The Ohio State University Press and The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, invite submissions for the 2008 Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award. Each year, a readers’ committee of OSU poets and a final judge select one full-length poetry manuscript for publication by The Ohio State University Press. The winner also receives The Charles B. Wheeler Prize , a $3,000 cash prize made possible by the...

http://www.briarcliff.edu/campus_info/bcu_review/contest_info.asp $1000 First Place for each category Plus Publication in Spring 2008 Entries will be judged by the Editors of The Briar Cliff Review. $15.00 entry fee per story/creative nonfiction piece or three poems. Omit author’s name on manuscript. Deadline: November 1, 2007 Guidelines: Short story/creative nonfiction word limit up to 6,000. Short stories and creative nonfiction should be...

$500 cash prize and fifty copies Judge: Pauline Uchmanowicz Manuscripts are judged anonymously. Codhill Press will consider all finalists for publication. Guidelines The competition is open to any poet who writes in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgement are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Poets should submit twenty to thirty pages (no more than one poem per page) plus SASE...

The 2008 (14th Annual) Key West Robert Frost Poetry Festival & Contests will be held April 9 – 13th, 2008. The festival, set in the Heritage House Garden, Robert Frost Cottage, and other select venues in Key West, again will feature poetry and haiku workshops, poetry and haiku readings, impromptu jazz and open mike, an art & film event, poetry on the water, a poetry slam, visual poetry exhibit, and international and Florida Key’s...

About Two Hawks: Two Hawks Quarterly is a literary publication brought to you by the Undergraduate Creative Writing program at Antioch University in Los Angeles, CA. We are dedicated to sparking debate and discussion through exposing the world to the most challenging, edgy and lyrical prose, poetry, memoir, and artwork available. Submission Guidelines: Currently we are accepting submissions for the Fall 2007 issue. We are looking for well...

Gulf Coast Writers Association announces the Mimi Heitzmann Writers’ Contest Fiction with a strong female character! www.gcwriters.org/heitzmann_contest.htm Open: July 9, 2007 Deadline: October 1, 2007 Entry Fee: $10 per submission Maximum word count: 2500 words Genre: Fiction (mystery, romance, humor, etc.) Must have a strong heroine! $500 in cash prizes will be awarded at the October 25th GCWA General Meeting Submission Preparation:...

www.venturacountywriters.com/short-story-contest07.html Deadline for entries: September 1, 2007 Grand Prize: $500.00 PLUS Publication in the Arts & Living section of the Ventura County Star on Sunday, November 11, 2007. Second prize: $250.00 Third Prize: $125.00 Contest Rules Previous first-place winners are not eligible. No person may win more than one prize. Submissions may be in any genre, but must be a short story with all of the...