ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu/contest.htm Call for Manuscripts January 1, 2008 through March 1, 2008 $1,500 for a book of poems Final Judge: C.D. Wright The winning volume will be published in January 2009 by Ahsahta Press. Ahsahta Press, a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, conforms to the CLMP Code of Ethics and participated in its drafting. The Sawtooth Poetry Prize honors a book of original poetry in English by a single...

www.gilessociety.org LEXINGTON, KYArts Across Kentucky magazine announces call for entrries to the third annual Janice Holt Giles Short Fiction Prize. The winning story will be published in Arts Across Kentucky and the author will receive a $500 prize and an invitation to read at the annual literary festival held each August at the homestead of Janice Holt Giles at Knifley, Kentucky. Arts Across Kentucky magazine offers the only fiction prize...

A contest from The Iowa Review www.uiowa.edu/%7Eiareview/mainpages/iowaaward.html POETRY, FICTION, & NONFICTION $1,000 to each winner / $500 to runners-up Plus publication in our December 2008 issue Submit during January 2008 Heather McHugh, Ethan Canin, and Abigail Thomas, judges Submit up to 20 pages of prose (double-spaced) or 10 pages of poetry (double or single; one poem or several). Work must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous...

dislocatemagazine.blogspot.com/2007/10/exclusive-dislocate-poetry-contest_30.html Dislocate, a literary journal at the University of Minnesota, announces its first Dislocated Poetry Contest: Poems on the theme of Dislocation. The Winner will receive $500 and publication in the 4th print issue of Dislocate. All entrants will receive a copy of Dislocate and be considered for publication. Entry fee: $10 Page Limit: 5 pages Deadline: January 31,...

“Freeing Freedom of Expression” Is our right to express ourselves as writers … as people … being seriously threatened? An election year special essay contest. DEADLINE: March 31, 2008 ~ Open to ALL writers (female & male) 1,500 word maximum 1st Place – $200 cash prize & $500 publishing package sponsored by Infinity Publishing 10 lucky entrants receive FREE mini-critique in a fun Critique Lottery $15 entry fee Register...

As before it will be awarded for a piece of short fiction or creative non-fiction (prose) written by a woman. Length: between 50 and 5,000 words. The prize for the third award is US $550 and online publication. Thanks to word of (cyber-) mouth, I no longer need to pay for advertisement! www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm Subject is open, but must be of significance to women. My criterion is passion, excellence, and authenticity in the...

coloradoreview.colostate.edu/CPP/sub.html 1. Manuscripts will be accepted from October 1, 2007, through the postmark deadline of January 11, 2008. The winner will be announced in May 2008. 2. The winning book-length collection of poems will be published by the Center for Literary Publishing and distributed by the University Press of Colorado in the fall of 2008. 3. There is a $25 reading fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Colorado...