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Screenwriting Contests
The 2008 Joy Harjo Poetry Award & the Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award
Submit up to three unpublished poems (100 line limit for each) or one unpublished short story (5000 word limit), any subject, any style ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-10-2008.
PRIZES: $1,250.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest
The Cleveland State University Poetry Center is pleased to announce the fourth annual Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest. One prize of $1000 and publication of the winning novella is offered ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
2009 Chautauqua Poetry Contest
Prize: $1,000 and publication in Chautauqua, the literary journal of the Chautauqua Institution. Winner and finalists receive a copy of the journal ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Chapter One Fiction Competition and Reading Series
The Chapter One Fiction Competition and Reading Series provides opportunities for emerging novelists to share their work with an audience, while emphasizing the importance of a strong first chapter ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
The Briar Cliff Review Fiction, Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Contests
Entries will be judged by the Editors of The Briar Cliff Review. $20.00 entry fee per story/creative nonfiction piece or three poems. $1000 First Place for each category ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Hackney Literary Awards
The Hackney Literary Awards, open to writers nationwide, are presented each year as part of the Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference. The competition awards $5,000 in annual prizes for poetry and short fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize
The Barnard Women Poets Prize is given every other year for an exceptional second collection of poems written by an American woman who has already published one book of poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Miller Williams Poetry Prize
The poetry prize is named in honor of Miller Williams, one of America’s finest poets and cofounder and first director of the University of Arkansas Press. The series is open to all book-length manuscripts of 60 to 90 pages, except translations ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-31-2008.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
American Poetry Review /Honickman First Book Prize
The annual American Poetry Review /Honickman First Book Prize offers publication of a book of poems, a $3,000 award, and distribution by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-31-2008.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Walt Whitman Award
The Walt Whitman Award brings first-book publication, a cash prize of $5,000, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center to an American who has never before published a book of poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-15-2008.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest
Accepts all genres of literary fiction. Entries must be unpublished; strictly 5,000 words or less ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Textnovel.com Online Writing Contest
$1,000 and possible publishing contract for top story on textnovel.com. New website that allows writers to create, share and read serial novels online using their cellphone or computer ... (more)
DEADLINE: 12-31-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
The 2008 Washington Square Competition
Winners (one in Fiction and one in Poetry) receive $500 and publication in a forthcoming issue of Washington Square ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-15-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Submit poems in any style, theme or genre. First prize is $2,000. A total of $5,250 in prizes will be awarded ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $6.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Thirteenth Annual Dana Awards
Offering three $1,000 awards annually in the Novel, Short Fiction, and Poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-31-2008.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15 - $25.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
SLIPSTREAM Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition
The annual Slipstream poetry contest offers a $1,000 prize plus 50 professionally-printed copies of your book ... (more)
DEADLINE: 12-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Quercus Review Poetry Series Annual Book Award
Open to all poets, with or without previous book publication. New and emerging writers are especially invited to submit ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-17-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Poets of the American West Anthology
Many Voices Press is accepting submissions for an anthology of poets from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming ... (more)
DEADLINE: 12-30-2008.
PRIZES: $200.00.
ENTRY FEE: $12.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
The Patricia Bibby First Book Award
The competition is open to all poets writing in English who have not committed to publishing collections of poetry of 36 poems or more in editions of over 400 copies ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-31-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
New Criterion Poetry Prize
New Criterion Poetry Prize for a book length manuscript of poems that pay close attention to form. The winner will receive $3,000 and the winning manuscript will be published by Ivan R. Dee, Chicago ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry
This contest, open to all poets offers a $1500 prize, publication and distribution by Anhinga Press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The May Swenson Poetry Award
This annual competition, named for May Swenson, honors her as one of America's most provocative and vital writers ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
Indiana Review's Fiction Prize
Indiana Review's 2008 Fiction Prize offers a $1000 honorarium and publication for the best fiction story ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Calvino Prize
The Calvino Prize is an annual fiction competition that awards outstanding pieces of fiction in the fabulist experimentalist style of Italo Calvino ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-25-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
Beullah Rose Poetry Prize
The 1st Prizewinner receives $200 and publication of the winning poem in Issue 16 of Smartish Pace ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-01-2008.
PRIZES: $200.00.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry
Winning manuscripts are issued in both hardback and paperback editions & authors receive royalties on sales in addition to the cash award ... (more)
DEADLINE: 12-31-2008.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Danahy Fiction Prize
The Danahy Fiction Prize is an award of $1,000 and publication in Tampa Review given annually for a previously unpublished work of short fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Stephen Dunn Prize in Poetry
Award $1,000 for best poem. Five honorable mentions will be offered publication in The Broome Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-29-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
2008 Anderbo Poetry Prize
Submit up to six unpublished poem. Winner receives $500 cash ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-01-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
The 2nd Annual Hotmetalpress Chapbook Contest
Prize is $350 and 20 free copies to the best chapbook of up to 32 pages ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-30-2008.
PRIZES: $350.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
2009 National Writing Contest in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry
Annual contest awards $500 plus publication for the first place winner in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
The TNPR Book Prize Series
The winner of The National Poetry Review Book Prize for 2008 will receive $1000 plus publication and 15 copies of the book ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-31-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
First Annual SCR Fiction Prize
The First Annual SCR Fiction Prize will award $1,000 to the best fiction story of up to 8,000 words ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-31-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Writing Contest
The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival is pleased to announce its first annual Fiction Writing Contest. Grand prize includes $1,500, domestic airfare ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
The Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize
The prize is awarded annually to the manuscript of a first or second book of poems by a U.S. poet and consists of a $1000 cash award and publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award is a $10,000 prize awarded each spring to a writer age 35 or younger for a novel or a collection of short stories ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-29-2008.
PRIZES: $10,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest
Moment Magazine is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest. Moment will award three prizes to outstanding works of unpublished short fiction with Jewish content ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-14-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
The 2008 Editor's Prize Best Poem Contest
Grand prize: $1,000 for best poem and publication. All poems submitted will be considered for publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-30-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Literal Latte Essay Awards
Send unpublished essays, 8,000 word max. All styles and subject welcome ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-20-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize
One $1,000.00 prize winner receives publication in the Spring 2009 Issue; two honorable mentions receive $100.00 each ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-10-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Paumanok Poetry Award
Poems may be published or unpublished, and there are no restrictions on style, subject matter, or length of poems ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Established in 1993, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award is presented annually for a first book by a poet of genuine promise ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $10,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is presented annually for a work by an emerging poet, one who is past the very beginning but has not yet reached the acknowledged pinnacle of his or her career ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $100,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press Poetry Award
The award will include publication by this press, five copies of the finished book, and a cash prize of $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
American Literary Review Short Fiction Contest
The winner in each category will receive $ 1,000 and publication in our Fall 2009 issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Mighty River Short Story Contest
Seeking entries for the best short story relating in some way to the Mississippi River, the River Valley, or a sister River: its landscape, people, culture, history, current events, or future ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-01-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 05-Jun-2008
THE JOURNAL/OSU Press Poetry Prize
The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, selects one full-length manuscript of poetry each year for publication by The Ohio State University Press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 05-Jun-2008
2008 RRofihe Trophy Contest
For an unpublished short story (up to 5,000 words). Winner receives: $500 cash ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 05-Jun-2008
Evolve Beyond Violence Nonfiction Essay Award
Nonfiction essays between 600 to 800 words max will be eligible with sentiments that reflect one or more of the following themes: Anti-war, anti-violence, human rights, peace ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 05-Jun-2008
Submit up to three unpublished poems (100 line limit for each) or one unpublished short story (5000 word limit), any subject, any style ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-10-2008.
PRIZES: $1,250.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest
The Cleveland State University Poetry Center is pleased to announce the fourth annual Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest. One prize of $1000 and publication of the winning novella is offered ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
2009 Chautauqua Poetry Contest
Prize: $1,000 and publication in Chautauqua, the literary journal of the Chautauqua Institution. Winner and finalists receive a copy of the journal ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Chapter One Fiction Competition and Reading Series
The Chapter One Fiction Competition and Reading Series provides opportunities for emerging novelists to share their work with an audience, while emphasizing the importance of a strong first chapter ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
The Briar Cliff Review Fiction, Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Contests
Entries will be judged by the Editors of The Briar Cliff Review. $20.00 entry fee per story/creative nonfiction piece or three poems. $1000 First Place for each category ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Hackney Literary Awards
The Hackney Literary Awards, open to writers nationwide, are presented each year as part of the Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference. The competition awards $5,000 in annual prizes for poetry and short fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize
The Barnard Women Poets Prize is given every other year for an exceptional second collection of poems written by an American woman who has already published one book of poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Miller Williams Poetry Prize
The poetry prize is named in honor of Miller Williams, one of America’s finest poets and cofounder and first director of the University of Arkansas Press. The series is open to all book-length manuscripts of 60 to 90 pages, except translations ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-31-2008.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
American Poetry Review /Honickman First Book Prize
The annual American Poetry Review /Honickman First Book Prize offers publication of a book of poems, a $3,000 award, and distribution by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-31-2008.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Walt Whitman Award
The Walt Whitman Award brings first-book publication, a cash prize of $5,000, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center to an American who has never before published a book of poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-15-2008.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 22-August-2008
Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest
Accepts all genres of literary fiction. Entries must be unpublished; strictly 5,000 words or less ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Textnovel.com Online Writing Contest
$1,000 and possible publishing contract for top story on textnovel.com. New website that allows writers to create, share and read serial novels online using their cellphone or computer ... (more)
DEADLINE: 12-31-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
The 2008 Washington Square Competition
Winners (one in Fiction and one in Poetry) receive $500 and publication in a forthcoming issue of Washington Square ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-15-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Submit poems in any style, theme or genre. First prize is $2,000. A total of $5,250 in prizes will be awarded ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $6.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Thirteenth Annual Dana Awards
Offering three $1,000 awards annually in the Novel, Short Fiction, and Poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-31-2008.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15 - $25.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
SLIPSTREAM Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition
The annual Slipstream poetry contest offers a $1,000 prize plus 50 professionally-printed copies of your book ... (more)
DEADLINE: 12-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Quercus Review Poetry Series Annual Book Award
Open to all poets, with or without previous book publication. New and emerging writers are especially invited to submit ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-17-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
Poets of the American West Anthology
Many Voices Press is accepting submissions for an anthology of poets from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming ... (more)
DEADLINE: 12-30-2008.
PRIZES: $200.00.
ENTRY FEE: $12.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
The Patricia Bibby First Book Award
The competition is open to all poets writing in English who have not committed to publishing collections of poetry of 36 poems or more in editions of over 400 copies ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-31-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 07-August-2008
New Criterion Poetry Prize
New Criterion Poetry Prize for a book length manuscript of poems that pay close attention to form. The winner will receive $3,000 and the winning manuscript will be published by Ivan R. Dee, Chicago ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry
This contest, open to all poets offers a $1500 prize, publication and distribution by Anhinga Press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The May Swenson Poetry Award
This annual competition, named for May Swenson, honors her as one of America's most provocative and vital writers ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
Indiana Review's Fiction Prize
Indiana Review's 2008 Fiction Prize offers a $1000 honorarium and publication for the best fiction story ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Calvino Prize
The Calvino Prize is an annual fiction competition that awards outstanding pieces of fiction in the fabulist experimentalist style of Italo Calvino ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-25-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
Beullah Rose Poetry Prize
The 1st Prizewinner receives $200 and publication of the winning poem in Issue 16 of Smartish Pace ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-01-2008.
PRIZES: $200.00.
ENTRY FEE: $5.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry
Winning manuscripts are issued in both hardback and paperback editions & authors receive royalties on sales in addition to the cash award ... (more)
DEADLINE: 12-31-2008.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Danahy Fiction Prize
The Danahy Fiction Prize is an award of $1,000 and publication in Tampa Review given annually for a previously unpublished work of short fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-July-2008
The Stephen Dunn Prize in Poetry
Award $1,000 for best poem. Five honorable mentions will be offered publication in The Broome Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-29-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
2008 Anderbo Poetry Prize
Submit up to six unpublished poem. Winner receives $500 cash ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-01-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
The 2nd Annual Hotmetalpress Chapbook Contest
Prize is $350 and 20 free copies to the best chapbook of up to 32 pages ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-30-2008.
PRIZES: $350.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
2009 National Writing Contest in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry
Annual contest awards $500 plus publication for the first place winner in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
The TNPR Book Prize Series
The winner of The National Poetry Review Book Prize for 2008 will receive $1000 plus publication and 15 copies of the book ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-31-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
First Annual SCR Fiction Prize
The First Annual SCR Fiction Prize will award $1,000 to the best fiction story of up to 8,000 words ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-31-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 14-July-2008
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Writing Contest
The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival is pleased to announce its first annual Fiction Writing Contest. Grand prize includes $1,500, domestic airfare ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
The Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize
The prize is awarded annually to the manuscript of a first or second book of poems by a U.S. poet and consists of a $1000 cash award and publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award is a $10,000 prize awarded each spring to a writer age 35 or younger for a novel or a collection of short stories ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-29-2008.
PRIZES: $10,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest
Moment Magazine is now accepting submissions for the 2008 Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest. Moment will award three prizes to outstanding works of unpublished short fiction with Jewish content ... (more)
DEADLINE: 11-14-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
The 2008 Editor's Prize Best Poem Contest
Grand prize: $1,000 for best poem and publication. All poems submitted will be considered for publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-30-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Literal Latte Essay Awards
Send unpublished essays, 8,000 word max. All styles and subject welcome ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-20-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize
One $1,000.00 prize winner receives publication in the Spring 2009 Issue; two honorable mentions receive $100.00 each ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-10-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Paumanok Poetry Award
Poems may be published or unpublished, and there are no restrictions on style, subject matter, or length of poems ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Established in 1993, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award is presented annually for a first book by a poet of genuine promise ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $10,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is presented annually for a work by an emerging poet, one who is past the very beginning but has not yet reached the acknowledged pinnacle of his or her career ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $100,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press Poetry Award
The award will include publication by this press, five copies of the finished book, and a cash prize of $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
American Literary Review Short Fiction Contest
The winner in each category will receive $ 1,000 and publication in our Fall 2009 issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 26-Jun-2008
Mighty River Short Story Contest
Seeking entries for the best short story relating in some way to the Mississippi River, the River Valley, or a sister River: its landscape, people, culture, history, current events, or future ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-01-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 05-Jun-2008
THE JOURNAL/OSU Press Poetry Prize
The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, selects one full-length manuscript of poetry each year for publication by The Ohio State University Press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2008.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 05-Jun-2008
2008 RRofihe Trophy Contest
For an unpublished short story (up to 5,000 words). Winner receives: $500 cash ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2008.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 05-Jun-2008
Evolve Beyond Violence Nonfiction Essay Award
Nonfiction essays between 600 to 800 words max will be eligible with sentiments that reflect one or more of the following themes: Anti-war, anti-violence, human rights, peace ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-01-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 05-Jun-2008