,Peace,War,9/11 Etc.,Etc. This is a nonpartisan contest. Good writing is what counts. If you feel strongly about the subject, this is your chance to let the world know. Can you do it?...

Contest Guidelines academics.sru.edu/SlabLitMag/contestinfo.html Judge: Kimberly Johnson NEA Creative Writing Fellow, and author of Leviathan with a Hook. Her newest collection is forthcoming from Perseus books. Rules: All winners/finalists will be published in SLAB. All poems considered for publication. All manuscripts are submitted to the readers and judge anonymously. Current and former students of the judge are ineligible to enter. Deadline...

Central Coast Poetry and Short Story Contest winners will each receive $500 http://centralcoastwriters.org/2009-spring-contest-rules.htm Their winning work will be published in the Spring 2009 Homestead Review produced by Hartnell College. Note: All contest entries will be considered for publication in Hartnell College’s Spring 2009 Homestead Review. Contest Rules Eligibility: Open to all work not previously published. Simultaneous submissions...