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  • Sixfold Spring Short Story and Poetry Awards

    Posted by Admin - March 18, 2013 - 2,385 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Upload your own short-story or poetry manuscript PDF for a $6 entry fee by April 23, 2013. Then, vote within your genre to decide the three prize-winning manuscripts of $1000, $200, and $100, and all the manuscripts published in each issue of Sixfold.

  • Solstice's Fourth Annual Literary Contest

    Posted by Admin - March 21, 2013 - 3,051 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Solstice's Fourth Annual Literary Contest
    Fiction Prize: $1,000
    Nonfiction Prize: $500
    Poetry Prize: $500

  • Spokane Prize for Short Fiction

    Posted by Admin - March 20, 2013 - 2,499 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
    Winner will receive publication plus a $2000 cash prize. To be considered for the prize, send a book-length manuscript (no less than 98 pages) of stories (no fewer than 3), an SASE for notification, and a $25 reading fee...  more

  • Spoon River Poetry Review Editor's Prize Contest

    Posted by Admin - March 19, 2013 - 2,391 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Spoon River Poetry Review Editor's Prize Contest
    Winner receives $1000 and an introduction to his or her winning poem written by a prominent outside judge. Two runners up receive $100 each, and three-five honorable mentions are selected.

  • Sunken Garden Poetry Prize

    Posted by Admin - September 13, 2012 - 2,533 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Farmington, CT
    An award of $1,000, plus publication of a chapbook, and an introductory reading at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival .

  • Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Contest

    Posted by Admin - November 8, 2012 - 2,503 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Sunnyvale, CA
    The Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Contest is open to any poet writing in English.

  • Tenth Annual Marsh Hawk Press Poetry

    Posted by Admin - March 21, 2013 - 2,612 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Tenth Annual Marsh Hawk Press Poetry
    The Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize offers a cash award of $1,000.00 plus publication of the winning book.

  • The 2013 Clockwise Chapbook Competition

    Posted by Admin - March 21, 2013 - 2,712 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    The 2013 Clockwise Chapbook Competition
    Winner will receive a $500 Prize and a Book Publication in Perfect Bound Editions. The competition is open to all poets writing in English.

  • The Chariton Review Short Fiction Prize

    Posted by Admin - September 12, 2012 - 2,941 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Kirksville, MO
    An annual contest for unpublished short fiction on any subject up to 5,000 words in English.

  • The Danahy Fiction Prize

    Posted by Admin - September 13, 2012 - 2,465 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    University of Tampa
    An award given annually for a previously unpublished work of short fiction.

  • The Green Rose Prize

    Posted by Admin - September 12, 2012 - 2,670 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Western Michigan University
    Awarded annually to an author who has previously published at least one full-length book of poems.

  • The Harpur Palate Prize for Creative Nonfiction

    Posted by Admin - March 21, 2013 - 3,020 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    The Harpur Palate Prize for Creative Nonfiction
    The annual winner receives a $500 prize and publication in the winter issue of Harpur Palate.

  • The John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction

    Posted by Admin - March 21, 2013 - 2,824 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    The John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction
    The annual winner receives a $500 Prize and publication in summer issue of Harpur Palate.

  • The Ledge 2013 Fiction Awards Competition

    Posted by Admin - March 21, 2013 - 2,673 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    The Ledge 2013 Fiction Awards Competition
    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.

  • The Ledge 2013 Poetry Awards Competition

    Posted by Admin - March 21, 2013 - 2,669 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    The Ledge 2013 Poetry Awards Competition
    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.

  • The Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize

    Posted by Admin - September 13, 2012 - 2,483 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Columbia, MO
    An annual prize sponsoring publication of a poetry collection by an American woman poet who has yet to publish a full-length book of poems.

  • The Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award

    Posted by Admin - September 13, 2012 - 2,477 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Columbia, MO
    An annual award open to any American poet who has previously published at least one full-length book of poems.

  • The May Swenson Poetry Award

    Posted by Admin - September 12, 2012 - 2,398 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Utah State University
    An annual competition for book-length poetry manuscripts.

  • The Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry

    Posted by Admin - March 21, 2013 - 2,323 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    The Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry
    The annual winner receives a $500 prize and publication in the winter issue of Harpur Palate. All poems entered will be considered for publication.

  • The Mississippi Review Prize

    Posted by Admin - September 13, 2012 - 2,644 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    University of Southern Mississippi
    An annual contest awarding prizes in fiction and in poetry.