www.sjsu.edu/reed/markham.htm Sponsored by Reed Magazine and San Jose State University. Reed Magazine announces the Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry. Writers are invited to submit poetry manuscripts of 3-5 original unpublished poems. The first place winner will be selected by the 2008 final judge, [To Be Announced] . The first-place winner will receive a $500 cash prize. The winning manuscript will appear in the 2008 issue of Reed Magazine, and...

www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/poet.asp Judged by Thomas Lux First Place Prize: $500 Two Honorable Mentions* Contest Rules 1. Each entrant will receive one FREE issue of The MacGuffin including the Contest winners. 2. Staff members and their families are not eligible. 3. An entry consists of five poems. 4. Poems must be typed on sheets of 8.5×11 paper. Clean photocopies are acceptable DO NOT place name and address on submissions. Entries...

The Laurel Review / GreenTower Press The 2007 Midwest Chapbook Series Award Final Judge: Ray Gonzalez The contest is open to anyone who is living in, from, or closely associated with the Midwest, excluding close friends and former students of the editors, as well as employees and students of Northwest Missouri State University. Guidelines: 1· 20-30 pages (typed, single-sided, one poem per page). 2· Individual poems may have been previously...

www.bitteroleander.com/contest.html Coming up in 2007 will be our 11th annual competition for which there is a $1,000 cash award, publication in the Fall-2007 award issue and 5 complimentary copies of that issue. There is a reading fee of $10.00 for up to five (5) poems each of which should be no more than two (2) pages in length. Any additional poems are $2.00 each. All work should be typed or computer generated and legible. Include a short...

Saint Vincent College. Latrobe, Pennsylvania, seeks applications for a full-time, one-year appointment as an Assistant Professor or Instructor beginning August 2007. Ph.D. in English (A.B.D. considered for Instructor rank) with substantial training in creative writing or an M.F.A. in creative writing with preparation in literature sufficient to teach introductory courses. Course assignments include creative fiction and non-fiction writing, and...

The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University seeks a visiting instructor to teach courses in introductory composition, upper-division writing, and creative writing and/or introductory literature. The teaching assignment will be 3/4. Opened in August 1999, the Wilkes Honors College is a selective liberal arts college within a large state university. It offers a four-year curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences, with...

www.sjsu.edu/reed/steinbeck.htm Sponsored by Reed Magazine, Center for Steinbeck Studies, San Jose State University and the National Steinbeck Center Reed Magazine announces The John Steinbeck Award for The Short Story. Writers are invited to submit original unpublished stories of up to 6,000 words. The first place winner will be selected by the 2008 final judge, [To Be Announced]. The first-place winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize. The...