ONE PARAGRAPH WRITING COMPETITION First prize: round-trip ticket anywhere in the continental U.S. The paragraph of the day (tpotd) is sponsoring CONTEXT, a writing competition in which contestants are asked to write and submit a single paragraph. The paragraph should be written as it would appear in the context of a longer work — a novel, short story, memoir, essay, newspaper article, work of history, or analytical writing : any piece of...

The X.J. Kennedy Award for Nonfiction 4th biennial XJ Kennedy Award for Creative NonFiction sponsored by ROSEBUD magazine Some key points: 1) This distinguished competition, sanctioned by XJ kennedy has been in existence for eight years. It offers a $1000 prize to the winner and $100 each to four runnerups. All five winners will be published in ROSEBUD MAGAZINE, now 13 years old as an independent, self-supporting nationally distributed literary...

23nd Annual NWU Poetry Contest 2006 Contest Guidelines Adrienne Rich is the judge in this year’s NWU Local 7 Poetry Contest. Prizes: First: $1,000 Second, Third and Honorable Mention will also be chosen The First Prize winner will be published in Poetry Flash and the union’s newsletter. Second and Third Prize winners will be sent to Poetry Flash for consideration. Guidelines Submit any number of poems (single copies) on any subject...

The Per Contra Prize for Short Fiction $1,000 Grand Prize plus Publication in Per Contra for the Top Ten Entries. GUIDELINES The story must be the original work of the author; however, collaborative work of two authors is acceptable when so noted. All entries must be written in English. Translations of other author’s works may not be submitted. No previously published work or works forthcoming elsewhere may be submitted. Simultaneous...

The Ledge 2006 Poetry Chapbook Competition PRIZE: Winning poet will receive a $1000 cash award and 50 copies of the published chapbook. SUBMIT: 16-28 pages of original poetry with title page, biographical note and acknowledgements, if any. Please include your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number (optional). Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but we ask that you notify us if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Poets may...

The Eighth Annual Gival Press Poetry Award Deadline: December 15, 2006 (postmarked). Our dates never change, if the date falls on a Sunday, then Monday becomes the default postmarked date. Guidelines: Theme: Completely open. Eligible Poets: Open to all, national and international poets. Language: English. Forms or Style of Poetry: Original work, not a translation of someone else’s poetry. Open to any form or style; simply good poetry....

Announcing the 2006 Gerald Cable Book Award Silverfish Review Press sponsors the Gerald Cable Book Award. This prize is awarded annually to a book length manuscript of original poetry by an author who has not yet published a full-length collection. There are no restrictions on the kind of poetry or subject matter; translations are not acceptable. Winners will receive one thousand dollars, publication, and one hundred copies of the book. The...