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Omnidawn has MULTIPLE poetry contests to peruse: prizes range from $1,000 to $3,000. Check them out! http://www.omnidawn.com/contest/poetry-contests.htm
Omnidawn has MULTIPLE poetry contests to peruse: prizes range from $1,000 to $3,000. Check them out! http://www.omnidawn.com/contest/poetry-contests.htm
The 10th annual Calvino Prize, judged this year by postmodern/fabulist legend Robert Coover, seeks a winner in the playful, mind-bending style of Italo Calvino. Accepts short stories, short story collections, novels, and novellas. First prize is $1,500 and publication in The Salt Hill Journal. $300 second prize. More at louisville.edu/english.
The Journal of the American College of Chest Physicians digs poems of 350 words or less that relate to or concerns health-related themes such as doctor-patient relations, medicine, and family. Poems MUST conform to HIPAA law. Unpublished works only. Email poetrychest@aol.com to submit: http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/ss/forauthors.aspx#PoetryPectoriloquy
Blueline, a literary love-letter magazine to New York’s Adirondack Mountains, is accepting, through November, poems, stories and essays that capture the essence of this fantastic region of the American North. Guidelines and information at http://www.bluelinemagadk.com or send submissions to blueline@potsdam.edu
Web-E-Books’ slogan – “Where Reality And Fiction Collide” – indicates the sort of characteristic nexus every writer should be striving towards. They publish fiction and nonfiction with substantive power. http://www.web-e-books.com or submit at info@tri-screenconnection.com
The Teacher’s Voice is now accepting poems, flash fiction, flash creative nonfiction, flash plays, and experimental flash-work for their upcoming Open Issue as well as their Race in U.S. Education Anthology. The deadline is not fixed and will remain so until enough material is compiled. Accordingly: “Spend some time going through the website. Look at […]
Naugatuck River Review is taking submissions for its 6th annual Narrative Poetry Contest through September 1; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes offered but all entries must tell a story…pure expressionism need not apply! For full info visit: http://naugatuckriverreview.com/contest/
Baseball Bard sez – “whatsit say?!” – batter up, today’s the day! Catch the diamond in a poem, doesn’t even have to rhyme. Transfer memories of shouts of “Ice Cold Beer!” and swing into the blogosphere. And it’s free – no entry fee – check the link for more to see: http://www.baseballbard.com
The 19th Annual Dana Awards offers a $1,000 prize for outstanding short fiction (10,000 words max); poetry (group of 5); and novel (40 pages only – submissions may be part of completed work OR of a work-in-progress). Deadline is October 31. Specific guidelines at www.danaawards.com
Truman State University Press’ T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry ($2,000 + publication) calls for full-length collection of English poems, 60-100 pages total. Mail submissions only: do NOT send your only copy. Deadline is October 31. Guidelines at www.tsup.truman.edu/tseliotprize/guidelines.asp