www.espyfoundation.org/html/awards_espy.html About the Espy Foundation The Espy Foundation is a nonprofit organization created in 1998 to advance and encourage the literary and linguistic arts. The Foundation fulfills its vision through a Writers’ and Artists’ Residency Program; an annual Espy Award, given to one writer each year in a selected genre; the Espy Library, housing a significant book collection; and a Humanities and Arts...

The Barrow Street Press Book Contest award will be given for the best previously unpublished manuscript of poetry in English. The winner will receive book publication by Barrow Street Press, and $1000.00. Judge: Carl Phillips Deadline: June 30, 2007 Fee: $25.00 If entrants would like to receive a copy of the winning book, please include a book mailer with $1.59 postage. Thank you. Guidelines 1) Submit a 50 – 70 page manuscript of...

American Literary Review announces its 2007 contests: Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry. The winner in each category will receive $1000 and publication in our Fall 2008 issue. Website: www.engl.unt.edu/alr/contest.htm For all genres: Include a cover page with author’s name, title(s), address, and phone number. Do no include any identifying information on subsequent pages except for the title of the work. Enclose a $15.00...

willowsprings.ewu.edu/Contests.htm The George Garrett Fiction Award, $500 The Vachel Lindsay Poetry Award, $400 All entries will be eligible for publication in Willow Springs. If submitting in both genres, please use separate envelopes and enclose additional entry fees for each submission. Entries for both awards must be postmarked by April 15, 2007 Send $10.00 per submission. Make checks payable to Willow Springs. Word limit for fiction: 7,000...

Winner in each genre receives $500 and publication in our upcoming print issue, Juked #5. Final Judges: Frederick Barthelme (fiction) and Julia Johnson (poetry) Submission Deadline: August 31st, 2007 Entry Fee: $10 Fiction: one story per entry, no length requirement Poetry: up to five poems (no more than ten pages total) per entry Complete guidelines attached, and at: www.juked.com/prize/ About our judges: Frederick Barthelme is author of...

Guidelines for the 2007 Autumn House Poetry Contest judged by Mark Doty: The winner will receive book publication,$1,000 advance against royalties, and $1,500 travel grant to participate in the 2008 Autumn House Master Poets Series held in Pittsburgh. All finalists will be considered for publication. We ask that all submissions from authors new to Autumn House come through our annual contest. The postmark deadline is June 30th of each year. The...

Tribes Short Fiction Contest Deadline September 15th 2007 1st Place $500 and publication in A Gathering of the Tribes Magazine 2nd Place $200 and publication on www.tribes.org. 3rd Place $100 and publication on www.tribes.org. Please mail all entries to: A Gathering of the Tribes Attn: Short Fiction Contest PO Box 20693 Tompkins Square Station New York, NY 10009 Winners will be notified and announcements posted on Tribes web Nov 1st 2007....