Philip Levine Prize in Poetry

The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry is an annual book contest sponsored jointly by the M.F.A. Program at California State University, Fresno and Anhinga Press. The final judge for the 2006 competition was Corrine Clegg Hales. The Judge for the 2007 competition will be Charles Hanzlicek. Submission Period: August and September 2007 Postmark Deadline: 9/30/07 Prize: $1500 and publication by Anhinga Press Entry fee $25: Checks should be made out to...

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Fairy Tale Review, Call for Submissons

FAIRY TALE REVIEW is now accepting submissions, and we look forward to your work. We will be reading for our fourth issue, The White Issue, from April 15, 2007 to September 15, 2007 (postmark dates). Please note that if you submit to The White Issue, you will be notified about the status of your submission no later than November 15, 2007. As always, we only read manuscripts submitted via regular mail, along with a brief cover letter and SASE...

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Cupboard

The Cupboard, an online and in-print literary pamphlet, is currently seeking submissions for our upcoming Love Letter volume. This special, double volume will consist entirely of literary missives, and we are seeking high-quality and creative interpretations of less than 400 words. We define ‘Love Letter’ broadly, and are open to reading real or fictional letters to a beloved person, thing, or idea. To see what The Cupboard is...

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Best of the Midwest Anathology

Dear Potential Contributors, I am editing a book anthology titled Best of the Midwest: Fresh Writing from Twelve States that will showcase the best previously unpublished prose and poetry from writers with strong connections to the Midwest. If you would like to submit work to this anthology, please see the attached (and pasted below) call for submissions. Contributors already include Dave Eggers, Stuart Dybek, Thomas Fox Averill, Bich Minh...

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Five Fingers Review’s Poetry and Fiction Awards

www.fivefingersreview.org/contest.htm $500 prize in both categories. Theme: Camouflage Fiction: 5,000 word limit. Poetry: 3 poems, 10 page maximum. Deadline postmark June 1, 2007. $12 contest reading fee. Make check or money order payable to Five Fingers Review. Entries must have two cover sheets: one with your name and one without. Your name should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript. Entries should be typewritten or laser printed on...

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The Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry 2008

web3.unt.edu/untpress/potential_authors.cfm#subvassar The winner of this annual award receives $1000 and publication by the University of North Texas Press. This year’s judge has asked to remain anonymous until the conclusion of the competition. Postmark deadline: November 15, 2007 Submit 50- to 80-page, typed manuscript, including an additional title page that does not bear the name of the poet. All pages indicating the poet’s...

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The Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction

www.ugapress.uga.edu/info_aup_submitfoc.html Each year the University of Georgia Press selects two winners of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Authors of winning manuscripts receive a cash award of $1,000, and their collections are subsequently published by The Press under a standard book contract. The Press may occasionally select more than two winners. How winning manuscripts are selected: In the first round of the...

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