The American Poetry Journal announces The American Poet Prize for Poetry. The winner will receive $500 plus publication in The American Poetry Journal. All entries will be considered for publication. Submit up to three original and unpublished poems (10 pages maximum total), cover letter with bio and contact information including email address, & SASE for results with a $16.00 reading fee to (ad $3 for outside of the USA): J. P. Dancing...

Poetry and Short Story winners will each receive $500 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 allowed, but you must notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. Entry Fee:...

2009–2010 fellowship information: www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/83.aspx

2008-2011 Postdoctoral Fellowships Application information: www.rackham.umich.edu/faculty_staff/sof

Costa Rica Pages has launched a Writing Competition with a chance to win a luxury $3,000 vacation to Costa Rica. Entries should be between 300 and 800 words about the writer’s favorite vacation moment or experience and how they were affected by it. Entry is free and there are no catches, they just ask for an e-mail address and username so that the winner can be contacted. All entries must be in by July 31st, 2008 and the winner will be...

SHOW ME THE FUNNY: Suggested by the recent publication of Warren Adler’s latest novel, Funny Boys, the theme for the Summer 2008 Warren Adler Short Story Contest is humor. We’re looking for humorous stories in all their varied forms. From satire to farce, from the whimsical to the uproarious, all writers looking to get a laugh (in a good way!) should enter. We are looking for the subtle and the pungent, the black and dark, the...

The Cupboard is a quarterly pamphlet of creative prose published in Lincoln, Nebraska. Each volume features a body of work by a single author in a uniquely designed chapbook format. Our first volume will be out in June and features Samedi the Deafness author Jesse Ball. We are currently looking for prose submissions of anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 words. Submissions can be composed of one piece or multiple pieces. We make no demands on...