“I’m currently soliciting creative nonfiction for an anthology; its working title is Growing Up Churched: Young Women Writers on Life, Faith, and Being Raised Evangelical. I’m looking for personal essays in the 3000-5000 word range, narratives centered around this theme. Please pass this call for submissions on to any writers you may know who might be interested in contributing to this project. I’m looking for essays...

Ahsahta Press announces the sixth annual Sawtooth Poetry Prize competition, which this year will be judged by poet Peter Gizzi. The award consists of $1,500, publication, and 25 copies of the finished book. Previous winners include Noah Eli Gordon, Karla Kelsey, and Paige Ackerson-Kiely. The submission period is January 1 through March 1, 2007 (postmark). Full details of the competition are at our website Questions? Write to...

Wick Poetry Center Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Toi Derricotte, 2007 Judge First Book Competition $2,000 for a First Book of Poems This prize is offered annually to a poet who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems. The winning volume will be published by the Kent State University Press and the winner will give a reading with the judge of the competition on the Kent State campus. In 2005, the winner was Intaglio by...

New Meridian Contest for Prose Poems! Short-shorts, prose poems–whatever you want to call them, we’re opening a new contest just for them. The winning entry will be printed on a 4″ x 6″ postcard which will be given out at the AWP 2007 Conference to promote Meridian. The postcard will also be included with the May 2007 issue of Meridian. And the winner will receive a $100 prize and 100 stamped postcards so you can send...

Call for Submissions for My Gay Brother Director Chris Munch’s recent indie film festival favorite, Harry and Max, explored the complicated relationship between two gay brothers, and struck a rich vein. Uterine hormones, genetic quirk, hypothalamus size, sibling order, or distant father, they’re the stuff of many a scientific and sociological study—gay siblings. Whatever the source, it’s a common phenomenon: most of us know...

2007 Tupelo Press Snowbound Series Chapbook Award $1000 cash prize and 50 copies Judge: A judge of national distinction will be named soon Manuscripts are judged anonymously Tupelo Press will consider all finalists for publication Guidelines This competition is open to any poet writing in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgment are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Employees of...

The 2007 Marjorie J. Wilson Award for Best Poem Contest Postmark Deadline: March 31, 2007 First Prize: $2,500 for Best Poem & Publication in MARGIE Vol. 6 (all entries will be considered for publication) Finalist Judge: DAVID WAGONER World-acclaimed poet & former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets GUIDELINES: Submit 3 unpublished poems along with a $15 entry fee payable to MARGIE, INC. (60 line limit per poem) Additional poems...