Deadline: June 1, 2007 bostonreview.net/contests.html Judge: Susan Stewart First Prize: $1,500 Complete guidelines: The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the November/December 2007 issue of Boston Review. Submit up to five unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages total. Any poet writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, or close personal friend of the judge....

Best of the Midwest: Fresh Writing From Twelve States, an anthology featuring the best previously unpublished prose and poetry from Midwestern writers, is accepting submissions until August 4 (postmarked). General Guidelines We are open to work from new as well as established writers who live or have lived in the Midwestern United States, specifically Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota,...

River Styx International Poetry Contest 2007 Judge: Alan Shapiro $1500 First Prize Send up to three poems, not more than 14 pages. All entrants will be notified via S.A.S.E. $20 Reading Fee inlcudes a one-year subscription (3 issues). Include name and address on cover letter only. Winner published in Fall issue. All poems will be considered for publication. Send poems by May 31st to: River Styx Poetry Contest 3547 Olive Street, Suite 107 St....

ENTER TO WIN THE STELLA KUPFERBERG MEMORIAL SHORT STORY PRIZE An exciting new contest for writers. The winning entry will be read in the Selected Shorts series at Symphony Space and the winner will receive $1000. Story requirements: –Story length: 1-4 double-spaced typed pages –Required Opening line: I’m not sure I knew I was setting out on an important journey –Required Final line: I understood I had finally come home....

memoirjournal.squarespace.com/contest/ Memoir (and) Prize for Nonfiction: $500 Prize and publication in our Fall Issue. Reading period: February 1st through April 30th, 2007 To enter: 1. Submit 10,000 words or fewer by email or snail mail: only one submission per person. 2. Submit a $10 entry fee by check or money order. 3. Submissions received without the $10 entry fee will be considered for publication but not entered in the contest. 4. We do...

The Charles Johnson Student Fiction Award from Southern Illinois University Carbondale is an annual award competition intended to encourage increased artistic and intellectual growth among students, as well as reward excellence and diversity in creative writing. Each year, $1000 and a signed copy of a Charles Johnson book will be awarded to the winner. The winning entry will also be published in the Winter/Spring issue of CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW....

www.fourwaybooks.com Judge: Tony Hoagland Submission Dates: January 1 ­ March 31, 2007 by email or regular mail Awarding publication of a book-length collection and $1000.00 Open to any poet writing in English who is a citizen of the United States. Finalists not chosen as the winner by the judge will be considered by the editors for publication outside of the contest. The press has a history of publishing finalists, but is under no obligation...