First Place Poetry Prize: $1,000 & Publication First Place Nonfiction Prize: $500 & Publication Final Judges For poetry: James Tate For creative nonfiction: Patricia Hampl Send entries to: Third Coast 2008 Poetry or Creative Nonfiction Contest Department of English Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331 Open to all writers unassociated with the judges or Third Coast. Postmark deadline: February 15th, 2008. Prize-winning...

The Elma Stuckey Liberal Arts and Sciences Emerging Poet-in-Residence. Annual, one-year nonrenewable position: starts August 2008. Poets from underrepresented communities and/or those who bring diverse cultural, ethnic, theoretical, and national perspectives to their writing and teaching are particularly encouraged to apply. Position is named for Elma Stuckey, a poet born in Memphis who lived in Chicago for more than 40 years. Author of THE BIG...

for Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Drama The William Saroyan Society and The San Joaquin Valley Writing Project announce the first William Saroyan Centennial Prizes for original short fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama for adults, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Saroyan’s birth. Undergraduate students are not eligible. Winning writers will receive a $500 prize, publication in the journal In the Grove, and inclusion in...

The 2008 Editors’ Prizes are now open. We are accepting submissions in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Winners will receive $1000 prize and publication in the fall 2008 issue of The Florida Review. Send one story or essay, or up to five poems. The reading fee is $15.00 which includes a year’s subscription. Simultaneous submissions are okay, but please notify immediately if work is accepted elsewhere. Include a SASE for...

www.percontra.net/8pcprize2guidelines.htm Per Contra has featured winners of The MacArthur Award, the Caine Prize, the Orange Prize, the Walt Whitman Award and more. The journal has published authors from the United States and North America, South America, Europe, Africa and South Asia. You can now submit manuscripts for the 2nd Annual Per Contra Prize. Our March 2008 issue will feature two Pulitzer Prize winners, a winner of the O. Henry Prize...

event.douglas.bc.ca/community/event-magazine/contestdetails.html $1,500 Three winners will each receive $500 plus payment for publication in Event 37/3. Other manuscripts may be published. Final Judge: TBA Our past judges include: Keath Fraser, Myrna Kostash, Andreas Schroeder, Sharon Butala, Tom Wayman, Di Brandt, Terry Glavin, Karen Connelly and Charles Montgomery. Writers are invited to submit manuscripts exploring the creative non-fiction...

www.springgardenpress.com/contests.html Spring Garden Press and The Greensboro Review invite submissions for the Robert Watson Poetry Award chapbook competition. Submission must be received between 1 October and 2 April. The winning manuscript will be announced in September 2008 and will be awarded with the publication of a beautifully designed, letterpress-printed, limited-edition chapbook. The edition is limited to 500 copies, fifty of which...