Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies Fellowship

2009–2010 fellowship information: www.radcliffe.edu/fellowships/83.aspx

The Michigan Society of Fellows Postdoctoral Fellowship

2008-2011 Postdoctoral Fellowships Application information:
www.rackham.umich.edu/faculty_staff/sof

Costa Rica Pages Travel Writing Competition

Costa Rica Pages has launched a Writing Competition with a chance to win a luxury $3,000 vacation to Costa Rica. Entries should be between 300 and 800 words about the writer’s favorite vacation moment or experience and how they were affected by it. Entry is free and there are no catches, they just ask for an e-mail address and username so that the winner can be contacted. All entries must be in by July 31st, 2008 and the winner will be announced on August 4, 2008. All the details can be found on the competition site here: www.costaricapages.com/Competition

The Summer 2008 Warren Adler Short Story Contest

SHOW ME THE FUNNY:

Suggested by the recent publication of Warren Adler’s latest novel, Funny Boys, the theme for the Summer 2008 Warren Adler Short Story Contest is humor. We’re looking for humorous stories in all their varied forms. From satire to farce, from the whimsical to the uproarious, all writers looking to get a laugh (in a good way!) should enter. We are looking for the subtle and the pungent, the black and dark, the sporty, the salty, the waggish, or whatever can spark a knowing smile, a sly chuckle, or a hysterical belly laugh. In other words, anything goes, just as long as it falls into this category, however one stretches its elastic boundaries.

Entries must not exceed 2500 words, and there is a minimum length of 1000 words. As in the previous contests, all stories will be judged on the basis of character authenticity, plotting, narrative drive, and the skillful manipulation of the short story literary form.

Submissions will be accepted from May 1st to August 15th. Entry fee up until August 1st is $15. After August 1st, a late entry fee is $20.

Five cash prizes will be awarded.

The winning story will be awarded the $1,000 grand prize and a personalized first edition of Funny Boys. Mr. Adler will also choose his top five for a People’s Choice award that will also be awarded personalized first editions.

Although Mr. Adler will have already chosen the winner, five finalists’ stories will be posted on the Warren Adler website on September 1st and the People’s Choice winner will be determined by public voting. Warren Adler’s top choice, along with the People’s Choice winner, will be announced September 15th. Prizes will be as follows:

1st Prize: $1000
People’s Choice Prize $500
Remaining finalists receive $150 each

The Cupboard CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Cupboard is a quarterly pamphlet of creative prose published in Lincoln, Nebraska. Each volume features a body of work by a single author in a uniquely designed chapbook format. Our first volume will be out in June and features Samedi the Deafness author Jesse Ball.

We are currently looking for prose submissions of anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 words. Submissions can be composed of one piece or multiple pieces. We make no demands on content or genre with the exception of verse poetry, which we don’t publish. We read fiction and nonfiction and are happy to see collections that include both.

There is no reading fee for submissions, and simultaneous submissions are allowed. All submissions should be sent as email attachments to submit@thecupboardpamphlet.org. For more information, visit www.thecupboardpamphlet.org.

Soul-Making Literary Competition

Entering its 14th year, the open, annual Soul-Making Literary Competition has 11 categories. Ongoing deadline: November 30th. An arts outreach program of the National League of American Pen Women, San Francisco Branch. Complete guidelines:

www.soulmakingcontest.us

Key Hole Chapbook Contest

http://keyholepublications.blogspot.com/2008/04/poetry-chapbook-contest.html

Poetry Chapbook Contest
Judge: Eugene Gloria
Prize: $250 and 25 copies
Entry fee: $15
Deadline: July 30, 2008

Eugene Gloria is the author of two books of poems Hoodlum Birds (Penguin, 2006) and Drivers at the Short-Time Motel (Penguin, 2000), which was selected for the 1999 National Poetry Series and the 2001 Asian American Literary Award. He is an associate professor of English at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

Guidelines:
Manuscripts must be between 18 and 36 pages–include a title page and contact information. Simultaneous submissions are allowed. The reading fee is $15.

Open Submissions for The Versus Anthology

Versus is a collection of works based on the theme of pitting iconic characters or forces against one another (for example, “Jesus VS Thor” or “Adolph Hitler VS Grendel”); this anthology is edited by Josh Woods and is set for release in the spring of 2009 by Press 53 (please visit at www.press53.com ). Versus already includes a great host of writers, such as Pinckney Benedict, Michael Kimball, Margaret McMullan, Kyle Minor, Andrew Scott, Curtis Smith, Susan Woodring, and many others, but we have also
held a few spots open in order to give everyone interested the opportunity to join this anthology, so here is that opportunity.

We’re looking mostly for short fiction of around 1,000-1,500 words, but Versus is open to longer works as well as poetry, creative non-fiction, short screenplays, flash fiction, graphic novel pages, and even hybrid genres. Submissions can be previously published elsewhere as long as the writer has, or can
obtain, (re)publication rights. Simultaneous and multiple submissions are allowed, but due to the volume of submissions we will be unable to communicate about individual manuscripts other than to indicate that they are accepted or rejected. We will not respond prior to the submission deadline.

The deadline for all submissions is June 1, 2008.

Please send submissions by email attachment in Microsoft Word compatible format or as Adobe PDF to versusanthology@gmail.com , or submit by mail with SASE to:

Versus Anthology
Faner Hall 2390, MC 4503
SIU Carbondale
1000 Faner Hall
Carbondale, IL 62901

Cover letter is optional, but please include your name and email address on each page of the manuscript. For these few remaining spots in Versus, we are setting our focus on new, emerging, and innovative writers. For further details on what a Versus piece is, or even for the option of getting assigned a set of characters for your Versus piece, please visit www.myspace.com/versusanthology.

TENNESSEE Writers Alliance Poetry and Short Fiction Contest

Prizes of $600 awarded for first place winners in each category. Deadline: July 1. For complete guidelines, please send SASE to Tennessee Writers Alliance, P.O. Box 257, Linden, TN 37096 or visit http://tn-writers.org.

5th Annual Open City / Rrofihe Trophy Short Story Contest

http://www.opencity.org/rrofihe.html

damsefly press Call for Submissions (Women Only)

damselfly press, an innovative online literary journal for women, is seeking electronic

submissions of original fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by female writers slated for online publication in July 2008.

Visit the damselfly press website at damselflypress.net/submissions

to learn more about the journal and submission guidelines, and check out Issue Three!

They welcome a myriad of women’s voices from new and experienced writers. The deadline to submit for the fourth issue is June 15th, 2008.

2008 Anderbo Poetry Prize

For up to six unpublished poems.
Winner receives:
$500 cash
Publication on anderbo.com
Judged by Kim Waller

Guidelines:
–Poems should be typed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper with the poet’s name and contact information on the upper right corner of each poem
–Entries must be postmarked by November 1, 2008
–Limit six poems per poet
–Poet must not have been previously published on anderbo.com
–Mail submissions to 270 Lafayette Street, Suite 1412, New York, NY 10012
–Enclose self-addressed stamped business envelope to receive names of winner and honorable mentions
–All entries are non-returnable and will be recycled
–Reading fee is $10. Check or money order payable to RRofihe

Kim Waller 2007 Poetry Prize Judge
At Wellesley College, Kim Waller was a student of Richard Wilbur and Philip Booth. One summer she had the luck of holding the Robert Frost Poetry Scholarship at the Breadloaf School of English in Ripton, Vermont. Her first published poems appeared in anthologies edited by Chad Walsh and John Ciardi. Her poetry has subsequently appeared in The Hudson Review, The Minnesota Review, New World Writing # 10, Best Poems of 1975, The Penny Paper, Visiting Frost, and the Cider Mill Press, among others. Her privately-printed collection of poems is titled Winter Parsley. She has taught at two New York private schools, The Packer Collegiate Institute and The Brearley School, as well as the summertime College Readiness Program for college-bound inner-city students. Her early experience as a magazine editor was gained at Mademoiselle and The Atlantic Monthly. This led to a long career as a features editor at Town & Country and, later, Victoria magazine. She is now a free-lance magazine writer specializing in architecture and interior design. Her articles have appeared in such magazines as Coastal Living, House Beautiful, Connecticut, Real Simple, Travel & Leisure, The New York Times, Decorating, and Home. She is the author of two books on tea, three decorating books, and her personal essays have been in magazines and two anthologies: Thoughts of Home, and The Quiet Center. She and her husband, a documentary filmmaker, live in New York City and have two sons.

John Gardener Writing Award

What we’re looking for: best character description, fiction or nonfiction, published or unpublished, up to 150 words

Prizes: 15 winners with a first prize of $500

Fee: $10 per entry

Deadline: postmarked by May 15, 2008

Sponsored by: Writing for Money; full details are at www.writingformoney.com

The Internet Review of Books - Lasting Impressions Book Review Contest

announces its Spring “Lasting Impressions” Book Review Contest.

What we’re looking for:

Is there a book that has remained front and center on your bookshelf—or in your mind—even though you read it ages ago? A book that made a lasting impression on you? It might be fiction or non-fiction, something you read as a child or an adult, but it somehow made you think, changed you, taught you something, or otherwise has remained important to you through the years.

Write a 600 to 900-word book review that includes the reason this book made a lasting impression on you. Send it as plain text in your e-mail message form to irbcon at usa.com Include a bio of 50 words or less.

For examples of previous Lasting Impression reviews, see in our archives:
Heaven’s Coast
Something about a Soldier
The Haven-Finding Art

Prizes:

First place - $100 with publication in the May issue of IRB
Second place - $50 and possible publication
Third place - $25 and possible publication

How to enter:

Send us your review as above, and then mail a check for $5.00 to:
Associate Editor Ruth Douillette
Internet Review of Books
548 Vernon Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324

Or you may enter using the convenient PayPal link on our site.

Entries and payment must be received by April 20, 2008.

Judges: The editors of The Internet Review of Books.

For more information, contact Associate Editor Ruth Douillette @ internetreviewofbooks.com

FenCon Short Story Contest

Deadline July 20, 2008. Winners will be announced during FenCon V in October.

http://www.fencon.org/story.html

The first place winner will be awarded $50, a certificate, a FenCon 2009 membership, and their winning short story will be printed in the FenCon V program book.

The first two runners-up will each be awarded $25, a certificate, a FenCon 2009 membership, and their stories may be printed (space permitting) in the FenCon V program book.

All submissions will be 5000 words or less, and the subject must be science fiction or fantasy. Submissions must be sent to:

FenCon Short Story Contest
PO Box 701448
Dallas, TX 75370-1448

The first entry is free for members of FenCon and the Dallas Future Society and just $10 for non-members.

FINISHING LINE PRESS PRIZE IN POETRY OPEN CHAPBOOK COMPETITION

A prize of $1,000 and publication will be awarded by Finishing Line Press for a chapbook-length poetry collection. Open to all. All entries will be considered for publication. The top-ten finalists will be offered publication. Submit up to 26 pages of poetry, PLUS bio, acknowledgments, SASE and cover letter with a $15 entry fee by Deadline: June 30, 2008 (POSTMARK). Thomas Brush will final judge.

Open Chapbook Competition
Finishing Line Press
P.O. Box 1626
Georgetown, KY 40324

Raving Dove nonfiction essay contest

http://www.ravingdove.org/award

Raving Dove, a nonprofit, anti-war, online literary journal, is now accepting submissions for its first annual Evolve Beyond Violence Nonfiction Essay Award. First-place prize: $1,000, publicity, and publication in Raving Dove’s fall 2008 edition. Three honorable mentions will also be published. Entries are open to the international community through September 1, 2008. Specific entry requirements can be found at www.ravingdove.org.

Essay themes: Anti-war, anti-violence, human rights, and/or peace-related topics. The writing can either depict the tragedy of violence and war, or the hope that one day we can evolve beyond it. Submissions should be thought-provoking and paint a moving portrait of our static human condition. Writing will be judged equally on excellence of writing and the ability to effectively communicate the chosen theme. Raving Dove’s editor and board of directors will serve as judges.

Raving Dove’s mission is to share creative, humanitarian insights about the futility of orchestrated violence. Our nonfiction essay competition will help advance our mission. Permissible subtopics include firsthand or familial experience with war or violence, historical perspectives of international conflicts, exposes about individuals or organizations working tirelessly to perpetuate peace, visions of change for future generations, and any other related subject matter.

“Violence does not eradicate violence,” says Raving Dove founder Jo-Ann Moss. “Raving Dove’s mission is to share creative, humanitarian insights about the futility of orchestrated violence. Our nonfiction essay competition will help advance our mission.” Award sponsorship is also available. Sponsorship will offer one individual the opportunity to rename the competition in 2009 after a loved one who has died unwillingly at the hands of violence.

Founded in 2004 and published online three times each year, Raving Dove has showcased poetry, prose, photography and art from 16 countries. Contributors have come from all walks of life, including published and unpublished writers, students, educators, Pulitzer Prize nominees, poet laureates, and those who are simply passionate about a more civilized world. Raving Dove is a nonpartisan, nonsectarian endeavor. It was granted 501(c)(3) nonprofit status by the U.S. government in May 2006.

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves to arrange words into the beautiful literary art of poetry or to write a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream. Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. www.dreamquestone.com

Guidelines:
Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand printed.
And/or write a short story, five pages maximum length, on any subject or theme, creative writing fiction or non-fiction (including essay compositions, diary, journal entries and screenwriting). Also, must be typed or neatly hand printed.
Multiple poetry and short story entries are accepted.

Deadline: July 31, 2008
All winners will be announced on August 31, 2008

Prizes:
Writing Contest First Prize is $500. Second Prize: $250. Third Prize: $100.
Poetry Contest First Prize is $250. Second Prize: $125. Third Prize: $50.

Entry fees:
Writing Contest entry fee: $10 per short story submitted.
Poetry Contest entry fee: $5 per poem.
To send entries: Include title(s) with your story (ies) or poem(s), along with your name, address, phone#, email, brief biographical info. (Tell us a little about yourself), on the coversheet. Add a self-addressed stamped envelope for entry confirmation. Mail entries/fees payable to: “Dreamquestone.Com”

Dream Quest One
Poetry & Writing Contest
P.O. Box 3141
Chicago, IL 60654

Visit www.dreamquestone.com for further details or to enter!

Earth Vision nature writing contest 2008

www.evbooks.net/contest.htm

writingroom.com Novel Contest

WritingRoom.com is currently running a novel writing contest. You can find more info on the contest at www.WritingRoom.com.

Bookhabit Unpublished Competition

On March 3rd 2008 Bookhabit.com will kick off an international competition for writers with a US$5000 prize for the winning book. The competition is free to enter and open to unpublished books, of any genre, with a minimum of 50,000 words.

You will gain international exposure for your book, and potentially catch the attention of editors and publishers - and you can also earn money from the sales of your book.

Competition Overview, Rules and Downloads

The author’s copyright for books entered in the Competition is retained by the author.

The competition consists of 3 rounds.

Round 1: 10 weeks with 5 books chosen by users + a Bookhabit wildcard each week
Dates: Competition Week runs from 0:00:00 GMT Monday to 23:59:59 GMT Sunday for 10 consecutive weeks. 1st week is 3-9 March, 10th and final week is 5-11 May 2008.

Each week the 5 most popular books, as rated by readers, will make it through to the Round 2, plus one Bookhabit wildcard book. Popularity is determined by the number of points a book has at the end of the competition week. Points are earned through a combination of first chapter and full book ratings as well as the number of downloads. Only registered users can rate books and ratings are only counted once (per book). The first chapter of each book is available as a free download.

A book can be uploaded at any time during the week and is available to be downloaded and rated until the end of that competition week.

The five weekly winners and Bookhabit wildcard will be posted on Bookhabit.com after the end of each week. 60 books will advance through to Round 2.

Round 2: Top 10 from 60
Dates: 12-25 May 2008

Round 2 will be open for 2 weeks for users to rank their favourite books.

Two chapters will be made available free for reading in this round, and the whole book can still be downloaded.

The 10 top-ranked books at the end of Round 2 will be announced on 26 May 2008 on Bookhabit.com and will advance to Round 3.

Round 3 – One Winner
Date: The winner will be announced on 24 June 2008 on www.Bookhabit.com

The top 10 books from Round 2 will be judged by a panel to determine the winner.

Competition Rules

1. The minimum length for an entry is 50,000 words. Entries must be the original work of the entrant. The entrant must not have previously published the book in any country, whether fiction or non-fiction. (A self-published book is not excluded from this competition, but is not eligible if it has previously sold more than 500 copies.)

2. When an entrant submits a book onto Bookhabit.com or enters it in the Bookhabit.com competition the entrant is agreeing to the Bookhabit.com terms and conditions.

3. At the end of each competition week, books will be moved to the main site of Bookhabit.com The author can remove their book from the site at any time after that should they not wish it to remain available for sale to readers. Any subsequent ratings or downloads will not be a factor in the competition once the book has moved to the main Bookhabit.com site.

4. The author’s copyright is retained by the author.

5. Books on all subjects, and in all genres (categories) of fiction and non-fiction, are eligible.

6. Entries must be written in English, and uploaded to Bookhabit.com in doc, docx or pdf format. (Format is indicated by the file extension of the document e.g. A Microsoft Word document will have an extension of “.doc” or “.docx”)

7. A person is only allowed one username, and a user can vote/rate/download each book only once in each round.

8. A book can be entered in only one competition week. An author can enter multiple books.

9. By submitting an entry the author also agrees to receive emails from Bookhabit.com. Bookhabit.com will not spam any entrants or users. Bookhabit.com will not pass on any personal details without the permission of the user.

10. Bookhabit Online Limited reserves the right to remove any users, books, points, ranking or ratings if it is considers the voting to be outside of the rules or spirit of this competition.

11. The winners of Rounds 1 and 2 are determined by Bookhabit Online Ltd. In Round 3 the judges’ decision is final.

The organiser of this competition is Bookhabit Online Limited, PO Box 11198, Wellington 6142, New Zealand.

Summerset Review READING Contest

The Summerset Review, an online literary journal (with print anthology) is running a reading contest. Send in the best feedback on a story or essay in the current issue, and win $150. Feedback must be 50 or more words. Complete details are on the guidelines page on the site.

51st annual Joseph Henry Jackson Award, 71st annual James Duval Phelan Award, and 18th annual Mary Tanenbaum Award

These three prestigious awards are offered annually to promising young writers between the ages of 20 and 35 who either were born in California or now reside in Northern California or Nevada. There is no entry fee to submit a manuscript for consideration, and there are two awards of $2,000.00 each and one award of $3,000.00. Several award-winners in recent years have secured publishing deals with major publishing houses such as St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Knopf as a result of these awards. Former award recipients include Philip Levine, Ernest J. Gaines, Al Young, Michael Palmer, Frank Chin, Jane Hirschfield, Lyn Hejinian, David St. John, Dagoberto Gilb, and Sallie Tisdale. Deadline for submission is a postmark deadline by March 31, 2008.

The awards are sponsored annually by the San Francisco Foundation and administered by Intersection for the Arts. Submission guidelines and applications can be found at the Intersection for the Arts website, www.theintersection.org/resource_awards.php.

Saturday Writers 6th annual poetry contest

In honor of April being poetry month,

Saturday Writers is announcing our 6th annual poetry contest!

Submission Guidelines:

1) Any style, any subject, any form allowed. Wow us in one page. (One poem per single-spaced page.)

2) No identification should appear on the entry. Attach a separate coversheet with title, name, address, e-mail, and phone number.

3) Two copies of each entry, please! (Each judge need a copy.)

4) Entry fee: $5 per poem, maximum of three entries.

5) Poems must be unpublished at the time of submission, original work of the contestant.

6) Deadline: March 15, 2008 postmark.

7) Prizes: 1st place - $100, 2nd place - $50, 3rd place - $25. Top 10 entries receive a certificate. Winners will be posted on the website by April 30, 2008. Certificates and cash prizes will be mailed the following week.

9) Mail entries flat, not folded, to: Saturday Writers One-page Poem Contest, Tricia Sanders, 90 Westwood Trails, Foristell, MO 63348. Do NOT send by certified mail!

10) Checks payable to: Saturday Writers.

Contest is open to members of Saturday Writers and non-members. Prize winners and honorable mention recipients (top ten only) may be given the opportunity to have their stories included (one-time rights) in the Saturday Writers literary collection, published the following year.

For a list of winners, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Or check out our website after April 30: www.saturdaywriters.org.

Decision of judges is final. Not responsible for lost or misdirected entries. Poems will not be returned.

Dazzling Dogs writing contest

In honor of Freelance Writers week this week), we are running a “Dazzling Dogs” writing contest.

Here is a link to the press release with more information:

http://www.logicalexpressions.com/pr02-08iw.htm

If you love dogs and love to write, this is your chance to tell us your best dog story. The winning essays will be published in a book and get a license for Logical Expressions’ IdeaWeaver writing and creativity software ($50 value). The Grand Prize winner also receives $50 and the opportunity to be featured in a case study (great PR for freelance writers!).

The contest rules and entry form for the Dazzling Dogs writing contest is available here:

http://www.ideaweaversoftware.com/contest.aspx