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30th Sep 2010(Thu)


	L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest 1. No entry fee is required, and all rights in the story remain the property of the author. All types of science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy are welcome. 2. All entries must be original works, in English. Plagiarism, which includes the use of third-party poetry, song lyrics, characters or another person's universe, without written permission will result in disqualification. Excessive violence or sex, determined by the judges, will result in disqualification. Entries may not have been previously published in professional media. 3. To be eligible, entries must be works of prose, up to 17,000 words in length. We regret we cannot consider poetry, or works intended for children. 4. The Contest is open only to those who have not had professionally published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium. Professional publication is deemed to be payment, and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits. 5. Entries must be typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, double spaced, with numbered pages. All other formats will be disqualified. Each entry must have a cover page with the title of the work, the author�s name, address, telephone number, email address and an approximate word count. Every subsequent page must carry the title and a page number, but the author's name must be deleted to facilitate fair judging. 6. Manuscripts will be returned after judging only if the author has provided return postage on a self addressed envelope. If the author does not wish return of the manuscript, a #10 (business size) self-addressed, stamped envelope (or valid email address) must be included with the entry in order to receive judging results. 7. We accept only entries for which no delivery signature is required by us to receive them. 8. There shall be three cash prizes in each quarter: a First Prize of $1,000, a Second Prize of $750, and a Third Prize of $500, in U.S. dollars or the recipient's locally equivalent amount. In addition, at the end of the year the four First Place winners will have their entries rejudged, and a Grand Prize winner shall be determined and receive an additional $5,000. All winners will also receive trophies or certificates. 9. The Contest has four quarters, beginning on October 1, January 1, April 1 and July 1. The year will end on September 30. To be eligible for judging in its quarter, an entry must be postmarked no later than midnight on the last day of the quarter. 10. Each entrant may submit only one manuscript per quarter. Winners are ineligible to make further entries in the contest. 11. All entries for each quarter are final. No revisions are accepted. 12. Entries will be judged by professional authors. The decisions of the judges are entirely their own, and are final. 13. Winners in each quarter will be individually notified of the results by mail. 14. This contest is void where prohibited by law. http://www.writersofthefuture.com/ http://www.writersofthefuture.com/rules.htm
	The TNPR Book Prize Series Submit 45-80 pages of poetry with a $25 reading fee (personal check only, please; no money orders), a cover letter with your bio and your manuscript's acknowledgments, and your email address for results (no SASEs please; manuscripts will be recycled). Please do not bind, fasten, or clip your manuscript in any way. IMPORTANT: Checks payable only to "TNPR" ENTRY ADDRESS FOR BOOK PRIZE ONLY: THE NATIONAL POETRY REVIEW PO Box 2080 Aptos, CA 95001-2080 Postmark Deadline : September 30, 2010. The winner of The National Poetry Review Book Prize will receive $1000 plus publication and 15 copies of the book. All entrants will be considered for publication. In 2006 two runners up were given publication contracts in addition to the winner. In 2008 one runner up was given a publication contract in addition to the winner. Previous Winners: Bryan Penberthy, James Haug, Dorinne Jennette, Ravi Shankar (2009) Previouse Runners-Up: Dan Kaplan, Karl Elder, Sarah E. Barber, James Grinwis (2009) Please note that students, close friends, and family of the editors are not eligible for the prize. We believe that this policy promotes objectivity in judging and fairness in publication. The National Poetry Review is a non-profit organization. http://nationalpoetryreview.com/ http://home.comcast.net/~sagecj/tnprbookprize.html
	Four Seasons Poetry Contest - Autumn 2010 YORKTOWN.NET WILL PAY OUT FOUR QUARTERLY PRIZES EACH IN THE AMOUNT OF $300.00 OR THE NOOK E-BOOK READER AND $100.00 SHOPPING CREDIT * YORKTOWN.NET WILL PAY OUT ONE GRAND PRIZE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1000.00 ELIGIBILITY: Heretofore UNPUBLISHED poems are eligible. Each poet may submit a maximum of three poems each. If your work is copyright registered, you must include a separate letter of permission to use your copyrighted material for the purpose and intent of publishing. If your entry includes work that is "under contract" then it is considered PUBLISHED for the purposes of this contest and therefore is ineligible. HOW TO ENTER: The United States Postal Service is the only mechanism for delivering your contest submission. ENTRY / READING FEE: Your check (drawn on any US Banking institution) or money order in US currency must accompany your submission. Entry fee is $10.00 per poem, with a maximum of three poems. $10 X 3 = $30. Entry fees are NON-REFUNDABLE. A paid entry fee entitles the entrée to the right to download one copy of the Annual Four Season Poetry Anthology when it is published. NOT RETURNABLE / REFUNDABLE: Your poems will not be returned to you. Your submissions will automatically be published in the annual FOUR SEASONS BOOK of POETRY. Entry fees received are not refundable. No changes may be made after the submission is received. LIMITATIONS: Poems must not be longer than three pages each. Each person is eligible to enter each FOUR SEASONS quarterly poetry contest one time. Poems entered in other poetry contests are considered eligible. Poems that have won other poetry contests and that are published as a result are considered published and are therefore considered ineligible. NOTIFICATION: If you wish to be notified of the receipt of your submission, please enclose a stamped, self addressed envelope. We will announce the winner for each of the four contests within 30 days of the respective deadline date. The winner will be contacted by telephone and also notified by mail. COVER LETTER: Please include a cover letter with your submission for identification purposes. Give name, address, phone contact number and e-mail address. In your cover letter please include the type of verse, style and a list of the titles of your submitted work. In your cover letter please state in your own words that you are the author of the submitted work. Please don’t forget to sign and date the cover letter. PHYSICAL FORMAT: Your poems must be typed or printed, cursive is not acceptable. If you are hand printing, you may use lined paper. For digital printers, use black ink, left align, 12 pt, sans serif font. Four sets of your poems must be provided, each stapled identically, three copies for the judges and one for publication. Please use standard white 8.5 x 11-inch paper, double spaced, one side only. The poem’s title should appear in capitals before the text and a "by" line should appear at the end with your name. A date may be placed, but be aware that for purposes of copyrights, a date stamp will be placed on each individual poem on the date received. ANNUAL FOUR SEASONS POETRY ANTHOLOGY: Every poem submitted will automatically be published in the Annual Four Season Poetry Anthology without additional cost to you. Every entrant will be entitled to download a copy of Annual Four Season Poetry Anthology in the year that it is published. A CD ROM of the Annual Four Season Poetry Anthology will be available for purchase in the spring of the year it is published. ANNUAL BANQUET: Each of the the FOUR SEASONS poetry contest quarterly winners will be invited to the annual FOUR SEASONS poetry contest banquet in February 2011 in south Florida date and place TBA. There they will read their work and be judged by their peers in attendance. The winner of the runoff contest will be awarded a $1000.00 prize. The banquet will be held in Beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida. MAIL TO: YORKTOWN.NET LLC FOUR SEASONS P.O. BOX 283 LAKE WORTH, FL 33460-283 SUBMISSION CHECK LIST: Four copies of each poem submitted Cover letter with all contact information and signed Entry fee $10.00 for each poem submitted maximum of three poems Standard size #10 envelope is preferred Stamped self addressed envelope if you wish notification of receipt. Nook 6" screen $100.00 good at Yorktown.net *$1000.00 prize is contingent upon a minimum number of entries. Autumn - 3rd QTR - contest ends on September 30th 2010 Theme - poems exploring Harvesting from Life Style and Verse - Any Traditional American Age - Adult only, 18 years and older http://yorktown.net/ http://yorktown.net/poetry_contest.htm
	Leaf Books Micro-Fiction Competition Closing date: September 30th 2010 Leaf Books invites you to submit micro-fiction (max 300 words) on any subject imaginable. Winning and outstanding entries will be published in the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. These, and further commended entries, will also be published in an anthology. First prize: Winner receives £150 and a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine and the anthology. One runner up will receive a free copy of the magazine/anthology. Further successful entrants published in the magazine will get a free copy, and commended authors for the anthology will be able to pre-order the book at a reduced rate. To enter: £3 per entry, 4 entries for £10 Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry. Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file. For a single entry (£3.00): For 4 entries (£10): Closing date: September 30th 2010 http://www.leafbooks.co.uk/ http://www.leafbooks.co.uk/New/For%20 ... rrentCompetitions.html#MF
	Ruskin Art Club Poetry Award for publication in the Los Angeles Review $1000 Award Deadline: September 30, 2010 Judge: Elena Karina Byrne Established in 2003, the Ruskin Art Club Poetry Award is for an unpublished poem. Awarded poem is selected through an annual submission process which is open to all poets. This year's final judge is Elena Karina Byrne . Award is $1000 and publication of the awarded poem in the Los Angeles Review published by Red Hen Press. Entry fee $20 for up to 3 poems, maximum 120 lines each. Name on cover sheet only. Send SASE for notification. Entries must be postmarked by September 30. Guidelines Eligibility: The award is open to all writers with the following exceptions: A) Authors who have had a full length work published by Red Hen Press, or a full length work currently under consideration by Red Hen Press; B) Employees, interns, or contractors of Red Hen Press; C) Relatives of employees or members of the executive board of directors; D) Relatives or individuals having a personal or professional relationship with any of the final judges where they have taken any part whatsoever in shaping the manuscript, or where, for whatever reason, selecting a particular manuscript might have the appearance of impropriety. Procedures and Ethical Considerations To be certain that every manuscript finalist receives the fairest evaluation, all manuscripts shall be submitted to the judges without any identifying material. Bios, acknowledgments, and other identifying material shall be removed from judged manuscripts until the conclusion of the competition. Red Hen Press shall not use students or interns as readers at any stage of its competitions. Red Hen Press is committed to maintaining the utmost integrity of our awards. Judges shall recuse themselves from considering any manuscript where they recognize the work. In the event of recusal, a manuscript score previously assigned by the managing editor of the press will be substituted. Please submit materials to: Attn: _________Award Red Hen Press P.O. Box 40820 Pasadena, CA 91114 www.redhen.org http://www.redhen.org/ http://www.redhen.org/RedHenPress.htm ... 58-CA00-DDAB-8ABFA8815AC7
	Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest Submission Period Entries accepted December 15, 2009-September 30, 2010 (postmark dates) What to Submit Poetry in any style or theme. Your entry should be your own original work. You may submit the same poem simultaneously to this contest and to others, and you may submit poems that have been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. Prizes and Publication First prize: $3,000. Second prize: $1,000. Third prize: $400. Fourth prize: $250. There will also be six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. The top 10 entries will be published on the Winning Writers website (over one million page views per year) and announced in Tom Howard Contest News and the Winning Writers Newsletter, a combined audience of over 30,000 readers. Entry Fee The reading fee is $7 for every 25 lines you submit. If you submit a sonnet of 14 lines and a haiku of 3 lines, totaling 17 lines, the fee would be $7. If you submit three poems of 15 lines each, totaling 45 lines, the fee would be $14. Exclude your poem titles and any blank lines from your line count. There is no limit on the number of lines or number of poems you may submit. Please note: Generally entry fees are not refundable. However, if you believe you have an exceptional circumstance, please contact us within one year of your entry. Deadline September 30, 2010. Your entry must be postmarked or submitted online by this date. How To Submit Click here to submit online (credit card) Click here to submit by mail (check or money order) Click here to submit via PayPal Announcement of Winners The winners of the eighth contest will be announced on February 15, 2011. Entrants with valid email addresses will receive an email notification. English Language Poets of all nations may enter. However, the poems you submit should be in English. If you have written a poem in another language, you may translate your poem into English and submit the translation. Privacy Your privacy is assured. Neither Winning Writers nor Tom Howard Books will rent your information to third parties. Winning Writers processes entries and fees for this contest as a service to Tom Howard Books. Winning Writers is not a sponsor and does not judge the entries. Copyright If your entry wins any cash prize, you agree to give both John H. Reid and Winning Writers a nonexclusive license to publish your work online. From time to time, selected winning entries may also be published in printed collections. If you win a prize, we may ask you for permission to include your entry in one of these books. You may accept or decline this invitation as you choose. Your entry will not be published in print without your consent, and you retain all other rights. You are free, for example, to publish your work in print or online elsewhere, and to enter it into other contests, whether or not you win a prize in this contest. Judges A former journalist and magazine editor, John H. Reid has judged literary contests for over 15 years. He has published several novels, a collection of poetry, a guide to winning literary contests and 24 books of film criticism and movie history. See his work at Lulu. Mr. Reid is assisted by Dee C. Konrad. A leading educator and published author, Ms. Konrad was Associate Professor in the English faculty of Barat College of DePaul University, and served as Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences for the year 2000-2001. http://www.winningwriters.com/ http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/tompoetry/tp_guidelines.php
	Breathless Press December Writing Contest Breathless Press Will Give 20 Authors the Chance to Shine During The Holidays Calgary, Alberta-Think the Holidays are months away? If you’re a writer you might want to head to the computer right now because Breathless Press is offering 20 lucky authors and their stories a chance to be featured on their Web site during the months of October and December. Breathless Press is currently looking for the following stories- For October-Witches and Demons (stories must contain a demon or witch element). For December-Naughty or Nice (stories must contain the themed element of being naughty or nice). All stories must be erotic or be in the category of a 2+ heat rating (please see the Breathless Press site for details), must be under 35k but above 1k, (no flirt lengths). Both categories are open to unpublished and published writers. There will be ten winners in each category. Stories must be original and not have been published elsewhere. Stories will be treated like any other one published by Breathless Press. They will be available from the time they are live to the time the contract expires upon which it may be renewed. Each story will get their own, unique cover with a graphic that sets them apart from regular Breathless Press stories. The author will receive the standard Breathless Press royalty of 35% of net sales. In addition each winner will receive the following- A $10 gift card for the book or books of their choice on the All Romance Ebook Web site www.allromanceebooks.com . 50 bonus points on the Breathless Press We site ($50 value) Deadline for the Witches and Demon stories is June 30th, 2010 at 12.00 a.m. Eastern Time Deadline for the Naughty or Nice stories is September 30th, 2010 at 12.00 a.m. Eastern Time Stories should be e-mailed to acquisitions@breathlesspress.com Please visit the Breathless Press Website www.breathlesspress.com for submission format requirements and/or to view a sample contract. http://www.breathlesspress.com/ http://www.breathlesspress.com/erotic/news/writing_contest
	Carpe Articulum Literary Review Short Fiction Award SUBMISSIONS Submitting work to Carpe Articulum is a four-step process. 1. Review the appropriate Deadlines, Guidelines and Rules of Entry for your submission. 2. If you have not previously submitted work to Carpe Articulum, you must REGISTER with us prior to submitting your work. Once you are registered with us, you do not need to do so again in order to submit your works and may skip to the next step for all future submissions. 3. SUBMIT your work. 4. Submit the appropriate Reading or Entry Fee via PayPal pull-down menu below. Within PayPal, be sure to click the “Add special instructions to the seller” link and include YOUR NAME and THE NAME OF YOUR SUBMISSION. A PayPal account is not required in order to use PayPal. Submissions are not considered or complete until payment has been made. DEADLINES These dates are ANNUAL, REVOLVING deadlines SHORT FICTION……..MAR 30, SEPT 30 If deadlines are missed, the piece will automatically be entered into the next contest cycle for that particular genre. GENERAL RULES OF ENTRY 1. All contests are void where prohibited by law. 2. All contests are open to the public over the age of 18. International submissions accepted and encouraged. For publication in the English Version of CALR, participant must have work translated into English. All rules apply. 3. All work must be original, and by submitting the pieces, author gives rights to the Carpe Articulum Literary Review to print the piece and to use it on the web or other media. All rights revert back to the author. See website for release and terms information. We want authors to become well known, and have no desire to encumber work. We do however, reserve the right to use it. 4. Multiple entries are accepted. 5. Previously printed work is acceptable as long as the circulation did not exceed 2,000 copies of a magazine, newspaper, book or other printed media. Previously printed authors are permitted. 6. Two Cover Sheets must be included: One with author’s contact information, including name, address, telephone number, email, entry title and contest name. The second must contain the contest name and working TITLE of the piece ONLY. Absolutely no author name may be included on the work itself (unless it is a painting) or the piece(s) will be disqualified. 7. No manuscripts will be returned, see winner’s announcements in the magazine or on the website. 8. Electronic entries are accepted and encouraged, as long as all guidelines are observed, and entry fee accompanies its submission, ear-marked for the work’s title and author. Send electronic entries in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx file extension) through the email address: Editor-in-Chief@CarpeArticulum.com 9. If no suitable winner can be found by contests’ end, the judges may invoke the right to extend the contest date slightly, in order to find enough appropriate work material. However, all contests will be awarded the funds allocated by the end of the extension date. 10. All reader’s fees are non-refundable, and work is non-returnable. Please see to it that you are NOT sending us your only copy. 11. All reader fees can be paid online via PayPal, OR by check or money order payable to: CARPE ARTICULUM LITERARY REVIEW. Entries can be sent via regular or special mail to: The Carpe Verbum Contest / [write short fiction, novella, etc. here] PO Box 409 Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034 12. All Submissions MUST be postmarked by the deadline in order to be considered for that genre. We get a lot of work in, and in order to give it the proper attention, appropriate time allowances must be made. THE EARLIER, THE BETTER. If for any reason you feel you may have omitted an important piece of information, or may have inadvertently made an error in putting your package together, feel free to contact us and we will do our best to straighten out the issue. We sincerely want all worthy authors to get their due recognition and will in no way arbitrarily disqualify a participant for a slight oversight. International submissions welcome. GUIDELINES FOR SHORT FICTION Submissions must not exceed 25 pages double-spaced. Submissions must not be less than a 12 pt. nor larger than a 14 pt. of a typically used font. Reading Fee $20 AWARDS FIRST = $1,250 / SECOND = $300 / THIRD = $200 Each additional entry in this SAME category, $10, not to exceed 5 total submissions http://www.carpearticulum.com/ http://www.carpearticulum.com/submissions/
	Carpe Articulum Literary Review Poetry Award SUBMISSIONS Submitting work to Carpe Articulum is a four-step process. 1. Review the appropriate Deadlines, Guidelines and Rules of Entry for your submission. 2. If you have not previously submitted work to Carpe Articulum, you must REGISTER with us prior to submitting your work. Once you are registered with us, you do not need to do so again in order to submit your works and may skip to the next step for all future submissions. 3. SUBMIT your work. 4. Submit the appropriate Reading or Entry Fee via PayPal pull-down menu below. Within PayPal, be sure to click the “Add special instructions to the seller” link and include YOUR NAME and THE NAME OF YOUR SUBMISSION. A PayPal account is not required in order to use PayPal. Submissions are not considered or complete until payment has been made. DEADLINES These dates are ANNUAL, REVOLVING deadlines POETRY…………………MAR 30, SEPT 30 If deadlines are missed, the piece will automatically be entered into the next contest cycle for that particular genre. GENERAL RULES OF ENTRY 1. All contests are void where prohibited by law. 2. All contests are open to the public over the age of 18. International submissions accepted and encouraged. For publication in the English Version of CALR, participant must have work translated into English. All rules apply. 3. All work must be original, and by submitting the pieces, author gives rights to the Carpe Articulum Literary Review to print the piece and to use it on the web or other media. All rights revert back to the author. See website for release and terms information. We want authors to become well known, and have no desire to encumber work. We do however, reserve the right to use it. 4. Multiple entries are accepted. 5. Previously printed work is acceptable as long as the circulation did not exceed 2,000 copies of a magazine, newspaper, book or other printed media. Previously printed authors are permitted. 6. Two Cover Sheets must be included: One with author’s contact information, including name, address, telephone number, email, entry title and contest name. The second must contain the contest name and working TITLE of the piece ONLY. Absolutely no author name may be included on the work itself (unless it is a painting) or the piece(s) will be disqualified. 7. No manuscripts will be returned, see winner’s announcements in the magazine or on the website. 8. Electronic entries are accepted and encouraged, as long as all guidelines are observed, and entry fee accompanies its submission, ear-marked for the work’s title and author. Send electronic entries in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx file extension) through the email address: Editor-in-Chief@CarpeArticulum.com 9. If no suitable winner can be found by contests’ end, the judges may invoke the right to extend the contest date slightly, in order to find enough appropriate work material. However, all contests will be awarded the funds allocated by the end of the extension date. 10. All reader’s fees are non-refundable, and work is non-returnable. Please see to it that you are NOT sending us your only copy. 11. All reader fees can be paid online via PayPal, OR by check or money order payable to: CARPE ARTICULUM LITERARY REVIEW. Entries can be sent via regular or special mail to: The Carpe Verbum Contest / [write short fiction, novella, etc. here] PO Box 409 Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034 12. All Submissions MUST be postmarked by the deadline in order to be considered for that genre. We get a lot of work in, and in order to give it the proper attention, appropriate time allowances must be made. THE EARLIER, THE BETTER. If for any reason you feel you may have omitted an important piece of information, or may have inadvertently made an error in putting your package together, feel free to contact us and we will do our best to straighten out the issue. We sincerely want all worthy authors to get their due recognition and will in no way arbitrarily disqualify a participant for a slight oversight. International submissions welcome. GUIDELINES FOR POETRY Not to exceed three pages per poem. Not to include more than three poems per entry. Reading Fee $20 (for 3 poems) AWARDS FIRST = $400 / SECOND = $200 / THIRD = $100 Each additional poem entry in this SAME category, $10 each, not to exceed 5 total submissions. http://www.carpearticulum.com/ http://www.carpearticulum.com/submissions/
	Words from the Edge Fault Zone: Words from the Edge An Anthology of Short Stories Writing Contest! Winner to be published! Fault Zone: Words from the Edge, an anthology of short stories, will be published this fall by the SF/Peninsula Branch of California Writers. We’re perched on the edge of the San Andreas Fault, on the edge of the Pacific Rim. Will we fall in? Or is Fault Zone more of a comment on human frailties and foibles? Interpret as you wish and have fun. We can’t wait to see it! First Prize is $300 and publication in our Fault Zone anthology. Second Prize is $100. Third Prize is $50. Contest deadline is September 30, 2010. Reading fee is $15. Previously published work will be considered. Novel excerpts must stand on their own. Submission Guidelines: Submit 2 copies of your short story or stand-alone novel excerpt. Title and author should be on each page, as well as page number. Include word count on first page. Please submit work typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. Times Roman, with standard margins. Word limit: 2,500 max. (more or less, within reason). Shorter entries are encouraged! Mail to: SF/Pen CWC, P.O. Box 853, Belmont, CA 94002 Or: Submit on line at www.cwc-peninsula.org and click on the Contest button. http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/ http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/Fault-Zone-Contest.html
	The May Swenson Poetry Award 1. Submitted collections must be original poetry in English, 50 to 100 pages 2. No restrictions on form or subject 3. Submit one copy of the manuscript 4. Name/address/email on cover sheet only 5. $25 reading fee (includes copy of winning book) 6. Postmark deadline September 30 7. SASE for announcement of winner 8. Manuscript will not be returned 9. Judge reserves the right to declare no winner in any given year The winning manuscript receives a $1000 award, publication, and royalties. Address your entry to: May Swenson Poetry Award Utah State University Press 3078 Old Main Hill Logan UT 84322-3078 http://www.usu.edu/ http://www.usu.edu/usupress/poetry_award/
	Flash 500 Competition · Entries must be in English. · Entries must be the work of the entrant and must not have been accepted for publication elsewhere. · Entries may have appeared online in peer review sites, but should not have been published in any commercial online form. · The competition is open to anyone over the age of 18, including non-UK entrants. · Copyright remains with the author. · Entries cannot be returned. · The decision of the judge is final, and no correspondence will be entered into. · The closing date for entries is midnight (UK time) on the 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December. Winners will be notified by email within six weeks of each closing date. · The results of the competition will be published on the competition website. · A word count must be given at the end of the story. · Manuscripts must not show the name or address of the entrant, but must include the title. · Entries should be submitted as an email attachment in either Word or PDF format. · In the body of the email please ensure that you include the title of your story, your name and contact email address, if different to that used to submit the entry. · Entries will not be accepted without prior payment. · Only manuscripts which are within the 500-word limit will be accepted. This means any story up to and including 500 words. · The title does not form part of the word count. · No corrections will be accepted or refunds given. · Entries not complying with competition rules will be disqualified. Entry fee: £5 for one story, £8 for two stories Optional critiques: £10 per story Prizes will be awarded as follows: First: £250 plus publication in Words with JAM Second: £100 Third: £50 Highly commended: A copy of The Writer’s ABC Checklist http://www.flash500.com/ http://www.flash500.com/index_files/flash500rules.html
	Bananagrams® Writing Contest New for 2010: Bananagrams® Writing Contest - $500 in Prizes for Poetry and Prose Open from May 1-September 30, 2010 (Deadline Extended) Complete Contest Guidelines: Format: Writers must use all seven words from the 21-letter Bananagrams® grid displayed on this site, below. Writers may use words more than once. Words can be changed from singular to plural when necessary, but writers may not change words to a different tense or form (for example, "jolt" can be changed to "jolts," but not to "jolting" or "jolted.") Prefixes and suffixes are allowed (for example, "foxed" can be changed to "out-foxed.") Words cannot be changed in a way that alters the letters of the original word (for example, "face" can be changed to "faces," but not to "facial.") Deadline: Opens May 1, 2010, at midnight; Closes September 30, 2010, at 11:59 p.m. Word Count: Stories up to 1,400 words; poems up to 1,400 words Entry fee: $7 per story or poem; 3 for $20 Entries will be accepted by email only; payment by PayPal. Writers are asked to pay with PayPal first, then submit their work online. Send all contest entries to newportreviewcontest@gmail.com. Manuscripts should be sent in Word or Rich Text Format. * Please underline or bold-face the contest words in your manuscript. * Please format manuscripts so that the first page is a cover sheet with the writer's name and complete contact information, including email and phone, but do not include the writer's name on the text itself. * Writers may submit a total of six entries. * The contest is open to all writers ages 13 and above, except writers who have close personal affiliations with Newport Review, its editorial staff, contest judges or advisory board. Past contest winners and those who have been published in past issues of Newport Review are eligible to enter. * Winners will be notified and posted on our blog and web site. * Questions about contest rules (NOT entries) may be addressed to edit (at) newportreview.org. Guest judges are poet John Landry and fiction writer Jincy Willett. $500 in prizes, along with publication and Bananagrams® game sets, will be awarded. Two First Prizes (Story and Poem): $200, Bananagrams®, and publication in Newport Review Two Second Prizes (Story and Poem): $50, Bananagrams®, and publication in Newport Review Honorable Mention (Stories and Poems): Bananagrams® and publication in Newport Review Prize-winning poems and stories will be published in Newport Review. Other poems and stories may also be considered for publication. All entries may be used by Bananagrams® for promotional purposes. Contest winners will be announced in November, 2010, on this site. Your words are below. As we say in Bananagrams-land: SPLIT! http://newportreview.org/ http://newportreview.org/?contests.html
	Carol E. Doering Poetry Contest FIRST PRIZE $75 SECOND PRIZE $50 THIRD PRIZE $25 DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2010(POSTMARKED) RULES 1. Eligibility: WAN members are not eligibile. Contest is open to all others. 2. Entries must be Original, unpublished not currently submited elsewhere, must have received no prior awards. 3. Poetry: 50 lines maximum: Free verse or traditional; single or double spaced. 4. Name and address must not appear on manuscript. Entries must be typewrtten on one side of 8 1/2" X 11" white paper, entries must be titled. One poem per page. 5. On a separate cover page, type: a)name, b)address, c)phone number, d)title of entry, e) how you heard about the contest. 6. Send a $5.00 fee per poem or $10.00 for three poems(3). DO NOT SEND CASH. No limit on number of entries. Make checks payable to Woman's Artistic Network. 7. Mail entries to: WOMAN'S ARTISTIC NETWORK, P.O.Box 1485, Simi Valley, CA 93062 · WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY MAIL ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 30, 2010 · OPTIONAL SASE marked "Winners List" · The names of winners will be posted on our website: www.womansartisticnetwork.org ENTRIES WILL NOT BE RETURNED; KEEP COPIES. JUDGES' DECISIONS ARE FINAL WRITERS RETAIN ALL RIGHTS. http://www.womensartisticnetwork.org/ http://www.womensartisticnetwork.org/18.html
	Rebecca Lard Award Poetry Quarterly is proud to offer the Rebecca Lard award for 2010. Submissions for this award will be accepted through September 2010. Judging for this contest will be conducted by David Dodd Lee. The winner of the Lard award will receive: # $300 (US) # Your poem featured in the subsequent Poetry Quarterly Edition # 10 Copies of the book in print # You will be featured on the back cover # You will be featured on the Poetry Quarterly website # Free entry to the next 5 Poetry Quarterly Contests 5 honorable mentions will receive: # Publication in the subsequent Poetry Quarterly edition # Free entry to the next contest # 1 Free Book For complete details, see “Rules” # All entrants receive a 1 year electronic subscription. ($20 Value) # All poems submitted are considered for publication. # All contest poems selected for publication entitle the poet to a free book. Rebecca Lard (1772-1855) was the first poet in Indiana. In her day, Lard was well known for submitting to publications. A copy of her little volume of verse (there are only five numbered pages) is preserved in the collection of the Historical & Philosophical Society of Ohio, Cincinnati, and an undated clipping from an early issue of the Cincinnati Gazette pasted on the inner wrapper states that it is the work of Mrs. Lard, “a lady of Indiana.” Also authored The Banks of the Ohio which was published in 1823. Contest Rules 1. Submit up to three (3) previously unpublished poems with a $10 reading fee payable to Poetry Quarterly. # You may submit using this contest manager or by mail. If submitting by mail, include your contact info on your cover letter only. Poetry Quarterly ICO Glenn Lyvers 919 Hendricks St. Mishawaka, IN 46544 Submissions by mail will not be returned; send SASE for results is submitting by mail. 2. Each $10 reading fee entitles entrant to a 1 year electronic subscription to Poetry Quarterly ($20 Value), an extension of an existing subscription, or a gift subscription. See subscriptions for details on this. 3. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; if accepted elsewhere, we ask that they be withdrawn from the contest immediately. If a poem is chosen as a finalist, Poetry Quarterly requires that it be withdrawn from any other publication considerations until the winner is selected. If the poem is scheduled to be published elsewhere before October 2010, please do not submit it. 4. Winners will be announced in October 2010 and published in the subsequent issue of Poetry Quarterly. All contest entries will be considered for regular inclusion in Poetry Quarterly. 5. All poems selected for publication as a result of a contest entry will entitle the poet to a free copy of the book in which the submitted poem appears. 6. Poets directly associated with Poetry Quarterly or the contest judge are not eligible to submit work to the contest. 7. No money will be refunded. About the Judge David Dodd Lee (born 1959) is an American poet. Lee is the author of six books of poems, Downsides of Fish Culture (New Issues Press, 1997), Arrow Pointing North (Four Way Books, 2002), Abrupt Rural (New Issues Press, 2004), "The Nervous Filaments" (Four Way Books, 2010) "Orphan, Indiana" (forthcoming Fall 2010, University of Akron Press) and "Sky Booths in the Breath Somewhere: The Ashbery Erasure Poems" (forthcoming 2010, BlaxeVox). He has published poems in literary journals and magazines including Field, Denver Quarterly, CutBank, Green Mountains Review, Barrow Street, Cimarron Review, Sycamore Review, Willow Springs, Quarterly West, Prairie Schooner, and American Literary Review. Lee is the editor of SHADE, an annual anthology published by Four Way Books, and the former editor of Passages North and Third Coast. In addition he has guest edited recent editions of The Laurel Review and Passages North. He is also the editor of The Other Life, The Selected Poems of Herbert Scott, forthcoming from Carnegie Mellon in 2010. Together with Donna Munro, he is editor of Half Moon Bay poetry chapbooks, which has published titles by Franz Wright and Hugh Seidman, among others. Lee earned a B.A. in Painting in 1986 and a MFA in Creative Writing in 1993, both from Western Michigan University. He is currently a professor of Creative Writing at Indiana University at South Bend and lives in South Bend, Indiana. http://poetryquarterly.com/ http://poetryquarterly.com/contest/
	The Morton Marr Poetry Prize The Morton Marr Poetry Prize is an endowment by Marilyn Klepak of Dallas in honor of her father, whose love of poetry has encouraged her to pass this love on to others. Generous supplemental donations were also provided by Mr. and Mrs. David T. Searls, Jr. The first prize is $1,000 and the second place prize is $500. Both prizes earn publication in Southwest Review pages. RULES: This contest is open to writers who have not yet published a first book of poetry. Contestants may submit no more than six, previously unpublished poems in a "traditional" form (e.g. sonnet, sestina, villanelle, rhymed stanzas, blank verse, etc.). Poems should be printed blank with name and address information only on a cover sheet or letter. (If work is submitted online, please omit the author's name from the final "submission content text area"). There is a $5.00 per poem entry/handling fee. Postmarked deadline for entry is September 30, 2010. Submissions will not be returned. For notification of winning poems, include a SASE. Winners will be announced in December. Entries should be addressed to: The Morton Marr Poetry Prize, Southwest Review, P.O. Box 750374, Dallas, TX 75275-0374. http://smu.edu/southwestreview http://smu.edu/southwestreview/Marr%20Contest.asp
	The Chariton Review Short Fiction Prize An annual award for the best unpublished short fiction on any theme up to 5,000 words in English. The author will receive $1,000, and the winning story will be published in The Chariton Review. Three finalists will also be published in the Spring issue. All U.S. entrants will receive a complimentary copy of the Spring prize issue. Guidelines Submission of Manuscript Manuscripts must be double-spaced on standard paper and bound only with a clip. Electronic submissions are not allowed. Include two title pages: one with the manuscript title and the author’s contact information (name, address, phone, email), and the other with only the manuscript title. (The author’s name must not appear on or within the manuscript.) Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you want to be notified when your manuscript is received. Manuscripts will not be returned. Submission Fee Include a nonrefundable reading fee of $20 for each manuscript submitted. Make the check payable to Truman State University Press. If you prefer to pay by Visa, MasterCard, or Discover, include your credit card number, expiration date, cardholder name, and signature. Submission Deadline Manuscripts must be postmarked by September 30 each year. Submission Address Manuscripts should be sent to: The Chariton Review Short Fiction Prize Truman State University Press 100 East Normal Avenue Kirksville, MO 63501-4221 Multiple Submissions Your manuscript may be under consideration elsewhere, but please inform TSUP if it is accepted for publication. More than one manuscript may be submitted annually to The Chariton Review Short Fiction Prize, but only one prize issue is offered for one author’s multiple entries. Judges The final judge will be announced after the finalists have been selected in January. The winning entries will be published in the Spring issue. Eligibility Previously published stories are not eligible. Current Truman State University faculty, staff, and students are not eligible to compete. http://tsup.truman.edu/ http://tsup.truman.edu/chariton/guidelines.asp
	The Review of English Studies Essay Prize Editorial statement of The Review of English Studies: The Review of English Studies is the leading scholarly journal of English literature and the English language from the earliest period to the present. Emphasis is on historical scholarship rather than interpretative criticism, though fresh readings of authors and texts are also offered in light of newly discovered sources or new interpretation of known material. The Review of English Studies (RES) is pleased to continue the sponsorship of the RES Essay Prize, launched in 1999. The aim of The RES Essay Prize is to encourage fine scholarship amongst postgraduate research students in Britain and abroad. The essay can be from the earliest period to the present. The Prize The winner’s prize will consist of: 1. Publication of the winning essay in the 2011 volume of The Review of English Studies 2. A cash prize of £250 3. £250 worth of Oxford University Press books 4. One year’s free subscription to RES Other entries of sufficient quality may be invited to publish. Entry Requirements for The Review of English Studies Essay Prize 2010 The entry requirements and rules are as follows: • The RES Essay Prize is open to anyone currently studying for a higher degree, in Britain or abroad, or to anyone who completed such a degree no earlier than October 2007, except employees of Oxford University Press and other persons connected to Oxford University Press • Essays are to be no longer than 10,000 words, inclusive of all footnotes and references • The closing date for entries will be 30 September 2010 • The prize-winner will be notified by 31 January 2011 • The winner of the RES prize will be obliged to verify his or her status as a current or recent postgraduate student • Essays can be on any topic or period of English literature or the English language, provided that they fulfil the requirements of the editorial statement of The Review of English Studies, as reproduced above • Entries submitted to the RES Essay Prize must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere • It is a condition of entry that all entrants will be prepared to licence copyright in all media in their entries to Oxford University Press if accepted for publication • The decision of the judges will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into by the Editors • No alternative prizes will be available • In the unlikely event that, in the judges’ opinion, the material submitted is not of a suitable standard, no prize or prizes will be awarded • All entries will be subject to the normal RES standards of referring and editorial review instructions to authors 1. Submissions Submissions for the essay competition must arrive no later than 30 September 2010. Please send your entries via the online submission system which you can find from the journal’s homepage at www.res.oxfordjournals.org. Click on the ‘Submit Now’ link and select ‘Essay Prize’ from the drop-down menu in the ‘Manuscript Type’ box. If you need assistance regarding the online submission system, please click on the ‘Online Submission Instructions’ link. It is the responsibility of the author to secure permission for the reproduction of illustrations and quotations from copyrighted material. 2. Presentation a) Manuscripts • All material should be double spaced; leave ample margins (unjustified to the right) and number pages consecutively. • An abstract of about 200 words summarizing the main points of the submission should appear before the main text commences. When you submit your entry using the online submission system, please ensure you include your abstract in the separate box and also at the start of your essay. The abstract of the prize-winning essay will appear both in the journal and online. • Number footnotes consecutively throughout the paper. Type the footnotes in double spacing at the end of the manuscript, commencing on a separate sheet. An initial unnumbered footnote may be included giving brief acknowledgements. 3. Style Contributions will be edited in the house style of RES. References should be used sparingly, and follow the models: For books: L. Danson, Wilde’s Intentions: The Artist in his Criticism (Oxford, 1997) For articles: D. Price, ‘Reconsidering Shakespeare’s Monument’, The Review of English Studies, 48/190 (May 1997) Subsequent references should use surname and short title (not ‘op. cit.’ or author’s surname only). For a full style guide, please refer to Hart’s rules. General enquiries about the competition should be addressed to the incoming General Editor, Thomas Keymer, at thomas.keymer@utoronto.ca http://www.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_jou ... /revesj/essay_awards.html
	Two Review Poetry Contest Judge: Nathalie Handal Picture Nathalie Handal is an award-winning poet, playwright, and writer. She has lived in Europe, the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Arab world. Her poetry collections include The NeverField, The Lives of Rain, short-listed for The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize/The Pitt Poetry Series and the recipient of the Menada Award, and most recently, Love and Strange Horses (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010). Handal edited The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology, an Academy of American Poets bestseller and Winner of the Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, and co-edited along with Tina Chang and Ravi Shankar the landmark anthology, Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond (W.W. Norton). Handal lives in New York City. Learn more at www.nathaliehandal.com. Prizes $100, $50, $25 plus publication. All submissions considered for publication in Two Review 2011. Guidelines Pay $10.00 contest fee below, then submit up to five (5) unpublished poems with a brief bio to tworeview@gmail.com. Deadline September 30, 2010. Two Review 2010 Poetry Contest Fee Please pay your contest fee securely and reference your transaction number in your submission. http://tworeview.weebly.com/ http://tworeview.weebly.com/poetry-contest.html
	Memory Loss Fiction Competition 1st Prize: £150.00 2nd Prize: £100.00 3rd Prize: £75.00 Closing Date: 30th September 2010 Entry fee : £3.00 or free to Premier 1 members. You have only 650 words in which to craft your story (excluding the title). Be as imaginative as you like but your character must experience memory loss. Stories must be previously unpublished and pasted into the body of the email. Please ensure that line spacing is in place. Send your submission to info@creative-competitor.co.uk and add ‘memory loss’ to the subject line. We prefer payment by Paypal but UK residents may still submit their entry by post by clicking here for address details. Cheque payments should be made to Annette Young. http://creativecompetitor.com/ http://creativecompetitor.com/competitions
	Philip Levine Prize Deadline: September 30, 2010. In addition to book publication by Anhinga Press, the winner will receive a $2000 honorarium. Final Judge: TBA 1. Manuscript should be original poetry, not previously published in book form, and should be 48-80 pages. 2. Include two manuscript title pages: one with name and contact information and one with the name of the manuscript ONLY. Manuscripts will be screened and judged anonymously. 3. All poets are eligible except: faculty, current students and graduates of the MFA Program at California State University, Fresno and close friends, family, or recent students of the judge. 4. The entry fee is $25. Checks should be made out to "CSU Fresno Levine Prize." 5. Please bind your manuscript with a binder clip only and mail by 9/30/10 (postmark deadline), to: Philip Levine Prize in Poetry Department of English, Mail Stop PB98 5245 North Backer Avenue, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740 More info: email connieh@csufresno.edu http://www.csufresno.edu/english/ http://www.csufresno.edu/english/philip_levine/guidelines.shtml
	Hackney Literary Awards - Novel Enter your original work in the Hackney Literary Awards. This prestigious writing competition recognizes excellence in poetry and fiction with prizes at the national level and for the state of Alabama. The Hackney Literary Awards, sponsored by the Cecil Hackney family of Birmingham, Alabama, was established in 1969. The annual competition awards $5,000 in prizes for poetry and short fiction ($2,500 national and $2,500 state levels: 1st place, $600; 2nd, $400; 3rd, $250). A $5,000 prize is also sponsored by the Morris Hackney family for an unpublished novel. Novel: Length is open but the novel must be unpublished. Publication rights revert to winner. Entry fee: $30.00 per entry (U.S.$ only). Must be postmarked by September 30. Short Story: Length not to exceed 5,000 words per story. Entry fee is $20.00 per entry (U.S.$ only). Must be postmarked by November 30. Poetry: Length not to exceed 50 lines per entry. More than one poem may be submitted, but all poems together must not exceed the 50-line limit per entry. Entry fee is $15.00 per entry (U.S. Funds only). Must be postmarked by November 30. Entries must be accompanied by either check or money order. (U.S. Funds only will be accepted.) Refunds for withdrawn entries will only be given through December 31. A $30.00 processing fee will be charged for any returned check. Make checks payable to Hackney Literary Awards and mail to 1305 2nd Avenue North, #103, Birmingham, AL 35203. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Only original, unpublished manuscripts may be entered. Submissions from Alabama will be entered into the state contest, unless the author specifies the entry for the national competition. Stories and poems will only be entered in one category, either NATIONAL or STATE, not both. Entries must be typed, double spaced (short story and novel only). Novels need not be bound. Each entry must have a cover sheet listing: title, author’s name, address, telephone number, email address, and category entered (short story, novel, or poetry). Author’s name must not appear on the actual pages of the manuscript. Multiple entries must be submitted separately by deadline dates. Manuscripts will not be returned. NOTIFICATION Winners will be notified and announcements will be placed on the website by March 30. http://www.hackneyliteraryawards.org/
	New Criterion Poetry Prize The editors are pleased to announce the eleventh annual New Criterion Poetry Prize for a book length manuscript of poems that pay close attention to form. Judges: Roger Kimball, Eric Ormsby & David Yezzi The winner will recieve $3,000 and the winning manuscript will be published by St. Augustine's Press. Please address manuscripts to: The New Criterion Poetry Prize 900 Broadway, Suite 602 New York, NY 10003 "The New Criterion Poetry Prize . . . has become a more reliable indicator of high readability than most other poetry prizes."—Booklist An entrance fee of $25, by money order or certified check (no personal checks), must accompany each entry. Manuscripts should not exceed sixty pages in length. Submissions must be postmarked no later than September 30, 2010. The winner will be announced in January 2011. Manuscripts will not be returned. http://www.newcriterion.com/ http://www.newcriterion.com/bookstore.cfm?mode=poetry
	Green Rose Prize $2,000 and publication for a book of poems by an established poet Guidelines: * Eligibility: Poets writing in English who have already published one or more full-length collections of poetry. We will consider individual collections and volumes of new and selected poems. Besides the winner, New Issues may publish as many as three additional manuscripts from this competition. * Please include a $20 reading fee. Checks should be made payable to New Issues Press. * Postmark Deadline: September 30, 2010. The winning manuscript will be named in January 2011 and published in the spring of 2012. General Guidelines: * Submit a manuscript at least 48 pages in length, typed on one side, single-spaced preferred. Photocopies are acceptable. Please do not bind manuscript. Include a brief bio, relevant publication information, cover page with name, address, phone number, and title of the manuscript, and a page with only the title. * Enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification that the manuscript has been received. For notification of title and author of the winning manuscript enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Manuscripts will be recycled. * A manuscript may be submitted that is being considered elsewhere but New Issues should be notified upon the manuscript’s acceptance elsewhere. Send manuscripts and queries to: The New Issues Poetry Prize (or) The Green Rose Prize New Issues Poetry & Prose Western Michigan University 1903 West Michigan Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5463 http://www.wmich.edu/newissues/ http://www.wmich.edu/newissues/sub-guide.html

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