Welcome to our January newsletter. This is the companion to our online database, The Best Free Poetry Contests. It alerts you to upcoming contests and important contest changes, highlights quality resources for writers, and announces achievements and great poems by our readers.
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Winning Writers mourns the loss of Vera Rich, founder of the British literary journal Manifold, who passed away on December 20, 2009. She was also a notable translator of Eastern European literature, and an activist for free expression in the former Soviet Union. Read Judith Vidal-Hall's obituary for Vera at the Index on Censorship website.
The Vernice Quebodeaux "Pathways" Poetry Prize Postmark Deadline Extended to March 31
The Vernice Quebodeaux Prize, sponsored by Little Red Tree Publishing, includes a $1,000 cash award, publication of a full-length collection of poetry, and a generous royalty contract. All forms and styles are welcome.
The late Vernice Quebodeaux, born in Egan, LA (on the banks of the Bayou Plaquemine Brûlé), was a poet who spent a lifetime struggling with the demands of raising children, family feuds, bigotry, apathy, and indifference to her writing aspirations. On her death the beginnings of a book of poetry called Pathways was found by her daughter, Tamara Martin, and incorporated into a book, Sunday's in the South. We are honoring her life and cherished goals by creating this competition to recognize the specific unique voices of women poets.
All finalists will be considered for publication, with one selected as the prizewinner with a book published in 2010. Download our complete guidelines (PDF), then send your 60-100 page manuscript with a $20 reading fee to: Little Red Tree Publishing, LLC, Attn: The Vernice Quebodeaux Prize, 635 Ocean Avenue, New London, CT 06320.
The Little Red Tree International Poetry Prize Postmark Deadline Extended to March 31
The International Poetry Prize, sponsored by Little Red Tree Publishing, includes a first prize of $1,000. The runner-up will receive $250 and five finalists will receive $50 each.
This prize is offered in response to demand for an opportunity to be associated with Little Red Tree by poets who have yet to develop a full collection. It is also an opportunity for Little Red Tree to extend its search and engage with quality poets from around the world who wish to be published.
The prizewinner, runner-up and other honorees will feature prominently, with full biographies, in a special collection called Little Red Tree International Poetry Book 2010. The book will also include a wide selection of poetry from those submitted that did not make the final selection but were considered worthy of publication. We anticipate the book will contain as many as 80 poems, with a free copy to each poet published, and be published in 2010 with a book launch in New London, CT.
All winners and published poets will be invited to read their poems. Download our complete guidelines (PDF), then send your poem(s) with a reading fee of $5 each to: Little Red Tree Publishing, LLC, Attn: The International Poetry Prize, 635 Ocean Avenue, New London, CT 06320.
Little Red Tree Publishing
Little Red Tree Publishing was established in 2006 and is based in New London, CT. Our mantra is simply to produce books that: Delight, entertain and educate.
We have doubled the number of books produced each year and plan to publish 12 full books of poetry in 2010. Part of that plan is the incorporation of a full book of poetry from the Vernice Quebodeaux "Pathways" Poetry Prize and an anthology from the Little Red Tree International Poetry Prize.
From humble beginnings, Little Red Tree has always seen its role, consistent with the finest traditions of small independent publishing, as preserving and expanding the dwindling opportunities for previously unpublished poets and established poets to publish a full collection of poetry. It is our aim that each book attains the highest standards both aesthetically and artistically. Our aesthetic stance is one of quality in all aspects of the content and the physical appearance of our books. We feel passionately that well-crafted and accessible poetry should be celebrated and presented as such with conviction and confidence. Therefore, all our books are coffee-table size, 7" by 10"—an emphatic statement of intent and a celebration of the poetry.
Our commitment to the individual poet and their work is undivided, and they are involved in every decision until their collection is complete, the book is finished and ready for printing.
We look forward to reading your wonderful poetry.
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CONTESTS HOSTED AT WINNING WRITERS & OPEN NOW
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest Postmark Deadline: March 31
Now in its 18th year. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. Submit any type of short story, essay or other work of prose, up to 5,000 words. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. $15 entry fee. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest - No Fee Online Submission Deadline: April 1
Winning Writers invites you to enter the ninth annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. We've simplified the entry process and increased the prize pool to $3,600, including a top prize of $1,500. There's still no fee to enter. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
War Poetry Contest Postmark Deadline: May 31
We seek 1-3 original, unpublished poems on the theme of war for our ninth annual contest, up to 500 lines in total. We will award $5,000, including a top prize of $2,000. Submit online or by mail. The entry fee is $15. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse Postmark Deadline: June 30
Now in its seventh year, this contest seeks poetry in traditional verse forms such as sonnets and free verse. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. The entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners.
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest Postmark Deadline: September 30
Now in its eighth year, this contest seeks poems in any style, theme or genre. Both published and unpublished poems are welcome. Prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 will be awarded, plus six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. The entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines you submit. Submit online or by mail. Early submission encouraged. This contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books and assisted by Winning Writers. Judges: John H. Reid and Dee C. Konrad. See the complete guidelines and past winners. The winners of the seventh contest will be announced in this newsletter on February 15.
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RECENT HONORS FOR OUR NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS
Winning Writers editor Jendi Reiter won the 2009 Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Prize from the journal Quarter After Eight for her prose-poem "Possession". The next deadline for this $200 award is June 15.
Congratulations to Rose Lefebvre. She won the $100 first prize for poetry in the 2009 Oneswan Productions Writing Competition. This free contest from Oneswan Productions, a publisher of African-American, women's and inspirational books, offers a $300 grand prize for poetry, fiction and essays (all genres compete together), plus prizes up to $100 in each genre. The most recent deadline was May 1.
Congratulations to Lesléa Newman. Her poem "Old Girl", from her latest collection Nobody's Mother, won the poetry category of the 2009 CWA Communications Contest from the Cat Writers' Association. This contest offers several prizes of $500-$1,000 for previously published journalism and creative writing about cats. The most recent deadline was July 1.
Congratulations to Raquel D. Bailey. She received an honorable mention in the 2009 Satoyama Haiku Contest (Japan), placed as runner-up in the 2009 Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar Competition (UK), and won 3rd Place in the 14th Annual International Kusamakura Haiku Competition (Japan). In addition, her haiku and tanka poems are forthcoming in the journals Simply Haiku, Frogpond, Long Story Short, Mayfly issue #47, Ribbons, Moonbathing, Wisteria, and Miscellany Haiku Ludbreg (Croatia). Her short story "After the Rain & Before the Storm" is forthcoming in Bewildering Stories. Visit Raquel's website Lyrical Passion Poetry for guidelines for her upcoming contests.
Congratulations to Maree Teychenne. Her mini-essay on writing, "Endless Plus Endless", was published in back eyes poetry, a poetry and flash fiction anthology from British publisher Earlyworks Press. It will also appear in the ByLines 2010 Writer's Desk Calendar, a weekly desk calendar by, for and about writers.
Congratulations to Carol Smallwood. Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages, an anthology she co-edited with Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, was released in December by All Things That Matter Press. From the back cover: "This unique collection includes over 50 articles by American women who revisit, celebrate, and share defining moments in their lives. Readers will see the universal in milestones of body, mind, family, career, and personal empowerment—whether joyous or difficult, chosen or unexpected, common or rare. These are poignant passages of women, told by talented and award-winning writers: intimate glimpses into the lives of our sisters, friends, aunts, mentors, wives, grandmothers, partners, mothers, daughters—ourselves."
Congratulations to Linda Leedy Schneider. Finishing Line Press recently released Mentor's Bouquet, a poetry anthology edited by Schneider and featuring contributions by a diverse group of poets whom she has mentored.
RECENT HONORS FOR POETRY CONTEST INSIDER SUBSCRIBERS
Congratulations to P.S. Cottier. Her book A Quiet Day and other stories was published by Ginninderra Press, an independent press in South Australia. Ginninderra was also the publisher of her 2008 poetry collection, The Glass Violin.
Congratulations to M. Lee Alexander. She won first prize in the 2009 Aquillrelle Poetry Contest for her poem "Roxie Margaret Mouths the Words". This contest, sponsored by an online poetry forum based in Belgium, offers prizes up to $300 and anthology publication for unpublished poems. The most recent deadline was August 31.
Congratulations to Margaret McClatchey. Her poem "Royal Street Blues" was shortlisted and her poem "Cajun Tiger" was a semifinalist in the 2009 William Faulkner/William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. This contest, sponsored by the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society in New Orleans, offers prizes up to $7,500 for unpublished poems, stories, essays, novellas, novels and novel excerpts. The most recent deadline was May 1.
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Here is a summary of upcoming free poetry contests. Click the contest names to be taken directly to their profiles (you may be asked to login on your first click of the day). You may also view the profiles by logging in to The Best Free Poetry Contests here and clicking the Find Free Contests link to search for contests by name.
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1/18:Write Queer London + Entries must be received by this date; formerly January 8
Neutral free contest offers top prizes of 200 pounds in each genre for short stories, essays, and poems about queer London, past, present and future. Poems should be 30 lines maximum, stories and essays 2,500 words maximum. Online entries accepted. Contest sponsor Untold London is a collaboration between a number of organizations with experience in the London history and heritage sector. Its goal is to discover the history of London's diverse communities.
1/19:Japanese Literary Translation Prize ++ Formerly December 31
Recommended free contest offers $6,000 for book-length translations of classical or modern Japanese literary works: novels, collections of short stories, literary essays, memoirs, drama, or poetry. Entries may be published or unpublished. Prize may be split between two winners. Either publisher or translator should submit 7 copies of translated book and 7 copies of the entry form plus one copy of the original title in Japanese.
1/19:Poetry Society of Virginia (Student Categories) + Formerly January 21
Neutral free contest offers prizes of $50, $30, $20 for college students, $25, $15, $10 in the elementary through high school categories, plus small prizes for poems on specific themes. Age categories are Grades 1-2, Grades 3-4, Grades 5-6, Grades 7-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12, Community College, and Undergraduate College. One poem per entrant. See website for line lengths and themes for each contest.
1/25:Poetry in Motion Contest + Entries must be received by this date; formerly February 2
Neutral free contest for residents living within a 50-mile radius of St. Louis, MO offers the opportunity to have your poetry published on posters in MetroLink trains and buses, in conjunction with the Poetry Society of America's "Poetry in Motion" program. Previously published work accepted. Send 1-3 poems, maximum 15 lines each. Entries must be received by 5 pm local time on the deadline date.
1/30:Nature Poetry Competition +
Neutral free contest offers top prize of $350 for 1-3 poems, maximum 30 lines each. Sponsored by the Friends of Acadia, a group founded to preserve Acadia National Park in Maine, this contest seeks to promote and recognize distinctive nature poetry. Biennial (even-numbered years only). No simultaneous submissions.
1/31:Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize ++ Entries must be received by this date
Recommended free contest sponsored by the Goethe-Institut Chicago honors an outstanding literary translation from German into English published in the US during the preceding calendar year. Literary novels, short stories, plays, poetry, biographies, and correspondences are eligible. Prize is $10,000 plus a 3-month stay at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin and travel expenses for award ceremony in Chicago in June. Publishers should submit 6 copies of the book along with any relevant publicity materials.
1/31:Lohmann Poetry Prize +
Neutral free contest offers 3 prizes of $200 for poems by current residents of Washington State. Submit one poem, maximum 2 double-spaced pages. No simultaneous submissions. Recent winners have had significant publication credits.
1/31:Spirit First Meditation Poetry Contest + Entries must be received by this date
Neutral free contest offers prizes up to $150 for unpublished poems of any length on the theme of meditation, mindfulness, stillness, or silence. Poems may reflect any discipline or any faith or none. Maximum 3 entries per person. Enter by mail or email. Contest sponsor Spirit First is an interfaith meditation center in the Washington, DC area.
1/31:Toadlily Press Quartet Series +
Neutral free contest offers four prizes of $100 for a chapbook-length poetry manuscript, 16-18 single-spaced pages. The winners' collections will be published together in a single full-length book.
2/1:Broken Bridge High School Poetry Prize + Entries must be received by this date
Neutral free contest for unpublished poems by US high school students offers $150 and publication in a folio anthology from LS&S Press. Submit 1-3 poems via online form.
2/1:Gannon University's High School Poetry Contest +
Neutral free contest for students in grades 9-12 offers prizes of $100, $75, $50, plus reading with distinguished author at award ceremony in April. Send 1-3 poems, any length. Gannon University is a Catholic college in Erie, Pa.
2/1:Paterson Poetry Prize ++
Recommended free contest offers $1,000 for the best book of poetry published during the previous calendar year. Book must have 48+ pages and a press run of 500+ copies. Publisher should submit 3 copies plus entry form. Recent winners have been well-established poets.
2/1:Wednesday Club Junior Poetry Contest +
Neutral free contest for students in grades 10-12 offers prizes of $100, $75, $50, $25. Entrants must attend high schools in the area of St. Louis, MO. Entries must be submitted through the school's English Department. Send 3 copies of 2 poems, any length.
2/1:Wednesday Club Poetry Prize +
Neutral free contest for writers living within a 50-mile radius of St. Louis, MO offers prizes of $700, $300, $150. Must be over 18 to enter. Send 2 copies of 2 poems, any length.
2/1:Wick Poetry High School Competition +++
Highly recommended free contest for Ohio high school seniors offers $4,000 tuition to Kent State University, renewable up to four years pending good academic standing. Second and third prize winners receive $3,000 and $1,500 renewable scholarships. Send portfolio of 3-5 poems and one-page essay describing both your interest in poetry and how you plan to participate in the Kent State University writing community. A letter of recommendation from a teacher or guidance counselor is also suggested.
2/5:Library of Virginia Literary Awards ++ Entries must be received by this date; formerly February 13
Recommended free contest offers prizes of $3,500 in each genre for books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction published in the preceding calendar year by Virginia authors and/or on a Virginia theme. Publisher or author should send 3 copies of book plus entry form.
2/8:Hollins University Literary Festival Contest + Entries must be received by this date; formerly February 13
Neutral free contest offers $100 apiece for unpublished poems and short stories by college undergraduates, along with reading at the Lex Allen Literary Festival in March. Submit 1-3 poems or 1-2 stories, no length limit specified. Enter by mail or email.
2/15:Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Award + Entries must be received by this date; formerly February 9
Neutral free contest from ICON, the student literary journal of Kent State University's Trumbull Campus, offers $100 for the best 1-2 poems, any length. Entries should be typed, single-spaced, with author's name, address and phone number on each poem. One submission per person. Email Gary Ciuba with questions.
2/15:Memoir (and) Prizes for Prose or Poetry ++
Recommended free contest offers twice-yearly prizes for the best memoirs submitted to their magazine during each reading period (November 1-February 15, May 1-August 15). Online submissions preferred. Send 1-5 poems or one prose piece, maximum 10,000 words. See website for art formatting requirements. "Memoir (and) publishes memoirs in many forms. We strive with each issue to include a selection of prose, poetry, graphic memoirs, narrative photography, lies and more." Enter by mail or online.
2/15:The Binnacle Ultra-Short Competition + Entries must be received by this date
Neutral free contest from The Binnacle, the literary journal of the University of Maine at Machias, seeks poems up to 16 lines and prose up to 150 words. A minimum of $300 in prizes will be awarded, with a minimum prize of at least $50, plus publication. At least one of the prizes will go to a UMM student. Enter by email only.
2/19:Michigan High-School Poetry Contest + Formerly January 30
Neutral free contest offers prizes up to $200 for unpublished poems by Michigan high school students. Winners published in The Albion Review, the literary journal of Albion College in Michigan. Send 1-3 poems, maximum 50 lines each.
2/26:New Words Poetry Competition + Formerly February 27
Neutral free contest for Ohio residents offers prizes of $125, $100 and $75 for 1-3 unpublished poems, maximum 5 pages total. Sponsored by the Akron Art Museum.
2/27:California Federation of Chaparral Poets Youth Contest + Formerly February 28
Neutral free contest for California students in grades 7-12 offers prizes up to $50 in each of 6 categories for poems 20 lines maximum. Categories are Junior (grades 7-9), Senior (grades 10-12), Light Verse, and three themed contests: "New Worlds", "Youth's View of Humanity", and "I Remember".
2/28:Chistell Writing Contest + Entries must be received by this date
Neutral free contest offers top prizes of $100 for short fiction and poetry, for writers aged 16+ who have never been published in a major publication. Chistell is an independent publisher of popular literature with a focus on African-American women. Send 1-2 poems or one story; online submission only.
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Spring 2010 Online Writing Workshops with Shannon Cain
• Postgraduate Workshop in Fiction
Got that MFA and looking for support as you embark upon or sustain the writer's life? Online facilitated masters-level workshop with your peers will provide deadlines and collegial support to keep the momentum going or rejuvenate your energy for writing.
Facilitated by O. Henry Prize and Pushcart Prize winning fiction writer Shannon Cain, these workshops give each participant the chance to submit two stories and/or novel chapters for review. Café Conversations keep you honed in the craft and supported for publishing.
Cost: $249 for a 6-week workshop. Next workshop begins March 1. Register now—space is limited to 12. MFA required for participation. For more information visit www.shannoncain.com.
• Women in the Ranks Creative Writing Workshop
Open to women who have served in the military (any nation, any era). Safe and supportive environment of sisters in arms. Each participant may submit two pieces of prose or four poems for review and feedback by Shannon and the group.
Facilitated by the editor of Powder: Writing by Women in the Ranks from Vietnam to Iraq (Kore Press, 2008), the workshop includes Café Conversations on the craft of writing; using personal material in your
work; and the joys and challenges of being a woman in the military. All genres: fiction, memoir, essay, poetry.
Cost: $249 for a 6-week workshop. No previous writing experience required. Begins March 15—register now. For more information visit www.shannoncain.com.
Last Call! NEW MILLENNIUM WRITINGS Winter Writing Awards Postmark Deadline: January 31 Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Short Fiction, and Non-fiction Prizes: $4,000 in prizes - $1,000 for first prize in each category Criteria: Our sole criterion is superior writing. We look for originality, accessibility, musicality, psychological insight, and moral sensibility. Contest Rules & Online Submissions: http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com
Since 1996, we have published over 1,000 writers and poets and awarded over $100,000 in prizes to help launch writing careers. NMW is winner of a Golden Press Card Award for Excellence. According to Kane S. Latranz of Alibi, "I found this to be one of the most powerful literary experiences I've ever had. For anyone who gives a whit about writing or the human condition, New Millennium Writings should be required reading."
Please enjoy this excerpt from "An Altar for Uncle Joe" by Ed Frankel, the winning poetry entry in our 27th contest:
I put out the photograph—a Jewish Chet Baker,
your hair slicked up in a pompadour;
stone gray eyes, a soul patch like Dizzy's,
to protect your precious embouchure.
You lean on the fender of that Buick Invicta
with the overdrive and the dynaflow transmission.
My mother said you had bedroom eyes
and a cat-that-ate-the-canary smile. let's go for a ride, Annie.
Let's get lost.
Where do I put your perfect pitch,
the photo Tony Bennett autographed— To the best horn player and session man in Philly.
I'll hang your hip fedora with the feather in the band
And your pork pie hat on this rusty music stand...
Last Call! 11th Annual Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest (no fee) Postmark Deadline: January 31
Oregon Quarterly invites entries to the 11th Annual 2010 Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest in both student and open categories. Entries should address ideas that affect the Northwest. The Oregon Quarterly staff will select finalists and the contest judge, Tom Hager, will choose the top three winners in each category. Past judges have been Kim Stafford, Barry Lopez, John Daniel, Karen Karbo, Brian Doyle, Lauren Kessler and Craig Lesley.
Prizes in the Open Category: $750, $300, $100
Prizes in the Student Category: $500, $200, $75
No entry fee required
First-place essays will appear in Oregon Quarterly
A selection of top essays will be featured in a springtime public reading on the UO campus
Fifteen finalists (ten in the open category and five students) will be announced in the Summer 2010 issue of Oregon Quarterly
All finalists will be invited to participate in a writing workshop with the contest judge on the day of the reading
Entries should be nonfiction, should not have been previously published, and should be no more than 1,500 words in the student category and 2,000 words in the open category. The student contest is open to any student currently enrolled and pursuing a graduate or undergraduate degree at a college or university. One entry per person. Find the submission address and complete guidelines at www.oregonquarterly.com (click on Essay Contest).
Please enjoy this excerpt from "Numbered Days" by Harold Toliver. This essay won first place in the open category of our tenth contest.
From farther out on the plain I see in the rearview mirror several peaks above the timbered ridges. The channels for snowmelt were grooved after the last volcanic outburst, within the tenure of Native Americans. Solar uplift is even now gathering moisture at sea for the return journey. Out by land, in by air. What a cycle is there! I can't even guess how long it's been going on, though I know it's but a fraction of star cycles like that of our own native second-generation sun, imprinted on every earthling since creaturely life began.
To Bend and through town. Photons are arriving from distant sources. To get here at just this moment they had to set forth before the sun collected its debris and began its atomic burn. On journeys of various light years, they reach the High Desert Museum just as I do, joined by a flood of rays dispatched from the sun as I was entering town eight minutes ago. Together their kind have been lighting my way by the trillions, bouncing off every surface. They are brilliant in this dry desert air. The pine needles glisten with them. The ailing warrior raptors taking R and R in the aviary luxuriate in them and air their wings in warm comfort. Moderate, this climate, nothing at all like the millions of degrees of star cores and heatless space...
Closing Next Month Sidney Lanier Award Poetry Competition Postmark Deadline: February 15
Honoring the great American Poet and sponsored by the Lanier Library of Tryon,
North Carolina.
TOP PRIZES: $500 ($100 for winning HS student)
Open to poets from North and South Carolina whose works have not been published in book form. $10 per entry ($5 for students). Judge for the Awards is Cathy Smith Bowers, a South Carolina native who now resides in Tryon. She is the author of four books of poems: The Love That Ended Yesterday in Texas, Traveling in Time of Danger, A Book of Minutes, and The Candle I Hold Up To See You. Her work has been included in numerous magazines and journals, including The Atlantic Monthly.
Prizes awarded during National Poetry Month (April) when winners and those whose poems have been honorably mentioned will have the opportunity to read their work to an enthusiastic audience. We congratulate last year's winner, Laurianne Ross of Columbus, NC, for her entry, "Green Corn and Sky".
Closing Next Month The WRITERS PLACE FEBRUARY 2010 POETRY COMPETITION is in full-swing! Early Submission Postmark Deadline: February 1
Final Submission Postmark Deadline: February 15
Go to www.thewritersplace.org to submit your best poems. Single or multiple entries welcome. We accept all subject areas.
SUBMISSION FEES:
Standard 3-poem submission (5-page limit): $10
Multiple submissions (not less than 4 but not more than 6 poems [10-page limit]): $15
Late Fee (submitted after February 1): Standard fee + $5 per submission
Finalists Announced: March 1
Winners Announced: April 1
The Writers Place leverages its connections in publishing and entertainment to aid award-winning writers, by eliminating barriers to success. The Writers Place takes outstanding writers under its wing, and allocates its talent, resources, and expertise to attach them to the right representation and connections.
Our co-founders have raised over $50 million for film and entertainment projects and shepherded hundreds of projects through the publishing and development process. Affiliations include Harvardwood, Harvard University, University of Southern California, Inktip, Poetry Society of America, and various private investors and small presses. Please submit at www.thewritersplace.org.
Closing Next Month Houston Writers Guild: Grand Prize Novel Contest $1,000 Postmark Deadline: February 28
Houston Writers Guild will award $1,000 to the first-place winner in their Spring 2010 contest. Submit the first fifteen pages of your novel. Second prize is $300 and third prize is $200. We welcome a wide range of genres: Mainstream, Literary, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Historical, Saga, Mystery, Thriller, Spy, Action, Adventure, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Memoir, and Non-Fiction. Go to www.houstonwritersguild.org for details. Winners will be announced at our Spring 2010 Workshop on April 10 featuring a prominent editor, three literary agents, and several popular authors. A two-track program is featured at the workshop, and you may choose which seminars you wish to attend, or attend an all-day workshop with a noted screenwriter instructor. Request the complete agenda or other information by email: rpaulding@sbcglobal.net.
Clad in a plain blue linen shirt and breeches, on his back a red pea jacket stolen from a French sailor, Richard Makepeace sat on a three-legged stool before the bar of justice. Heavy chains circled his chest and looped his wrists and ankles. An iron collar embraced his neck.
"Oyez! Oyez!" the court crier shouted. "The court will please come to order. The Honorable Silas Payne, presiding judge."
When Makepeace turned to look at the judge, the metal choker's rough edge nicked his neck. Blood droplets sprinkled his shirt. An omen, he thought—and not a gracious one.
The judge's countenance was long, withering, and sour as that of a baboon. Forlorn hope there, Makepeace figured.
Unmarked by the pox, Makepeace's face seldom failed to inspire confidence in his behavior. Scarcely twenty, he knew he was far too handsome for his own good. Times often were, he thought he could have done better with himself.
Mr. Paulding is president of the Houston Writers Guild.
The entire chapter is available, along with the second one, and photographs of the area for this amusing tale set in eighteenth-century Maryland, on www.rogerpaulding.com. Read how Makepeace manages to escape the gallows, and find out if he can maintain his new identity as a priest without being found out for the rogue he is.
"The flavor, the colors and the details of the 18th century in a page-turning story," comments Chris Rogers, author of Bitch Factor, a Bantam series, and Goosing the Write Brain, The Storyteller's Toolkit.
Closing Next Month Tupelo Press: Snowbound Series Chapbook Award Postmark Deadline: February 28
The 9th Annual Snowbound Series Chapbook Award is an open competition with a prize of $1,000 and 50 copies. Submissions are accepted from anyone writing in the English language (translations are not eligible for this prize). The 2010 final judge will be Patricia Fargnoli. Prior winners include Mark Yakich, Cecilia Woloch, and John Cross. Paper or electronic submissions accepted. Complete guidelines at http://www.tupelopress.org/snow.php
A poem from staring at the animal, by John Cross, Winner of the Snowbound Series Chapbook Award:
Letter from Kabul
dear friend, I have to do with death.
mostly I write from here:
star bright
fever we call daisy clutter,
fifteen thousand pounds of pure sound
caught up in the meter,
sings toward the feverish blades,
and grass eyes blink out
all over, good night to whomever.
ignite.
Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse Award for a First or Second Book of Poetry Postmark Deadline: April 15
The 11th Annual Tupelo Press Award for a First Book of Poetry—now open to those who have previously published one book—is an open competition with a $3,000 prize. Submissions are accepted from anyone writing in the English language (translations are not eligible for this prize). Final judges will be the editors of Tupelo Press and the journal Crazyhorse. Co-sponsored by the College of Charleston. Prior winners include Jennifer Michael Hecht, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Bill Van Every, Kristin Bock, and Jennifer Militello. Paper or electronic submissions accepted. Complete guidelines at http://www.tupelopress.org/first.php
Snake Nation Press: Violet Reed Haas Prize for Poetry Postmark Deadline: March 1
Now in its twentieth year, Snake Nation Press announces the 2010 Violet Reed Haas Prize for Poetry:
$1,000 prize and publication
$25 entry fee must accompany the manuscript
50-75 page manuscript; previously published poems eligible
Please mail your entry and fee to:
Snake Nation Press
Attn: Poetry Contest
2920 North Oak Street
Valdosta, GA 31602
Snake Nation Press provides an informative, non-threatening venue for writers to submit their work in the midst of an often chaotically diverse publishing world. Over the twenty-year history of the Press, the staff and volunteers have found great satisfaction in forging personalized editorial relationships with both emerging and established writers. The Snake is committed to keeping an honest and open dialogue with authors and to furthering the literary arts on a local and global scale. Many hours of volunteer labor and the electronic resources of the Web have allowed a small press to help present many new literary voices to the world-wide community.
The editors of Snake Nation Press look for manuscripts that concretely render the writer's actual and imaginative experiences. We publish writing that both newly interprets life in its everyday reality and that opens the reader's eyes to internal landscapes that have not yet been envisioned. We believe that good writing fortifies a belief in the value of human life and effort, but above all the work must connect intuition and experience to cast a spell of surprised recognition that shocks the reader with what was thought to be familiar.
Please enjoy "No More Taps" by Starkey Flythe, Jr. This poem is from The Futile Lesson of Glue, winner of the 2009 Violet Reed Haas Award. See the judge's comments. (Mr. Flythe was also a finalist in the 2007 Winning Writers War Poetry Contest.)
No More Taps
by Starkey Flythe, Jr.
no flag folding, no boots
turned backwards in stirrups,
no full, partial, fractional
military honors, no twenty-one,
two, three, four or more gun salutes,
no medals, epaulettes, stripes, bars, stars, oak leafs, eagles,
no brass, leather, feathers, ribbons, buzz cuts,
no songs, sabers, no old men in hats, no more
remembering, no more lest we forgets,
no marches, goosesteps, bagpipes,
no black dresses, no children too young,
men too old, no shoulder broadening, hip narrowing
uniforms, no soldiers known but to God,
no Gods known but to soldiers,
no bullet stopping Bibles,
no wreathes, speeches, purple hearts,
bronze, silver, gold stars,
no When you walk through a storm,
no Climb every mountain, no muffled drums,
no chaplain, no officer knowing
the front walk, no telegram,
no president's letter from
multigraph name-signing machines,
no huit hommes et quarante chevaux—
I'm a veteran, I can say—no monuments,
obelisks, statues, paintings, cycloramas, no
looking for names on walls, no finding. No more,
He wanted to go, no re-up bonuses,
no more army traveling on its stomach,
its hind legs, hands, high-heel jack boots,
no more cap pistols, fire crackers, bombs,
pump, pellet, BeeBee guns, no more,
You have not died in vain.
upstreet: Call for Submissions Submissions must be received by March 1 upstreet, the award-winning independent literary annual, seeks quality submissions—with edge—of short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, for its sixth issue. Author interviews in the first five issues were with Jim Shepard, Lydia Davis, Wally Lamb, Michael Martone, and Robin Hemley. Payment in author copies. Distributed nationally by Ingram Periodicals, Source Interlink, Disticor (Canada). For sample content and to submit, visit http://www.upstreet-mag.org
Please enjoy this selection from upstreetnumber five:
Packing List
by Marion Winik
Angle of neck, hunch of shoulders, set of jaw,
jut of lip, tip of tongue, finger to chin,
the way to tie a shoe, knot a tie, make a bed,
frost a cake, tell a joke, fifty words
for no, three for yes, a sackful
of crinkles, shivers, cries and made-up words
all fell into us who fell into you
as long as you live
they keep breaking the surface,
widening, moving outward,
reaching the mirror, another,
another, until like us
you say only
oh.
So, you know that windbreaker
of mine you like to wear?
Take it. Yes, yes.
I insist.
The Lester M. Wolfson Poetry Award Postmark Deadline: March 1
The Lester M. Wolfson Poetry Award is being created in an effort to bring fresh and original voices to the poetry reading public. The prize will be offered annually to any poet writing in English, including poets who have never published a full length book as well as poets who have published several. New and Selected collections of poems are also welcome. The winning poet will receive $1,000, publication of his or her book and 50 copies of the book. The winner will also be invited to give a reading at Indiana University South Bend as part of the release of the book. Finalists, other than the prize-winning manuscript, will be considered for publication. The final selection will be made by the Series Editor, David Dodd Lee.
Current or former students or employees of Indiana University South Bend, as well as friends of the Series Editor or other Wolfson Press staff, are not eligible for the prize. There is a $25, non-refundable, entry fee, made payable to Wolfson Press. There is no limit on the number of entries an author may submit. Simultaneous submissions are fine, in fact they are encouraged, but please withdraw your manuscript if it is taken for publication elsewhere. Please include a SASE with each entry. Please include a self-addressed postage paid postcard if you desire confirmation of manuscript receipt. No manuscripts will be returned. Entries sent by e-mail or fax are not permitted; they will be disqualified. On your cover sheet include name, address, phone number, and e-mail. The manuscript should be paginated and include a table of contents and acknowledgments page.
Mail manuscripts to:
Lester M. Wolfson Poetry Award
Indiana University South Bend
Department of English
1700 Mishawaka Avenue
P. O. Box 7111
South Bend, IN 46634-7111
Manuscripts submitted for the Lester M. Wolfson Poetry Award should exhibit an awareness of the contemporary "voice" in American poetry, an awareness of our moment in time as poets. We are excited to receive poetry that is experimental as well as work of a more formalist bent, as long as it reflects a complexity and sophistication of thought and language. Urgency, yes; melodrama, not so much. Winners will be announced via this website, as well as through the mail. We will also announce the winner in major magazines (Poets & Writers) and blogs. The winning book, and any others chosen from the pool of entries, will be published in 2011. Questions? Please email Davdlee@iusb.edu.
Now Open Prairie Schooner Book Prizes in Poetry and Short Fiction: $3,000 and Publication Postmark Deadline: March 15
Enter the Prairie Schooner Book Prize Series contest—now in its eighth year! Winners of the annual competition for a book of short fiction and a book of poetry receive $3,000 and publication by the University of Nebraska Press. Competition is open to new and established writers. Mail manuscripts with a $25 entry fee for each one to:
Prairie Schooner Prize Series in [specify Poetry or Short Fiction]
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
201 Andrews Hall
P.O. Box 880334
Lincoln, NE 68588-0334
Complete guidelines and information are always available at: prairieschooner.unl.edu. Click on the "Prairie Schooner Book Prizes" link. And be sure to visit our blog for updates: www.prairieschooner.typepad.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Congratulations to the winners of our seventh contest!
The Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction for 2009 goes to Ted Gilley for his manuscript, Bliss. He will receive a $3,000 prize and publication by the University of Nebraska Press. His poems and short stories have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Northwest Review, Prairie Schooner, Rattle, the National Review, New England Review, Free Verse, and many other magazines and anthologies. Awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts/Vermont Arts Council and the McCullough Library in 2007, Gilley won the Alehouse Press (San Francisco) national poetry competition in 2008. He lives in Bennington, Vermont. Gilley is a native of southwestern Virginia but has lived in New England for thirty years.
The winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry for 2009 is Shane Book for his manuscript, Fourth World. He will receive a $3,000 prize and publication by the University of Nebraska Press. Currently living in San Francisco, Book has published poetry in journals in the US, UK, and Canada and in many anthologies, most recently Gathering Ground (U of Michigan P). He was educated at the University of Western Ontario, the University of Victoria, New York University, the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Stanford where he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry. The recipient of scholarships to Cave Canem, the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and Bread Loaf, his awards include a New York Times Fellowship in Poetry, the Malahat Review Long Poem Prize, an Academy of American Poets Prize, and a National Magazine Award.
Two Competitions Open at Fish Publishing
Fish One-Page Prize Entries must be received by March 20
Flash Fiction of up to 300 words. The ten best stories will be published in the 2010 Fish Anthology.
Contest is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.
Entries must not have been published before.
Judges: John Hegley and Simon Munnery.
Entry online or by post.
First Prize 1,000 Euro. Each of the ten successful authors will receive five copies of the Anthology.
Results announced on April 30.
Entry Fee 12 Euro.
Fish Poetry Prize Entries must be received by March 30
For poems up to 200 words. The best ten will be published in the 2010 Fish Anthology in July.
Contest is open to poets of any nationality writing in English.
Entries must not have been published before.
Judge: Matthew Sweeney.
Entry online or by post.
First Prize 1,000 Euro. Each of the ten successful poets will receive five copies of the Anthology.
Results announced on April 30.
Entry Fee 12 Euro.
Submit online to Carpe Articulum Carpe Verbum Short Fiction Postmark Deadline: March 30 Carpe Verbum Poetry Postmark Deadline: March 30 Welcome to Carpe Articulum Literary Review! You can submit online! We look forward to reviewing your work and wish you luck in the contests. We are an international review with over 35,000 readers. We give away $10,000 every year to outstanding writers and artists and hope you will decide to become a member of our literary circle of friends. Enter our fiction, non-fiction, poetry, novella and photography contests at any time of year. We also accept submissions outside our contests via email.
The magazine is 150-200 pages of full-colour delight, translated into five languages. We feature short fiction, poetry, informative articles, photography, non-fiction and incredible interviews with hot up-and-coming writers as well as iconic ones such as Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (author of Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart), George Lucas (Star Wars, Indiana Jones), Ray Harryhausen (father of motion picture special effects), Ray Bradbury (author of Fahrenheit 451), Jodi Picoult (author of Change of Heart, Handle With Care, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister's Keeper which was made into a major motion picture with Cameron Diaz) and Nicholas Sparks (author of Message in a Bottle, also made into a motion picture with Kevin Costner & Robin Wright Penn, as well as The Notebook, The Last Song, etc.) And that is just this October issue!
Our writing staff includes two ex-New York Times writers (both of whom are draped in copious prestigious writing awards) as well as movie and television people for national networks. We are truly fortunate to have a full-time staff of such quality people. Our readers make up the rest of the content via their submissions. You do not have to enter a contest to be published with us. Moreover, we are the original cross-genre, international review in the world. Our readership list reads like a virtual Who's Who list and that is specifically cultivated to make certain that the winners of the award series get the maximum exposure to important agents and writers who have the power to influence writing careers.
Please enjoy this gratis electronic version of our latest issue, a preview of what you can look forward to should you decide to become one of our literary family members. We offer a great deal to our readers, superior to other reviews in scope, resources and content. Should you decide to become one of our cherished subscribers, you will receive one issue free of charge and will also find yourself immersed in short fiction, poetry, incredible interviews with great and famous writers, and articles which are insightful, timely, and informative.
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Writecorner Press Poetry Prize Postmark Deadline: March 31
First Place $500; Editors' Choices, $100. Seeks the best unpublished poems of 40 lines and under. Any style, any theme. Send 2 copies of each poem with author's name, address, phone, short bio, and email address on only one copy. Make other copy anonymous. Fee: $5 first poem, $3 each additional poem, payable to Writecorner Press. Read the complete guidelines.Read past winners.
E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Contest Postmark Deadline: April 30
First Place $1,100; Editors' Choices, $100. Seeks unpublished stories, 3,000 words maximum. Any style, any theme. $15 fee for one story, $10 each additional story, payable to Writecorner Press. Send one title page with author's name, address, phone, email address, and short bio. Send second title page with title only. Read the complete guidelines.Read past winners.
Writecorner Press judges all submissions anonymously. Winning poems and stories will be published on our literary site, www.writecorner.com. After publication, writers retain all rights. No email entries, please. Fees are used to pay awards and site expenses. Read the contest guidelines, then mail your submissions to Writecorner Press Contests, P.O. Box 140310, Gainesville, FL 32614.
Here we present "Rwandan Mother, 1994" by Terry Godbey, the Editors' Choice in the 2009 Writecorner Press Poetry Contest.
Rwandan Mother, 1994 In three months, at least 800,000 people were murdered
Her little girls are clotted with fat flies.
She screams to scare away the mob of vultures
and curses God for keeping her alive.
She cannot move her legs, heavy as cooking pots.
She screams to scare away the mob of vultures.
Still she sees the doctor swinging his machete.
He forced apart her legs, heavy as cooking pots,
fire blooming in her throat and belly.
Still she sees the doctor swinging his machete,
even a priest—men she did and did not know—
fire blooming in their throats and bellies
as they kicked and beat her, spit into her face.
Even a priest—men she did and did not know—
slashed her daughters' slender necks,
kicked and beat her, spit into her face.
She waits for the clods of dirt to drop.
They slashed her daughters' slender necks.
She curses God for keeping her alive
and waits for the clods of dirt to drop.
Her little girls are clotted with fat flies.
Enter the 2010 TIFERET Poetry Contest! $500 First Prize! Online Submission Deadline: April 1 TIFERET: A Journal of Spiritual Literature offers an award of $500 for a poem that invokes the sacred. We publish writing from a variety of spiritual and religious traditions. Our mission is to help reveal spirit through the written word and to promote peace in the individual and the world.
Contest Guidelines: Unpublished poems in English must be received through our online Submissions Manager by April 1.
First prize: $500 and publication in TIFERET.
Three Honorable Mention Prizes will receive publication on website.
$5 fee for each poem entered. Limit 6.
To enter, please go to www.tiferetsubmissions.com. Specify genre "Contest-Poetry" and pay your appropriate entry fee using PayPal. PayPal accepts all major credit cards even if you don't have a Paypal account.
Winners will be announced Summer 2010. Final Judge: Marie Howe.
You are also invited to subscribe to TIFERET: A Journal of Spiritual Literature for just $18 (saving you $11 off our regular price). A one-year subscription brings you two gorgeous print issues and four online issues. www.tiferetjournal.com
Alabama Writers' Conclave (AWC) Contest at www.alabamawritersconclave.com Postmark Deadline: April 20
Prizes awarded in July: $100, $75, $50 and $25 plus online publication (optional) of first through
fourth place winners in the Alalitcom at www.Alalit.com. Categories and maximum word limit: Fiction (2,500), Short Fiction (1,000), Juvenile Fiction (2,500), Nonfiction (2,500), Traditional Poem (any form, maximum 40 lines), Free Verse Poem (60 lines), Humor (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry – 2,000 words or 50 lines for poem), First Chapter Novel (up to 10 double-spaced pages).
Entry fee for each submission in all categories (EXCEPT Poem and First Chapter Novel): $5.00 if AWC member, $8.00 non-member. For First Chapter Novel: $10.00 if member, $12.00 non-member. For all poems: $3.00 per poem if member, $5.00 non-member. Multiple entries accepted, but you may win only one prize per category. Entries must be original, unpublished, and may not have won a money prize in any contest.
Organized in 1923, the Conclave is the oldest continuing writers' organization in the United States. Members include writers, aspiring writers and supporters of the writing arts. Sharing information, developing ideas, honing skills, and receiving practical advice are hallmarks of the annual meeting (July 16-18, 2010 at the Hilton Birmingham Perimeter Park, Birmingham, AL).
The Conclave is responsible for nominating, for the governor's appointment, Alabama's Poet Laureate, a post currently filled by Sue Brannan Walker. Further information: www.alabamawritersconclave.com.
The Writer's Digest 79th Annual Writing Competition Postmark Deadline: May 14
For 79 years, the Annual Writer's Digest Competition has rewarded writers just like you for their finest work. We continue the tradition by giving away more than $30,000 in cash and prizes! Compete and win in 10 categories!
Win a trip to New York City!
GRAND PRIZE: $3,000 cash and a trip to New York City to meet with editors or agents. Writer's Digest will fly you and a guest to The Big Apple, where you'll spend three days and two nights in the publishing capital of the world. While you're there, a Writer's Digest editor will escort you to meet and share your work with four editors or agents!
First Place: All First Place Winners receive $1,000 cash and $100 worth of Writer's Digest Books.
Second Place: All Second Place Winners receive $500 cash, plus $100 worth of Writer's Digest Books.
Third Place: All Third Place Winners receive $250 cash, plus $100 worth of Writer's Digest Books.
Fourth Place: All Fourth Place Winners receive $100 cash.
Fifth Place: All Fifth Place Winners receive $50 cash.
Sixth through Tenth Place: All Sixth through Tenth Place winners receive $25 cash.
First through Tenth Place Winners also receive a copy of the 2011 Writer's Market Deluxe Edition and a one-year subscription to Writer's Digest.
11th through 100th Place: All other winners receive certificates honoring their accomplishment.
Now Open Artists Embassy International Poetry Contest - Three Grand Prize Winning Poems to be Danced and Filmed Postmark Deadline: May 15
3 Grand Prizes will receive $100 each plus their poems will be danced and filmed. Each Grand Prize winner will be invited onstage for photo ops with the dancers and a bow in the limelight.
6 First Prizes will receive $50 each
12 Second Prizes will receive $25 each
25 Third Prizes will receive $10 each
All prize winners will receive a prize certificate suitable for framing and a ticket to the Dancing Poetry Festival 2010, and be invited to read their prizewinning poem at the Festival to be held this fall in San Francisco. The top three poems chosen as Grand Prizes will be choreographed, costumed and recorded live in an on-stage performance at the Festival. See pictures from our 2009 Festival.
Last year's Grand Prize winners included Gretchen R. Fletcher, Nancy Rakoczy and Jeanne Wagner. Recent topics of winning poems have touched on the travels of Matisse, a Picasso painting, falling leaves, love, Iraq, China, history, dance, current events, reverie, socially significant situations and even some humor sprinkled here and there. Please don't feel constrained to write a poem about dancing.
The entry fee is $5 per poem or $10 for 3 poems. Each poem may be up to 40 lines long. Send two copies of each poem. One copy should be anonymous (just title and poem), the other should have your name, address, phone, email address and where you heard about this contest (e.g. Winning Writers Newsletter). There is no limit on the number of entries.
When the judges evaluate entries, they look for innovative perspectives on ordinary or unusual subjects as well as excellence of craft. Your entry should be suitable for a general audience since our following is comprised of people of all ages and ethnicities. English translations must be included with non-English poems.
Our judges consist of poets, dancers, musicians and visual artists of various media, all members of Artists Embassy International. Judging is done with the anonymous copies of the poems. Artists Embassy International is a non-profit, volunteer, arts and education organization whose goal is to further intercultural understanding through the arts.
Three poets, the Grand Prize winners, will be rewarded with seeing their poems danced by Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company, a well-known dance troupe that has performed around the world and throughout America. This company is dedicated exclusively to creating new avenues by combining poetry, dance and music together for presentation and the expansion of poetry with dance in the life of our culture.
To enter the contest, please visit our website at www.dancingpoetry.com or submit to AEI Contest Chair W, Judy Cheung, 704 Brigham Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Questions? Please email Ms. Cheung at jhcheung@comcast.net.
The Idaho Prize for Poetry 2010 Postmark Deadline: May 15
Lost Horse Press is now accepting submissions for The Idaho Prize for Poetry 2010, a national competition offering $1,000 plus publication by Lost Horse Press for a book-length poetry manuscript.
All US poets are eligible. The winner and finalists will be announced on August 15. The final judge for this seventh annual poetry book contest sponsored by Lost Horse Press will be announced at a later date. A reading fee of $25—check or money order only, please—and a SASE (for notification of winners only; manuscripts will be recycled) must be included with the manuscript.
For guidelines or additional information about the Idaho Prize for poetry, please contact Lost Horse Press at 208-255-4410, email losthorsepress@mindspring.com or view online at www.losthorsepress.org (click Submission Guidelines on the left).
Congratulations to our 2009 winner Stephen Gibson of Florida. His entry, Frescoes, was chosen by judge Carolyne Wright. Mr. Gibson will receive $1,000 plus publication by Lost Horse Press. Ms. Wright comments,
"In Frescoes, Stephen Gibson assumes the charge of the engaged tourist, paying his entry fee to the chapels and basilicas of Renaissance Florence and Padua and Rome in order to enter in to much more subversive premises: to see through the pigmented plaster and marble facades to the real-life consequences of original sin and human depravity depicted in these treasures of High Art. Gibson is a wised-up pilgrim in sanctuaries whose faith he cannot share.
"Harsh and highly accomplished, these poems redeem the people from the paint, plaster and piety. They pull victims and perpetrators alike out of the history and myth of the treasures of Great Arts into the arena of our ongoing moral dilemmas, our struggles for survival as well as for the preservation of compassion and decency in a perennially fallen human world."
14th Annual Robert Frost Foundation Annual Poetry Award Postmark/Email Submission Deadline: September 15 (don't enter before March 1) The Robert Frost Foundation welcomes poems in the spirit of Robert Frost for its 14th Annual Award. The winner will receive $1,000 and an invitation to present the winning poem this fall at the Frost Festival located at the Lawrence Public Library in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the library in which Frost first explored the traditions of English and Irish poetry.
Please submit two copies of each poem, one copy with contact information (name, address, phone number, email address) and one copy free of all identifying information. Reading fees are $10 per poem (send fees via regular mail, please). Make your check payable to The Robert Frost Foundation. Mail your entry to: The Robert Frost Foundation, Attn: Poetry Award, Lawrence Public Library - 3rd Floor, 51 Lawrence Street, Lawrence, MA 01841. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) or an email address if you'd like to receive the contest results. Email submissions are accepted at frostfoundation@comcast.net if you send your entry fee by regular mail.
You may submit up to three poems of no more than three pages each. Both published and unpublished works are accepted. See the complete contest guidelines at www.frostfoundation.org.
In a distinctive turn of phrase, Jarita Davis, the judge of last year's Frost Award, described her choices as "the opposite of small talk".
Ms. Davis chose "Crossing to Fox Island" by Gregory Loselle as last year's $1,000 prizewinning entry:
Crossing to Fox Island
by Gregory Loselle
Every act is first an act of faith:
One foot, slowly, lowered to the ice,
And then the other, and we stand
Above the vault the river winters under,
And look across the flat unreal expanse,
Imagination telling us we cannot stand
Where water ought to be—where water is
Beneath us. Then we start across the ice.
Some patches, dark and flat, are panes of glass,
Like windows into night beneath our feet,
Where trapped air scatters from our steps
Reminding us that we are more like stones
Than shadows, howsoever lightly
We might cross above the shuttered flow
And tread the temporary span from land
To island. Snow abrades the most of it:
Bright crusty scabs that crumble underfoot,
And leave us gasping, stumbling in the space
Above the space we occupied, reminded
Of the weight above the depths below.
One inch will hold one walker, if he's light,
And two a group, and three or four a car:
We counted out the thickness as we dressed
And count it as we walk across it now,
And onto land again, the island's crested beach,
The trees that rise among the drifts. And looking back
We measure out the distance, trace our tracks,
Where every act of faith was first an act.
These free prose contests with deadlines between January 16 and February 28 are included as a bonus in The Best Free Poetry Contests.
Click the contest names below to go straight to their profiles, or login to The Best Free Poetry Contests here. After you login, please click the Find Free Contests link, then search by Prose Contest Type to find prose contests.
1/17:Dream Deferred Essay Contest ++ Entries must be received by this date; formerly January 11
Recommended free contest offers prizes up to $2,000 for essays, 600-1,500 words, on the struggle for civil rights in Middle Eastern countries. Open to authors living in the US, Arab League member states, Iran or Afghanistan, aged 25 or under. Enter via online form. Sponsor HAMSA is an initiative of the American Islamic Congress.
1/18:New York Times "Win a Trip with Nick Kristof" Contest +++ Entries must be received by this date; formerly February 13
Highly recommended free contest offers college and graduate students the opportunity to go on a reporting trip in the developing world with New York Times columnist Nick Kristof. Prize includes stipend for meals, lodging and airfare. Send essay of 700 words maximum, and/or an original video of 3 minutes maximum, explaining why you should win the prize. Enter online.
1/20:Orwell Prize ++ Entries must be received by this date; formerly January 14
Highly recommended free contest offers prizes of 3,000 pounds in each of three categories (Book Prize, Journalism Prize, Special Prize) for the best political writing published in the UK or Ireland during the preceding calendar year. Entries may be published books of fiction or nonfiction, or journalistic articles or broadcasts. All entrants must have a clear relationship with the UK or Ireland. Submit 6 copies of one book, or 4-6 articles or broadcast transcripts or a combination thereof. The Special Prize is offered at the judges' discretion and is not a separate submission category.
1/29:BRIO Awards ++ Entries must be received by this date
Recommended free contest offers 25 grants of $3,000 to literary, visual and performing artists aged 18+ who reside in the Bronx, NY. Full-time college and graduate students are not eligible. Works submitted must have been created in the past 5 years. See website for rules and length limits for each genre. Enter online or by mail.
1/31:American Kennel Club Fiction Writing Contest ++
Recommended free contest offers top prize of $750 for short stories up to 2,000 words that feature dogs of an AKC-registrable breed or a breed listed in the Miscellaneous class. No simultaneous submissions. The AKC is a well-known organization that sets the criteria for purebred show dogs, as well as advocating for animal welfare and providing information for dog owners and breeders.
1/31:Amy Writing Awards ++
Recommended free contest offers $34,000 in prizes, top prize of $10,000, for articles with a Biblical perspective that were published in secular newspapers or magazines, or on mainstream, non-religious news or e-magazine websites (no blog entries), in the previous calendar year. "Examples of issues for consideration, but not limited to these, are family life, divorce, value trends, media and entertainment character, pornography, political morality, US national interests, abortion, religion and addiction to drugs and alcohol. The biblical impact on individual character and outlook are also appropriate issues. The need for obedience through biblical truth should be evident."
1/31:Caine Prize for African Writing +++ Entries must be received by this date
Highly recommended free contest offers 10,000 pounds for published short stories by African writers, defined as someone who was born in Africa, or who is a national of an African country, or whose parents are African, and whose work has reflected African sensibilities. Up to 5 shortlisted authors receive a travel stipend. For the 2010 contest, entries must have been published between February 1, 2005 and January 31, 2010. Must be submitted by publisher. Send 6 copies of published story. (They prefer 6 originals but will accept 1 original and 5 photocopies.)
1/31:Jack London Writing Contest ++
Recommended free contest for students in grades 9-12 offers prizes of $2,000, $1,000 and $500 for stories and essays of 2,000 words maximum (entries in both genres compete together). Entries should be submitted by the student's English teacher.
1/31:Jerry Jazz Musician Fiction Contest + Entries must be received by this date
Thrice-yearly free neutral contest offers $100 and web publication for short fiction. The Jerry Jazz Musician reader has interests in music, social history, literature, politics, art, film and theatre, particularly that of the counter-culture of mid-20th century America. Entries should appeal to a reader with these characteristics. Submit stories of 1,000-5,000 words by email to jm@jerryjazz.com as an MS Word or Adobe Acrobat attachment. Please be sure to include your name, address and phone number with your submission. Please include "Short Fiction Contest Submission" in the subject heading of the email.
1/31:Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest ++
Recommended free contest seeks essays that "address ideas that affect the Northwest" region of the US. Top prize of $750 in the open category, $500 in the student category (college or graduate school), plus smaller prizes and publication in Oregon Quarterly, the University of Oregon magazine. Maximum 2,000 words for the open category, 1,500 words for the student category. One essay per person.
1/31:Premio Aztlan Literary Prize +
Neutral free contest offers $1,000 for published books of fiction by Chicano/Chicana authors who have published no more than two books. Books must have been published in the previous calendar year. Winner must agree to attend the award ceremony and deliver a lecture at the National Latino Writers Conference in May (the prize includes travel and lodging expenses). Send 5 copies of book plus supporting materials.
1/31:The Common Review Short Story Prize ++
Recommended free contest sponsored by The Common Review, the magazine of the Great Books Foundation, offers top prize of $400 for a short story, 500-5,000 words.
1/31:Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant ++
Recommended free contest offers a $1,000 grant to an Ohio writer aged 30 and under with no published books. Submit 1-6 prose pieces (fiction or creative nonfiction), each of which should be 10-60 double-spaced pages in 12-point font. Applicants must have been born in Ohio or lived there for at least 5 years. See website for details and entry form.
2/1:Danuta Gleed Literary Award +++ Entries must be received by this date; formerly February 2
Highly recommended free contest offers C$10,000 for the best first collection of short fiction published by a Canadian author in the preceding calendar year. Send 4 copies to the Writers' Union of Canada.
2/1:Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize ++ Entries must be received by this date
Recommended free contest offers $5,000 for a book of fiction by a US woman, published in the preceding calendar year. Entries may be a novel, a collection of short stories, or experimental writing. Four copies must be submitted by publisher. Sponsored by the University of Rochester's Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies.
2/7:Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award +++ Entries must be received by this date; don't enter before January 25
Highly recommended free contest offers prizes of $15,000 and publication by Penguin Group USA for unpublished or self-published novels in two categories: General Fiction and Young Adult. Enter via online form only. Contest is co-sponsored by online bookseller Amazon.com, Penguin Group USA, and the self-publishing company CreateSpace.com. See website for detailed eligibility guidelines.
2/12:Nelson Algren Awards +++ Formerly March 11
Highly recommended free contest offers top prize of $5,000, three prizes of $1,500, plus publication in the Chicago Tribune newspaper, for 1-2 stories, maximum 10,000 words each. Entries must be postmarked by February 12 and received by February 19.
2/13:Susan Sontag Prize for Translation ++ Entries must be received by this date; formerly January 30
Recommended free contest offers a $5,000 fellowship for a translation project by applicants under the age of 30. The 2010 prize is for English translations of a novella, a play, a collection of short stories or poems, or a collection of letters originally written in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, or Icelandic. Applications available on website; materials should include personal statement, 5-page sample translation accompanied by the same passage in the original language, project proposal, bio, academic transcript, and letter of recommendation.
2/14:Writers' & Artists' Yearbook Short Story Competition ++ Entries must be received by this date
Recommended free contest offers 500 pounds, plus tuition to an Arvon Foundation residential writing course worth 575 pounds, for unpublished short fiction up to 2,000 words. 2010 theme is "Unity or Union". Enter by email. The Writers' & Artists' Yearbook is an annual directory of markets and advice for writers, similar to Writer's Digest in the US. It is published by A&C Black.
2/15:Expatriate Travel Writing Contest + Entries must be received by this date
Neutral free contest offers prizes up to $500 and publication on TransitionsAbroad.com for travel essays, 1,500 words maximum, relating to one's experience living, moving, or working abroad. Enter online only. Photo illustrations are encouraged.
2/26:Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award ++ Entries must be received by this date; formerly January 30
Recommended free contest offers 1,500 pounds and possible publication for an unpublished novel for children aged 8-12 that celebrates cultural diversity. Entrants should be aged 16+ with no prior published novels for children. Manuscripts should be 15,000-35,000 words. See website for entry form and more details on the contest theme. Enter by mail or email.
2/28:Charles Johnson Student Fiction Award +++ Don't enter before February 1
Highly recommended free contest for US college and graduate students offers $1,000 and publication in Crab Orchard Review for a short story, maximum 20 double-spaced pages. The award competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students who are US citizens or permanent residents currently enrolled full- or part-time in a US college or university.
2/28:Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest +++ Entries must be received by this date; don't enter before February 1
Highly recommended free contest for authors aged 30 and under. Prize is tuition to The Kenyon Review's one-week summer seminar and publication in the highly prestigious journal. Submit one story, 1,200 words maximum, via their online form. No simultaneous submissions.
2/28:S.E.VEN Fund "Morality of Profit" Essay Competition ++ Entries must be received by this date
Recommended free contest offers prizes up to $20,000 for the best essay, 3,000 words maximum, on the morality of profit and its relevance to international development. Enter online only. See website for annual topic. S.E.VEN is a virtual nonprofit entity run by entrepreneurs whose strategy is to markedly increase the rate of innovation and diffusion of Enterprise-based Solutions to Poverty.
Able Muse Rolling Deadline
Thrice-yearly online journal Able Muse predominantly publishes metrical poetry, complemented by art and photography, fiction and nonfiction including essays, book reviews and interviews with a focus on metrical and formal poetry. Light verse is also welcome. Send 1-5 poems, or 1-2 prose pieces, each 4,000 words maximum. No simultaneous submissions.
NCSU Insect Museum Hexapod Haiku Challenge Entries must be received by March 20
The North Carolina State University Insect Museum seeks submissions of haiku and other Japanese short-form poetry featuring insects. Send 1-3 poems by email, or up to 10 poems for museum members. There will be small prizes (worth US$15-20 each) for best in show, runner-up, and best from a poet under the age of 13. Sponsors say, "The word Hexapoda refers to all insects and their six-legged arthropod relatives (springtails, diplurans, and proturans). We're calling this contest the Hexapod Haiku Challenge only for alliterative purposes. We would love to have haiku that feature any familiar arthropod associated with the field of entomology, including those arthropods without six legs (e.g., spiders, millipedes, centipedes, and scorpions)." See complete rules and past winners on website.
Cyclamens and Swords Entries must be received by March 31
Cyclamens and Swords, an online literary journal edited by Israeli poets Helen Bar-Lev and Johnmichael Simon, seeks poetry, stories and artwork for their next issue. Submissions for this issue can be on any theme. Enter online only.
Utmost Christian Writers "10 Best Poems" List Entries must be received by March 31
This free contest requires you to list your favorite 10 poems in order. All poems must be available for reading at Utmost Christian Writers. After the deadline, judges will tabulate the lists. The two lists that contain the most poems in common with other lists will win $50 each in cash. We encourage you to pick your favorite poems, rather than trying to predict which poems other entrants might choose, but how you decide to compile your list is up to you. In the event of a tie, judges will decide the winners based on their evaluation of the poetry in the lists. Entries must be submitted via online form. One list per entrant. See website for links to eligible poems.
Alliance of Artists Communities
The Alliance of Artists Communities is a national and international association of artists' communities and residencies. Visit their site to find a writing retreat near you, and to learn about great new work being created around the world.
Boston Globe List of 100 New England Literary Journals
This list of names and addresses for 100 literary journals, from the Boston Globe's "Off the Shelf" column, is a useful starting place for poets local and otherwise. Keep in mind that this list was compiled in August 2008 and is not updated as contact information changes.
Experiences With Editors
In this series on the Emerging Writers Network blog, published authors share the best and worst of their experiences with editors (the comments have been mostly kudos so far) and what they learned from them.
The Fine Line Editorial Consultancy
Writers' critique service based in Edinburgh offers partial and full-length reviews of your poetry or prose manuscript for a reasonable fee. Their website also includes book reviews and interesting articles on the writing process.
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
This British website features work by the major poets of WWI, plus contextual resources, online tutorials, podcasts, lesson plans, and more.
Folded Word Press
Publisher of the Twitter-zines Form.Reborn and PicFic, which feature poems and stories that are 140 characters or less. See website for their other print and online publishing projects.
How to Now: Listening to Haiku Poets
This essay by award-winning author and critic Tracy Koretsky, from the online journal Triplopia, discusses the essential features of modern English-language haiku, illustrated with examples from current masters of the form.
In Our Write Minds
Kim Kautzer's blog offers lessons and resources for teaching writing to young people. Useful for schoolteachers and homeschooling parents.
Indigo Dreams Online
UK-based online forum for emerging poets and short story writers features a higher-than-average quality of writing. Members can participate in contests.
Kseniya Simonova's Sand Paintings
This unique and moving 8-minute video shows young Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova creating a sand painting that narrates the devastating impact of the Nazi invasion.
MC Nuts: William Wordsworth Rap
This YouTube video reinterprets the 19th-century poet's famous "Daffodils" as a hip-hop performance.
Notes & Grace Notes
This website for emerging writers looks for works that seek to combine the art of "literary" writing with the craft of "popular" writing. Members can enter monthly contests offering small prizes ($10-$25) and a chance to be published in their magazine and anthology.
PD Info: Royalty Free Music
This archive of sound clips in various genres, from the website of the Public Domain Information Project, can help you enhance podcasts or other audiovisual recordings of your creative writing. Pricing starts at $7.95 per song.
PEN Prison Writing Program: Recordings of 'Voices From Inside' Event 2009
The PEN American Center mentors incarcerated writers and publishes the best of their work in the annual Voices From Inside series. On this page, you can view video clips of notable writers such as Marie Ponsot and Patricia Smith reading prisoners' work at a November 2009 presentation in New York City.
PlayShakespeare.com
This web archive for all things Shakespeare includes the full text of the Bard's plays and poems. Other features include scholarly discussion forums, podcasts, and reviews of Shakespeare performances around the world.
PoetrySpeaks
This free online forum for audio and video performances of poetry is distinguished by the top-quality authors and presses who are featured members of the site. Published poets can also register to sell their books here.
Sabellapress Granting Change Project
This independent small press publishes annual anthologies on themes relating to social change. Their first title in the series, Unhoused Voices: Granting Change for the Homeless, was published in August 2009. Other upcoming topics may include poverty, youth issues, domestic violence, veterans' issues, and mental health. See website for guidelines.
Sheer Poetry
This British website, geared to teachers and students of writing, offers a collection of materials on poetry and poets by contemporary UK authors such as Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, and Simon Armitage. Features include interviews, critical essays, study guides, and an online forum. Material for children is well-represented, as are women poets.
WILLA: Women in Letters and Literary Arts
Award-winning poets Cate Marvin and Erin Belieu founded this online community in August 2009 to address the need for female writers of literature to engage in conversations regarding women's work as well as the critical reception of women's creative writing in our current culture.
Wood Coin
Edgy, genre-bending online magazine of literature and liberal arts features poetry and prose by authors such as Lyn Lifshin, Simon Perchik, David Plumb, and James Beach, plus contemporary artwork with a Pop Art flavor. See website for themes for each issue.
Words of War: Comparing Veterans' Experiences with War Poetry
This lesson plan module from The New York Times suggests readings and writing prompts to help students reflect on how war is portrayed in literature and in veterans' first-person accounts.
Xtreme Travel Stories
This entertaining site seeks to highlight a different side of foreign travel: not the "fancy excursions, buffet specials and majestic sunsets" but the hair-raising, offbeat, and outrageous episodes that may seem less dignified but are often more rewarding for the individual. Featured articles have included "Drugs in the Ceiling—Welcome to Taipei" and "Interview with a Philippine Lady-boy". Travel writing, photos, and videos are all welcome. There will be quarterly prizes of $100 for the best submission.
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Literacy Students and Tutors Invited to Publish Their Writings
ProLiteracy and the National Gallery of Writing have a website where students and the people who work with them can publish their writings and share their experiences, ideas, and opinions about teaching, learning, or any other topic that interests them.
Students can write the pieces themselves or dictate them to their tutors/teachers. The pieces can be descriptions of how their lives have changed as they learned to read or to speak English, stories about experiences or someone they admire, letters to friends or relatives, poems, reviews of movies, recipes, lists of steps to make or do something, grocery lists, descriptions of jobs or hobbies, their hopes for their future or that of their children, etc. It doesn't matter if students are beginning writers or have lots of experience—all writers are welcome!
The Gallery will also accept photos, drawings, audio files, or links to videos that the person has created and housed elsewhere, such as on YouTube.
Writings will go public beginning on October 20, the National Day of Writing. Contributions will be accepted through May 2010. Visit the website to learn more or to submit a piece of writing.
The National Gallery of Writing is sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English with funding support from Verizon and Verizon Thinkfinity. For more information about the ProLiteracy Gallery, contact Linda Church at lchurch@proliteracy.org.
ProLiteracy supports adults and young people in the U.S. and internationally who are learning to read, write, and do basic math by training instructors, publishing instructional materials, and advocating for resources and public policies that support them.
This month, Critique Corner is pleased to present "Growing Up Once More" by Gargi Saha.
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Growing Up Once More
by Gargi Saha
Silver-haired, bony cheeks, need an escort,
Yet would like to sit near the window,
Taste creamy chocolates, ice creams,
Saunter in the parks, sit in the swings,
Learn to crawl, walk, run,
Behind the butterflies, wings, feathers
Learn to count, read, write once more,
Accompany them to the shore, building myriad vanishing sand castles,
Learn to act, react, realize
Pigeonhole to infinite roles—
At schools, colleges, offices, organizations "homes"
Yet doesn't end the cycle
Begins the peregrination with another generation
Same process, same steps, same formulae
Yet everything remains a mystery
To mysterious man,
Never unravels the patterned parcels or pondering puzzles
And continues the race.
Copyright 2010 by Gargi Saha
Critique by Tracy Koretsky
Somewhere during my primary school years, a teacher gave me an exercise that I have never forgotten. We were handed a copy of a poem—I don't recall by whom, but you can imagine someone like a Gerard Manley Hopkins—and asked to connect sounds, both consonant and vowel, by circling them and drawing lines between. The result looked like a plate of spaghetti; no wonder it gave one's mouth so much to chew. It was this same unadulterated mouth-joy that drew me to this month's poem by Gargi Saha, an English teacher residing in Israel. Phrases like "Pigeonhole to infinite roles" or "the peregrination with another generation" simply make one happy to speak aloud. So let us, at the top of a new year, allow a poem whose very subject is the passing of time, to remind us that poetry can do this.
But first, before I say more about Gargi's poem, I'm going to digress briefly to discuss Gargi's submission—the email to me that contained her poem—because proper submission protocol is of relevance to all Winning Writers readers...
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