Kennesaw Review proudly announces its 2007 Don Russ Poetry Prize of $500 for the single best poem submitted to the competition. www.kennesawreview.org/artman2/publish/contests/Don_Russ_Poetry_Prize_2007.php $500 prize for one winning poem, to be published in KR April 23, 2007 deadline for receipt (hard copies only) Initial round of judging by KR editorial staff; final round by distinguished outside judges $15 entry fee for 3-5 previously...

Judged by Wally Lamb, author of She’s Come Undone and Oprah Book Club selection I Know This Much Is True, and editor of the best-selling Couldn’t Keep It to Myself, an anthology of stories written by female inmates at Connecticut’s only maximum-security prison for women. NEW DEADLINE: June 1, 2007 One $1,000.00 prize winner receives publication in the Fall 2007 Issue; two honorable mentions receive $100.00 each. GUIDELINES $15...

Each issue of RUNES has a different theme. The theme for 2007 is CONNECTION, which may be loosely interpreted. Guidelines: We are seeking poems that have passion, originality and conviction. We are looking for narrative and lyric poetry that is well-crafted and has something surprising to say. We prefer poems under 100 lines. To Submit: Send up to five poems with an SASE to RUNES, A Review of Poetry c/o Arctos Press PO Box 401 Sausalito, CA...

Urban Echoes Entertainment www.urbanechoes.net In conjunction with the FreeVoice Award For Poetry, Urban Echoes Entertainment, LLC, is pleased to announce the first annual FreeVoice Award For Short Fiction! The competition will honor literary excellence exemplified in the outstanding prose of aspiring and established authors alike. Award Amounts 1st Prize: $500 Plus Certificate & Publication 2nd Prize: $300 Plus Certificate &...

Penn State Altoona: Resident Creative Nonfiction Writer. The Penn State Altoona English Program is taking applications for a one-semester teaching residency in Creative Nonfiction writing. The residence, designed to offer an emerging writer substantial time to write, offers a $4,100 stipend & an additional $4,000 allowance to cover room & board in return for teaching one sophomore-level Creative Nonfiction writing workshop during the...

www.rattle.com/rpp/hardguide.htm 1st prize: $5,000 plus TEN $100 Honorable Mentions Hardcopy Guidelines: 1) Entry fee of $16.00 includes a one year subscription to RATTLE (or a one-year extension for subscribers). For entries received prior to May 15th, subscriptions will start with the Summer 2007 issue. Those received after May 15th will start with Winter 2007. 2) Open to writers, worldwide*; poems must be written in English (no...

Improve your Writing! Earn Summer Credits! Enjoy Beautiful Southern Indiana in the Early Summer! Come to the Indiana University Writers’ Conference! The Indiana University Writers’ Conference (IUWC), now in its 67th year, will welcome eight nationally known writers to the Bloomington campus of Indiana University from June 10-June 15, 2007 for a week-long festival of readings, classes and workshops. The IUWC is excited to welcome an...