2009 Wabash Prize for Fiction

sycamorereview.com/contest/

Final Judge: Tobias Wolff

First Prize: $1000 and winning entry published in Summer/Fall 2009 issue
Entries of honorable mention also published in Summer/Fall 2009 issue

Complete Guidelines for Contest Submissions

Deadline: Entries must be received by March 19, 2009. This is NOT a postmark deadline. Entries received after March 19, 2009 will be returned unread.

1. Submit one piece of fiction (or a series of related short-shorts) totaling no more than 10,000 words.
2. A $10 reading fee payable to Sycamore Review must accompany each entry. Do not send cash. When sending more than one entry, additional reading fees must also be included ($10 per additional story).
3. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable only if Sycamore Review is notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
4. All entries must be typed and must include a cover letter with author’s name and contact information (address, telephone, and email address) as well as the titles and word counts of all entries submitted. The author’s name or any identifying information should not appear on the manuscript itself.
5. Stories should be unpublished. We do not accept previously published work.
6. Manuscript pages should be numbered and should include the title of the piece.
7. Please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard if you wish to be notified upon receipt of your manuscript.
8. Manuscripts will not be returned. Winners will be20announced by May 1, 2009. For information on winners and runners-up, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with entry.
9. All contest submissions will be considered for regular inclusion in the Sycamore Review.
10. Questions may be directed to Mehdi Okasi, Editor-in-Chief, at sycamore@purdue.edu.

Send 2009 Wabash Prize for Fiction submissions and reading fee to:

2009 Wabash Prize for Fiction
Sycamore Review
Department of English
500 Oval Drive
Purdue University
West Lafayette , IN 47907

Queer Voltage Poetry Competition

Queer Voltage: the group that produced the award-winning Queer Anarchy, is pleased to announce their First Annual Queer Voltage

Queer Poets Competition, a fundraiser for Queer Voltage Theatre. Any poet who self-identifies as GLBT may enter. Subsequently 10-15 poets will be invited to a Finalist’s Reading, Saturday, May 16th, at 7PM, at The ArtCentre Theatre of Plano, 1028 15th Place. Plano, TX 75074, corner of 15th and Avenue K. Three top prizes of 1st (150.00) 2nd (75.00) and 3rd (50.00) place winners will be awarded along with three honorable mentions, chosen by preeminent American Poet and Pulitzer Nominee, Cyrus Cassells. All finalists will be featured in a
commemorative chapbook made available at the Finalist’s Reading. All finalists will receive certificates and the top six will receive additional prizes.

Contestants may submit up to three poems for 15.00, which includes a copy of the winning chapbook. Additional poems may be entered for 5.00 apiece. 10-15 finalists will be chosen to read at the special fundraiser reading event. Winners will be announced at this event. No poem should exceed 3 pages. Consistent with blind judging names should not appear anywhere on poems themselves. A cover sheet with full contact information, poem titles and brief bio is required. Finalists need not be present at reading to win. Checks and money
orders should be made out to Queer Voltage. Entries must be postmarked by March 31st, 2009. Email entries are NOW accepted through PayPal. Please email for special instructions christophersoden@sbcglobal.net. If this email does not work, email jlgdrd@gmail.com. Hardcopy entries should be sent to : Queer Voltage, 7706 Meadow Road # 121, Dallas, Texas 75230

Poems will be judged on craft, original use of language and strength of execution. Poets must self-identify as GLBT but queer content isn’t required. Judges are respected members of the literary community, representing a variety of disciplines and orientations. Queer Voltage is a theatrical group dedicated to the performance of
ground-breaking, poignant and provocative drama to advance understanding and appreciation of the GLBTQ Community as a whole, giving voice to both new and established playwrights.

Cyrus Cassells is the author of three books of poetry including The Mud Actor, a selection of the National Poetry Series and Soul Make a Path Through Shouting (1994), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

2009 Senior Poets Laureate Poetry Competition (over 50 only)

Entries are now being received in the 2009 Senior Poets Laureate Poetry Competition for American poets age 50 and older. Deadline is 6/30/09. One National Senior Poet Laureate will be selected from poems that win the 2009 Senior Poet Laureate awards for state and territories represented by entrants. Poets must hold U.S. Citizenship regardless of where they live, or are visiting, in the world. The National Senior Poet Laureate will win a certificate and $500.

Feel free to share this e-mail with all writers/poets born in 1959 or earlier. American poets who live outside the continental U.S. are welcome to participate, as are members of all chapters of the NFSPS. For details and rules, visit “Contest” and/or “Senior Poet Laureate” by clicking here to log onto our website: www.amykitchenerfdn.org.

River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize Series

www3.ashland.edu/academics/arts_sci/english/riverteeth/guidelines.htm

Congratulations to Kurt Caswell, winner of the 2008 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize for his collection of essays entitled, An Inside Passage.

River Teeth’s editors and editorial board will conduct a yearly national contest to identify the best book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction. The winner will be announced in May of the prize year. The winner will receive $1,000 and publication by the University of Nebraska Press.

General Guidelines:

Manuscripts must be between 150-400 pages long
Manuscripts must be double-spaced
Include a title page with title only
Include a cover page with title and contact information
Include a $25 contest fee
Deadline is March 1, 2009

Mail entries to:

RIVER TEETH
401 College Ave.
Ashland University
Ashland, OH 44805

All Books Published by The University of Nebraska Press.

Diverse Voices Quarterly Call for Submissions

www.diversevoicesquarterly.com is a new online literary journal looking for submissions from all walks of life.

Submission guidelines are:

Poetry:
3-5 poems, 40 lines MAX. Please send in one file, separated by a page break between poems.

Short stories:
3,000 words MAX. You may submit up to two short shorts that add up to 1,000 words. If sending two shorts, please send two separate files.

Personal essays/creative nonfiction:
3,000 words MAX. Send only one essay at a time.

Artwork accepted in .jpg or .png format.
–Simultaneous submissions are accepted but multiple submissions are not.
–We will not read any material previously published online; this includes works published in other online journals or from any message board or blogs.
–While we will read submissions from everyone, the work MUST BE in English.
–Be sure to include your last name and type of submission in the subject line (Example: Kaling – Short Story Submission).
–Include a cover letter, a short bio, and your complete contact information in the body of the e-mail.
–Only attachments are accepted, either as MS Word (.doc or .rtf) or WordPerfect (.wpd) files. Pasted-in submissions WILL BE deleted.

–Send your submissions to: submit@diversevoicesquarterly.com

Inertia Magazine Call for Submissions

www.inertiamagazine.com

Inertia Magazine is now seeking submissions for our next issue (#7) to appear in September 2009. We are an electronic literary journal published in New York . Although our ultimate goal is to publish the best possible materials, we hope to seek out, discover and encourage new talent.

To get a feel for us, please take a look at our issues, including our latest issue 6 (http://www.inertiamagazine.com/issues/006/index.php) which includes work by Pelle Lowe, Jon Woodward, Ken Buswell, Richard Hoffman, Chad Arnold, Sue Nacey, Cheryl Clark Vermeulen and Betsy Sholl, with cover art by Gee Wong.

Submission guidelines and form at www.inertiamagazine.com/submissions.php. We look forward to reading your work.

Tupelo Press Snowbound Series Chapbook Award

www.tupelopress.org/snow.shtml

$1,000 cash prize and 50 copies

This year’s judge is Aimee Nezhukumatathil

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, and authors previously published by Tupelo Press, Inc. are not eligible.

Poets should submit 20 to 30 pages plus SASE and $20 reading fee. Manuscripts should be on good quality white paper, paginated consecutively, with a table of contents and acknowledgments and bound with a clip. Include two cover pages, one with only the title of the manuscript and a second with your name, address, telephone numbers, email address, and title of the manuscript. Your name must not appear elsewhere on the manuscript. Please retain a copy for your records.

Entries must be postmarked between

December 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009

No UPS or FedEx. May include SAS postcard for confirmation of your submission and SASE for notification of winner. Manuscripts will not be returned. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but Tupelo Press must be notified immediately if manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

Mail manuscript and entry fee to (NOTE NEW MAILING ADDRESS):

Tupelo Press Snowbound Series
P.O. Box 1767
North Adams, MA 01247

The Ledge 2009 Fiction Awards Competition

www.theledgemagazine.com/PF%20Fiction%20Competition.htm

PRIZES: First prize: $1,000 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. Second prize: $250 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. Third prize: $100 and publication in The Ledge Magazine.

ENTRY FEE: $10 for the first story; $6 for each additional story. $20 subscription (two issues) to The Ledge gains free entry for the first story.

ALL STORIES must be previously unpublished and not exceed 7,500 words. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable but we must be notified if your story is accepted elsewhere for publication.

PLEASE include your name, mailing address and email address on each story. Please also enclose a SASE for the competition results or manuscript return. Winners will be announced in June.

POSTMARK DEADLINE: February 28, 2009.

SEND ENTRIES TO:
The Ledge 2009 Fiction Awards Competition
40 Maple Avenue
Bellport, NY 11713.

Poetry Chapbook Contest: Gribble Press

www.greymaredit.com/2715/2736.html

1. Send your chapbook manuscript of 20-30 pages of poetry.
2. Paginate ms. and include table of contents.
3. Individual pieces may have been published in literary journals, but the ms.has not been previously published before as a book. Include acknowledgement page for previously published pieces.
4. Send two cover pages, one with your name and contact information, one with the name of manuscript only.
5. Attach check or money order in the amount of $15.00 made to the order of Gribble Press.
6. Include an SASE for notification of winner
7. May be a simultaneous submission, but we want immediate notification if accepted by another press.
8. You may submit multiple submissions, but please include a $15.00 entry fee for each submission.
9. Manuscript must be postmarked by April 30, 2009. Winner will be announced by June 1, 2009.
10. May submit ms.electronically at

Gribble@graymaredit.com, sending check through regular mail @ Chapbook Contest, Gribble Press, PO Box 10307, Spokane, WA 99209-0307. Send through regular U.S. mail. If you want notification of receipt, include a stamped postcard, no postal return receipts, please.

11. May also mail hardcopy to Chapbook Contest, Gribble Press, PO Box 10307, Spokane, WA 99209-0307. If you want notification of receipt, include a stamped postcard, no postal return receipts, please.

Note: We will run a contest with the intent to act ethically, provide clear guidelines, and make our process as transparent as possible. Our goal is to publish the most exciting and energetic literary work available.

Contact us at Gribble Press, PO Box 10307, Spokane, WA 99209-0307 or email

Gribble@graymaredit.com

2009 Plan B POETRY CHAPBOOK CONTEST!

www.planbpress.com/contestnew.html

Winnings: 50 Copies of your book PLUS $225!

Deadline : March 1, 2009. Enter now!

Judge: Deborah Ager, Publisher & Poet

Contest Rules

1) Send in Manuscript, $15 Reading Fee, Table of Contents, a list of previously published work, if any, and a SASE (if you want a written response, otherwise we will e-mail) to P O Box 3242 Fairfax, VA 22038.

2) Manuscripts will NOT be returned.

3) Our judge does not read all submissions. We have a cache of readers who narrow down the field to a smaller group of semifinalists, which the judge reads. Our readers give comments/feedback. Please keep that in mind.

4) Chapbook must be in English, although there may be passages or words in other languages.

5) Winners of the contest will get a proof copy of the text of the book before it gets printed. With the exception of punctuation and spelling, the manuscript version that the judge picks (fiction or poetry) is the version we are publishing. YOU MAY NOT RE-EDIT YOUR BOOK!

6) We encourage the winner’s feedback for the cover image. If author has no ideas on cover image, Plan B Press will offer options. Plan B Press reserves the right to not create or use an image that the author requests in order to retain editorial control. We will not buy rights for an artist’s work.

7) Though available, ISBNs are not included in the contest.

8) You may submit more than one manuscript, but each must be accompanied by an additional reading fee.

9) Any manuscripts without fees will not be considered.

10) We reserve the right not to reprint the book, but will consider a reprint if books sell out. A contract will be drawn up if author wishes to reprint

11) Book design is the copyright of Plan B Press. Book may not be printed without Plan B Press’s consent. Any cover imagery created by Plan B Press is also the copyright of publisher and may not be reprinted without permission.

Cloudbank Poetry Contest

cloudbankbooks.com/Contest.html

Address for submissions:
Cloudbank
PO Box 610
Corvallis, Oregon 97339-0610

The deadline for contest submissions is February 28, 2009.
The scheduled date to announce the winner is April 30, 2009.

Guidelines:

1. The contest fee is $15.00 The check can be made out to Cloudbank. All poets who enter the contest will receive a one-year (two-issue) subscription to Cloudbank magazine.
2. Submissions without payment will also be considered for publication, but will not be eligible for the prize. We read submissions year-round.
3. Please do not send more than five poems.
4. For contest submissions, the poet’s name, address, and e-mail address should be typed on a cover sheet only, not on the pages of poems. For non-contest submissions, the poet’s name and address should appear on each page.
5. We do not accept electronic submissions.
6. The poems may not have been published elsewhere.
7. We discourage simultaneous submissions. We reply within eight weeks.
8. Your poems will not be returned. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) so that we can notify you of acceptance.
9. The poems are to be typed on one side of each page.
10. Feel free to send us prose poems, reviews, essays on poetry, short fiction (500 words max.). We are open to all types of quality writing.
11. For those who do not enter the contest, one-year (two-issue) subscriptions to Cloudbank magazine are $15.00. Individual copies are $8.
12. Two contributors’ copies will be sent to writers whose work appears in the magazine.

Address any questions to:
Michael Malan
Cloudbank, PO Box 610,
Corvallis, Oregon 97339-0610

E-mail: michael@rsmadness.com

DOCTORS AND LAWYERS Nonfiction Contest

WHEN DOCTORS AND LAWYERS CONNECT–AND COLLIDE:
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm

For a collection to be published by Southern Methodist University Press, Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays written by or about doctors and lawyers, exploring the two professions–their similarities as well as their divisions and points of conflict. What intrigues, interests, or annoys doctors and lawyers–and, potentially, others–about each other? The objective of this project is to capture the complex relationship between these two professions.

Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information. We’re looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice.

Creative Nonfiction editors will award $2,500 for Best Essay.

Guidelines: Essay must be: unpublished, 5,000 words or less, postmarked by March 15, 2009, and clearly marked “Doctors and Lawyers” on both the essay and the outside of the envelope. There is a $20 reading fee; $25 includes a 4-issue CNF subscription. Multiple entries are welcome ($20/essay) as are entries from outside the U.S. (though subscription shipping costs do apply). Please send manuscript, accompanied by a cover letter with complete contact information, SASE and payment to:

Creative Nonfiction
Attn: Doctors and Lawyers
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Please share this announcement with anyone who might be interested in submitting work. Please email any questions to: information@creativenonfiction.org.

Memoirs, Ink. Half-Yearly Personal Essay Contest

We are looking for previously unpublished, first person essays, memoirs, or creative non-fiction. Essays can be on any topic. Open to any writer, any age, anywhere.

First Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $500
Third Prize: $250

Entry fee: $17 (save $2 by becoming a fan on Facebook – (look up Memoirs Ink)

Max 1500 words.

Deadline: Postmark by February 16, 2009. Late deadline February 28, 2008 (extra $5).

Winners announced and published April 30, 2009 at Memoirsink.com

Please visit our website for full guidelines: www.memoirsink.com/docs/contestmain.html

2009 Noemi Press Fiction and Poetry Chapbooks Award

www.noemipress.org/contest.html

The 2009 Noemi Press Fiction Chapbook Award will be judged by Rikki Ducornet, author of The Complete Butcher’s Tales, Gazelle, and Phosphor in Dreamland

The 2009 Noemi Press Poetry Chapbook Award will be judged by Roberto Tejada author of Mirrors for Gold

Winners will receive $150 and 25 author’s copies.
All manuscripts will be considered for publication.

Guidelines for Submissions

Send 20-40 pp. of poetry or fiction, along with a $10 entry fee (check or money order) made out to Noemi Press, via U.S. Postal Service, to the following address:

[Fiction or Poetry] Contest
Noemi Press
P.O. Box 1330
Mesilla Park, NM 88047

Include two title pages: one with title, acknowledgments (if applicable), name, and contact information; one with title alone. Your name must not appear anywhere in the manuscript. Current and former students, friends, and relatives of the judges or Noemi Press editors are not eligible to enter.

Please use a binder clip to fasten your manuscript.

Enclose an SASE for notification of winners and finalists. Manuscripts will not be returned. Revisions of entries cannot be accepted.

If you would like a copy of the winning poetry/fiction chapbook, include a 6″x9″ self-addressed envelope with $2.10 postage affixed.

Stories/poems that have been previously published individually are eligible, but manuscripts must not have been previously published as a whole. Do not submit poems/sto
ries that appear in a chapbook or full-length book already published or under contract for publication. If applicable, include a list of acknowledgments on the title page.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable under the condition that you notify us in the event your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

All entries must be postmarked on or before February 16, 2009.

2009 Gulf Coast Prizes in Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction

www.gulfcoastmag.org/index.php?n=7

The 2009 Gulf Coast Contests, awarding publication and $1,000 each in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction, will open December 22.

This year’s contests will be judged by Brigit Pegeen Kelly (poetry), Antonya Nelson (fiction), and Dinty W. Moore (nonfiction).

Guidelines: Submit one previously unpublished story or essay (25 double-spaced pages max) or up to five previously unpublished poems (10 pages max). Indicate your genre on the outer envelope. Your name and address should appear on the cover letter only. Include a SASE for results. Manuscripts will not be returned.

Your $20 reading fee, payable to “Gulf Coast,” will include a one-year subscription.

Postmark deadline: March 31, 2009.

Send Entries to:
Gulf Coast Prize in [Genre]
Department of English
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3013

2009 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize

www.elizabethtown.kctcs.edu/pubs/heartland/poetcont.html

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked no later than February 16, 2009

Submission Guidelines

Send up to three poems (typed, no longer than 30 lines) to:

2009 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize
c/o Mick Kennedy
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
600 College Street Rd
Elizabethtown KY 42701

Include a cover letter with your name, address and a short biography (30 words maximum). Names should NOT appear on the poems. Poems must be typed and be no longer than 30 lines. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope (legal size) in order to receive the results of the contest.

The Heartland Review asks for a $5 contribution for up to three poems to support the contest and our journal. Please make checks out to theHeartland Review.

Prizes

1st Place – $200 and publication in the 2009 Summer issue
2nd Place – $100 and publication in the 2009 Summer issue
3rd Place – $75 and publication in the 2009 Summer issue

Winners will be announced in April and invited to read at the annual Morrison Gallery Poetry Series Poetry Month Celebration

Judge: Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor, Professor of English at Kentucky State University, is the author of two novels, five collections of poetry and several non-fiction books that deal primarily with Kentucky history. His sixth poetry collection, Rail-Splitter (based on the life of Abraham Lincoln) will be published by Larkspur Press in 2009.

Mr. Taylor has received two creative writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and an Al Smith Award from the Kentucky Arts Council. He and his wife Lizz own Poor Richard’s Books in downtown Frankfort.

Gertrude Press Chapbook Contests

Each year Gertrude Press publishes two chapbooks; one fiction and one poetry. These attractive collections will include a unique cover in a limited press run.

http://www.gertrudepress.org/guidelines/chapbook.html

Writer Compensation:
$50 cash award
50 complimentary copies of the chapbook

Chapbooks will be distributed to subscribers, libraries, and bookstores carrying Gertrude, the Press’ annual literary journal.

Poetry Chapbook Guidelines:
Submit 16-20 pages of poetry via surface mail only.

Indicate which poems have been previously published and by whom. Unpublished poems are welcome.

Poetry may be of any subject matter and writers from all backgrounds are encouraged to submit.

Include a cover letter and SASE for notification. For manuscript returns, please include exact postage.

Indicate how you learned of the contest in your cover letter.

Include a $15 submission fee payable to Gertrude Press.

Submission fee includes copy of the winning chapbook.

Submissions accepted beginning September 1, 2008 until February 15, 2009 (postmark deadline).

Fiction Chapbook Guidelines:
Submit 16-20 pages of short fiction or a self-contained novel excerpt via surface mail only.

Indicate which selections have been previously published and by whom. Unpublished pieces are welcome.

Fiction may be of any subject matter and writers from all backgrounds are encouraged to submit.

Include a cover letter and SASE for notification. For manuscript returns, please include exact postage.

Indicate how you learned of the contest in your
cover letter.

Include a $15 submission fee payable to Gertrude Press.

Submission fee includes a copy of the winning chapbook.

Submissions accepted beginning September 1, 2008 until February 15, 2009 (postmark deadline).

Please send all submissions to:
Gertrude Press
PO Box 83948
Portland OR 97283

Winners will be announced by May 1, 2009.