Chautauqua Literary Journal sponsors an annual literary competition, for both poetry and prose. The two winners each receive $1,500 and publication in Chautauqua Literary Journal. The postmark deadline is September 30. Only original, previously unpublished work is eligible. All manuscripts must be typed with standard margins. Prose should be double-spaced; poetry, single-spaced. Include a separate cover sheet with title(s), name, address,...

A five-day publishing introduction intensive in New York City–including a series of lunches with literary agents, book editors, and other publishing figures, a public reading, and a private cocktail reception with New York’s writing community will be awarded to the winner of the first Open Door Project fiction competition. The contest is open to gay men writing fiction with queer content who have not yet published a book of fiction....

Contrary accepts submissions of commentary, fiction, poetry, and especially work that combines the virtues of those categories through our online submission form only. www.contrarymagazine.com We pay upon publication. Please familiarize yourself with the work we have published and review the submission guidelines before deciding whether to submit. Contrary is a quarterly literary journal founded at the University of Chicago and operated...

www.puddinghouse.com Deadline: September 30 annually 10-36pp ms. Prefer around 24-28pp. $15 entry fee payable to Pudding House. Send to Pudding House Chapbook Competition 81 Shadymere Lane Columbus Ohio 43213 (614) 986-1881 $2000.00 First Place divided between author ($1,000.00) & a shelter program for the homeless ($1,000.00) plus publication 20 free copies; deep discounts on optional additionals Identify author/address on cover page. Some...

Tenure-track assistant professor in Creative Writing (Poetry), full-time appointment beginning August 2008. MFA or PhD required by time of appointment. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to teaching, service, and professional activity including published poetry (preferably a book). Twelve-hour course load each semester will include creative writing, other courses in the English major, and general education courses, with course reduction...

The Danahy Fiction Prize is an award of $1,000 and publication in Tampa Review given annually for a previously unpublished work of short fiction. Submissions between 500 and 5,000 words are preferred; manuscripts falling slightly outside this range will also be considered. Tampa Review editors will judge, and all entries will be considered for publication. Manuscripts should be double-spaced and include a cover page with author’s name,...

The SFWP Literary Awards Program is back and better than ever with Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Olen Butler on board as judge! Featuring the largest cash prizes in the history of our program, the winner and two runners-up will receive: 1st prize: $2,500 2nd prize: $1,500 3rd prize: $1,000 ENTER NOW at http://www.sfwwpawards.com/ The SFWP Literary Awards Program This year’s judge, Robert Olen Butler, will select authors who represent...