11TH Annual SHORT FICTION CONTEST Judged by: Joyce Carol Oates http://all-story.com/contests.cgi First prize: $1,000 Second prize: $500 Third prize: $250 The winner and seven finalists will be considered for representation by the William Morris Agency, ICM, Regal Literary, the Elaine Markson Literary Agency, Inkwell Management, Sterling Lord Literistic, and the Georges Borchardt Literary Agency. The winning story will be published at this...

“The Editor’s Prize” Best Poem Contest www.margiereview.com Postmark Deadline: August 31, 2007 Grand Prize: $1,000 for Best Poem & Publication in MARGIE Vol. 6 (Publication of all 12 finalist poems!) Finalist Judge: ROBERT NAZARENE, EDITOR GUIDELINES: Submit 3 unpublished poems along with a $15 entry fee payable to MARGIE, Inc. (60 line limit per poem) Additional poems may be submitted for $5 each Enclose a single cover...

harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/miltkessler.html Milton Kessler–poet and teacher–was a great friend and mentor to students in Binghamton University’s creative writing program. In honor of his dedication to the development of writers, Harpur Palate is pleased to announce: The Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry The annual winner receives a $500 prize and publication in the winter issue of Harpur Palate Contest Submissions...

www.orgs.muohio.edu/mupress/novella.html The novella form has had a long and distinguished place in American literature, and has triumphed in the hands of Herman Melville, Henry James, Katherine Anne Porter, Stanley Elkin, Cynthia Ozick, Jane Smiley, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, William Gass, John Gardner, Andrea Barrett and Tobias Wolff, to name just a few. As commercial publishers are driven more and more by marketplace concerns,...

Deadline: October 1, 2007 Judge: Chris Abani First Prize: $1,500 http://bostonreview.net/contests.html Complete guidelines: The winning author will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the May/June 2008 issue of Boston Review. Stories should not exceed 4,000 words and must be previously unpublished. Manuscripts should be submitted with a cover note listing the author’s name, address, and phone number; names should not...

yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/youngerpoets.asp COMPETITION RULES IMPORTANT NOTE: New submission dates below. Submissions for the 2008 Competition must be postmarked no earlier than October 1, 2007 and no later than November 15, 2007. See Guidelines for Submission below for precise information regarding your entry. Rules Governing the Competition Each year, Yale University Press seeks one book-length poetry manuscript to be published in the Yale...

AUDIO COMPETITION GUIDELINES The Missouri Review invites all writers and writers/producers to participate in our 2007 Audio Competition. We have categories suitable for all kinds of writers. Voice-Only Literature. If you have a short story, a piece of creative nonfiction, or poetry that you think worthy of recording, enter this category. Pieces in this category are author-read and will not contain other tracks of sound (no music beds or sound...