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AUTHORS WANTED for acclaimed anthologies. LaChance Publishing is seeking inspiring, true stories of literary merit for upcoming volumes of our critically acclaimed “Voices Of” series of anthologies. Our books feature true stories by individuals personally touched by life-challenging situations—stories that inspire, inform, and foster a sense of community by showing how we find it in ourselves to face and conquer the toughest circumstances. Excellent exposure in a series that makes a difference! Please visit www.lachancepublishing.com for deadlines and submission guidelines. We pay for accepted submissions. Net proceeds from the sale of Voices Of books fund The Healing Project. Web site: www.thehealingproject.org.

BOBO STRATEGY—small publisher seeks good ideas to help us grow. Currently seeking submissions for anthology of poetry and short stories with the theme: “Inspired by the 2008 United States Presidential Election.” Pays $10–$250. Also interested in nonfiction full-length book ideas with regional focus. Web site: www.bobostrategy.com/publishing.html.

CALL FOR submissions - Beyond the Pink Ribbon. Anthology on living wtih breast cancer. Addressing survivor struggles with fertility, sexuality, identity, disfigurement, effect on relationships, change in life expectations/expectancy, etc. Seeking honest, eloquent and informed essays about survivorship challenges. Send by August 21 to livingwithbreastcancer@gmail.com. Example essay: www.themorningnews.org/archives/personal_essays/replacing_things_lost.php

CARVE: An Anthology of Ski and Snowboard poems, stories, and essays is open for submissions. Reprints okay as long as the author retains the rights. Deadline: January 5. Please send work (as a Word attachment), along with a short bio, to Suzanne Roberts at carveanthology@live.com.

CONTRIBUTORS sought for compilation on how the daughter-father dynamic shapes women’s relationship to the men in their lives. Written from daughters’ first-person POV. Personal stories. I want to feel what is written more than I’m told what should be understood. Less heady, more emotional, but don’t overdramatize. Story should tell itself. Length: 2,500–7,500 words. Pen names okay. Names can be changed. But these must be memoirs! If chosen: $400 minimum payment. Residuals down the road for pub rights to your work, providing publisher expenses recouped.... So if you believe you have a story about you, your father, and the men in your life inside of you, get to writing it and get it to me. And yes, new writers welcome. E-mail: daughtersfathers@gmail.com.

HAPPINESS: Seeking submissions of creative nonfiction short stories, memoirs, essays, or poems with a happiness theme for an anthology. What fills your heart with happiness? Is it a person, place, pet, overcoming a hardship, surviving a tragedy, a life-changing event? Limit 500 to 1,200 words. Deadline October 1. Send to ITS, Inc. P.O. Box 8607, Delray Beach, FL 33482.

MAIN STREET RAG is seeking short fiction to fill 3 anthologies on the following themes: (1) coming home, (2) food, (3) the commute. Deadline: October 1 (or as soon as we have enough stories to fill an anthology). 10K-word limit. Details online at www.mainstreetrag.com. Mail to: Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 690100, Charlotte, NC 28227-7001.

PESSOA ANTHOLOGY. Seeking submissions for an anthology of North American poetic responses to Fernando Pessoa. Tentative title of book: Under Our Skin: North American Poetic Responses to Fernando Pessoa. All correspondence to Charles Cutler (Emeritus, Smith College), 22 Savoy Rd., W. Hawley, MA 01339. E-mail: ccutler@email.smith.edu.

ROTTEN VACATIONS: a new annual anthology, edited by travel writers John M. Edwards and Bruce Northam, wants your very best “bad trip” essays. Send manuscripts + 100-word bios via snail mail to: John M. Edwards, “Rotten Vacations,” 250 W. 50th St., #15L, New York, NY 10019. Phone: (212) 219-8126. E-mail: pigafet@earthlink.net.

SEEKING submissions for an anthology based on America’s fascination with the superhero. Send 3–6 poems, plus cover letter explaining your vision in these poems, bio, and contact information in one (.rtf) file to superheropoetryanthology@gmail.com, or for more information, see www.superheropoetryanthology.blogspot.com.

STORIES FROM THE Front: Serving (Tables) in America. Seeking submissions for an anthology of stories of serving tables in the USA. All correspondence to Zohar Hicks. E-mail: serversunite@gmail.com. Please check out the Web site: www.serversunite.com.

TWO PUBLISHED authors seek original, creative writing prompt and response piece of 3,500 words maximum, fiction or nonfiction, for anthology for writers. Deadline December 31. Free book upon publication—traditional publisher. Submit: Prompts and Pieces, P.O. Box 103, Maynard, MA 01754. Include bio, SASE, e-mail. Guidelines: mdellafera@charter.net.

ARKTOI BOOKS, an imprint of Red Hen Press specializing in the work of lesbian authors, is seeking poetry manuscripts between August 1 and November 30. For information, please visit www.arktoi.com or contact Eloise Klein Healy at eloisekleinhealy@mac.com.

SWITCHGRASS Books, the fiction imprint of Northern Illinois University Press, seeks submissions of full-length literary novels set in or about the Midwest by authors with Midwestern ties. Mail manuscripts to Northern Illinois University Press, Switchgrass Books, 2280 Bethany Rd., DeKalb, IL 60115. For submission guidelines, please visit www.switchgrassbooks.niu.edu.

2009 CONCRETE Wolf Poetry Chapbook Contest. Postmark Deadline: November 30. Prize: 100 copies of perfect-bound chapbook. Fee: $20, checks payable to “Concrete Wolf.” Final Judge: Jeannine Hall Gailey. Submit up to 26 pages of poetry, 2 cover sheets, one with author info (including e-mail and phone), one with title only. SASE for results only. Include a 6x9 envelope stamped with $2.10 postage for copy of winning chapbook. Mail to: Concrete Wolf, P.O. Box 1808, Kingston, WA 98346. More info at http://concretewolf.com.

JESSIE BRYCE NILES Chapbook Competition sponsored by Comstock Review. Prize: $1,000, publication, 50 copies to winner, contestants receive winning chapbook. Entry fee $25. Manuscripts 25–34 pages accepted only between August 1–September 30. Complete rules must be followed or entry will be disqualified. Check Web site: www.comstockreview.org, or send SASE: Comstock Review Chapbook Contest, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215.

NEGATIVE Capability Press, 2008 SIBA poetry award finalist, announces its 2009 National Chapbook Competition. The prize is $150 and 25 copies of custom-designed chapbook. Entry fee: $15. Submit up to 30 pages of manuscript. Deadline: postmarked September 1. For more information, please visit www.negativecapabilitypress.org or call (251) 591-2922.

NEW AMERICAN Press chapbook competition. Winner receives $250 and 25 copies. Final judge: Kelly Cherry. Please include $12 reading fee payable to “New American Press.” Deadline: September 15. Submit 20–30 pages (any genre) to 312 West Clark St., Ste. #1, Champaign, IL 61820. More info: www.newamericanpress.com.

ANDERBO.COM. “Best New Online Literary Journal,” features writers in fiction, “fact,” and poetry. Always looking for new voices. For submission information and guidelines, visit www.anderbo.com.

APPLE VALLEY Review congratulates Rob Hardy, Pat Daneman, and Barry Jay Kaplan (2008 Best of the Net Anthology) and Kathy Anderson (2008 AVR Editor's Prize). New poetry, fiction, and essays will be considered for our Fall 2009 issue until August 14. No simultaneous submissions, please. Samples and complete guidelines: www.applevalleyreview.com.

ARS MEDICA: A Journal of Medicine, the Arts and Humanities is an international literary magazine exploring illness, the body, healing, and the culture of medicine. Fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, and artwork are preferred. For submission/subscription info, see www.ars-medica.ca.

BLOODROOT Literary Magazine invites quality unpublished poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. Submit 3–5 poems. Prose: 5,000-word limit. We read March 1–September 1.  Bloodroot Literary Magazine, P.O. Box 322, Thetford Center, VT 05075. For complete guidelines, visit www.bloodrootlm.com.

THE BROKEN PLATE wants submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Reading period is September 1–October 31. Accepted works will appear in our annual spring issue. Place your submission in the body of an e-mail and send it to: brokenplate@bsu.edu. Check out our Web site for guidelines: www.bsu.edu/brokenplate.

THE BROOME Review seeks poems, fiction, creative nonfiction for its Winter/Spring 2010 issue. Send up to 4 poems or 15 pages of prose. Submission details at www.thebroomereview.com or e-mail info@thebroomereview.com. Submissions accepted through December 31. Cover, bio, SASE to: The Broome Review, P.O. Box 900, Vestal, NY 13851.

CAESURA, the journal of Poetry Center San Jose, seeks poems that deal with how superstition affects our lives, book reviews (please query), b&w photography, and art. Submit between February 16 and April 10. Send 1–3 poems, not to exceed 4 pages total, to caesura@pcsj.org. Full guidelines at www.pcsj.org/caesura/html.

CALL FOR submissions—Light, a Quarterly of Light Verse, seeks submissions of humorous poetry. “The one place in America that regularly prints new work by the best unserious poets alive” (X. J. Kennedy). Include SASE and mail to Light, P.O. Box 7500, Chicago, IL 60680. For more information: www.lightquarterly.com/lightsubmit.html.

CHESAPEAKE Reader: an online literary journal is currently accepting submissions for our fall/winter issue. We have a special interest in writing about the Chesapeake region or by writers working in the area, but we’re open to reading quality submissions from any region. For submission guidelines, please visit www.chesapeakereader.com.

CHEST, the Journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, invites submissions of up to 3 previously unpublished, quality poems, maximum 40 lines, on subjects of some medical relevance. CHEST, with a subscriber base of 22,000 readers. E-mail submissions to poetrychest@aol.com.

THE COACHELLA Review at the University of California–Riverside, Palm Desert, is published online in the fall, winter, and spring. Fiction and nonfiction (6,000-word max), poetry (3–5 pages), and film shorts. Submit by October 31, 2009, and February 28, 2010, to thecoachellareview@gmail.com.

THE COE REVIEW invites submissions for a spring fiction issue (deadline: February 15, 2010) and a fall poetry issue (deadline: September 15, 2009). See Web site for guidelines: www.thecoereview.com. Submit via e-mail (coereview@coe.edu) or mail: Coe Review, Coe College, 1220 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402.

COMMON GROUND Review seeks submissions for Fall/Winter 2009 issue. Submit 3 poems, 40 lines max. Standard-size envelope and SASE a must! Deadline: August 31. Mail to Larry O’Brien, Editor, Common Ground Review, 40 Prospect St., Unit C 1, Westfield, MA 01085. Guidelines available on Web site: www.cgreview.org.

THE COUNTRY DOG Review: A Journal of Poetry is now accepting submissions for its second issue. We accept submissions of poetry, interviews, and book reviews. Deadline: August 1. E-mail: countrydogreview@gmail.com. Visit us at: www.countrydogreview.org.

DAMAZINE is an online literary journal focusing on the Muslim world in the largest sense. We are seeking poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (up to 5,000 words). We accept submissions year-round. For guidelines, see www.damazine.com.

DISPATCH litareview relaunched! New format, new schedule. Prose only (between 1,200 and 3,000 words). Art/photography also wanted. Submissions accepted year-round. For details, see www.litareview.com.

EKPHRASIS, a biannual journal, seeking poems, each based on a single work of art. Free or formal verse considered. No simultaneous submissions. Previously published OK if credited. Send 3 to 5 original poems, bio, phone number, to: Ekphrasis, Laverne & Carol Frith, P.O. Box 161236, Sacramento, CA 95816-1236. Web site: www.geocities.com/ekphrasis2/journal.

FOURTH GENRE: Explorations in Nonfiction is seeking submissions for the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 issues. Reading period: August 15–November 30. All manuscripts must be received by November 30. Submit manuscripts to Marcia Aldrich, Editor; Fourth Genre; Department of English; Michigan State University; 201 Morrill Hall; East Lansing, MI 48824-1036. For complete guidelines, visit www.msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg. Submissions not accepted at MSU Press. Subscriptions: $35/ yr (2 issues). Sample copy: $18. To subscribe, contact MSU Press, Journals Division: journals@msu.edu; phone (517) 355-9543 x101; fax (517) 432-7484.

GOT POEM? Submit any subject, any style, any length, any number, any time by e-mail or by mail with sase. Previously published poems and simultaneous submissions are welcome. The Great American Poetry Show, P.O. Box 69506, West Hollywood, CA 90069. E-mail: info@tgaps.net. Web site: www.tgaps.net.

HALF OF WRITING is writing, the other half is getting something read. GSR is an online journal of short works. For more information, please see: www.shortworks.org.

INKWELL, the award-winning literary journal published by Manhattanville College, is seeking submissions of poetry, prose, and artwork  for both its Spring 2010 and Fall 2010 issues. Fall 2010 issue seeks submissions on the theme of “what is necessary.” Spring 2010 not limited to any theme. Fiction/nonfiction to 5,000 words. Poetry up to 5 poems. Reading period is from August 1 to November 15. See complete guidelines on our Web site: www.inkwelljournal.org.

THE INTERROBANG—a high-quality print journal with something to say—is currently seeking bold, fresh submissions of fiction and nonfiction of any length. Don’t bore us, please. Deadline July 24. Send manuscripts to Ian Golding, Editor, the Interrobang, P.O. Box 68, Columbus, OH 43216. Other submission guidelines at www.theinterrobang.org.

MUSE & STONE. Accepting submissions for spring 2010 issue. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Include cover letter and SASE for response only. Send up to 5 poems, or 6,000 words of fiction or creative nonfiction to: Muse & Stone, Waynesburg University, 51 W. College St., Waynesburg, PA 15370.

NATURAL BRIDGE, a journal of contemporary literature, is accepting submissions July 1–August 31. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Included in this issue (#23, edited by Nanora Sweet) will be a subsection on Writing/Politics, Status/Gender: witness/apologia, satire/vision, praise song/blues, fable/chant, memoir/parody, the edgy/the civil. Submit poems, stories, essays, and translations along with an SASE to: Natural Bridge, Dept. of English, 1 University Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63121. For guidelines, visit www.umsl.edu/~natural.

OYEZ REVIEW, award-winning journal established in 1965, seeks poems, creative nonfiction, short fiction. Send best work only. Reading period:  August 1–October 1. Sample copy: $5. Send submissions with SASE to Oyez Review, Dept. of Literature and Languages, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605-1394. Attention: Janet Wondra. Web site: www.roosevelt.edu/oyezreview.

THE PEDESTAL Magazine is currently seeking submissions of poetry and fiction. Please visit the Web site for additional information and to read the work of our many contributors: www.thepedestalmagazine.com.

PEEKS & VALLEYS: A Southern Journal is accepting short fiction and poetry submissions July–September. Mary Anne and Joe DeYoung, Editors. Accepting electronic submissions only at editor@peeksandvalleys.com. For writer’s guidelines, please visit www.peeksandvalleys.com.

PERSIMMON TREE: An Online Literary Magazine by Women Over Sixty. An exciting new magazine that can be found at www.persimmontree.org. We are looking for quality short fiction and nonfiction submissions. Send to editor@persimmontree.org.

PURE FRANCIS is a Chicago-based online literary magazine that publishes new work every week. We love both traditional and experimental forms, strong imagery, snappy dialogue, being surprised, and long walks along the lakefront. Poetry, short prose, image, and illustration submissions accepted year-round. For more info and to submit, visit www.purefrancis.org.

ROCKHURST Review seeks lively material for 23rd edition, Spring 2010. Submissions accepted September 15, 2009–January 15, 2010. Typed. SASE for acceptance. Maximum lengths for submissions: fiction/essay—2,500 words; drama—10 pages; poetry—10 pages/5 poems; 5 b&w or color, glossy photographs. No return of materials. Send name, address, phone, e-mail, bio to Patricia Cleary Miller, Rockhurst Review, 1100 Rockhurst Rd., Kansas City, MO 64110.

SAN PEDRO River Review is a new print publication currently seeking submissions of poetry and art. For additional information, please visit www.sprreview.com.

THE SARANAC Review welcomes submissions for its Fall 2010 issue. Reading September 1, 2009, to February 15, 2010, firm. Canadian submissions welcomed. Simultaneous submissions accepted if noted. Mail manuscript (maximum 3 poems, 1 piece of fiction or nonfiction), SASE and cover letter to: Saranac Review, English Dept., CVH, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Web site: http://research.plattsburgh.edu/saranacreview.

SLEET MAGAZINE, an online journal, hails the beautiful and the anti-beautiful. Poetry, fiction, flash. Guidelines: www.sleetmagazine.com.

SOUTHERN California Review, published biannually by USC’s Master of Professional Writing Program, invites submissions of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and one-act stageplays and screenplays from new, emerging, and established authors. The deadline for our annual fiction prize is August 31; entry fee is $10. For guidelines and entry forms: www.usc.edu/scr.

TATANACHO, an online literary magazine, is seeking submissions now through July 1 for our next issue. We are seeking original fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Nonfiction and fiction submission up to 5,000 words; poetry, no more than 5 pages. For specific guidelines go to www.tatanacho.wordpress.com or e-mail tatanachopress@gmail.com.

TATTOO HIGHWAY, an online journal of prose, poetry and art, will be reading for issue #20 between September 15, 2009, and January 10, 2010. Quality short prose especially encouraged. “Blind” readings; response within 2 weeks of deadline. See guidelines (and—please!—read an issue or two before submitting) at www.tattoohighway.org.

TERRAIN.ORG: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments—an award-winning international online publication—seeks poetry, essays, fiction, articles, and reviews for upcoming theme-based issues: “Borders & Bridges,” “Virtually There,” and “The Signal in the Noise.” View issues and submission guidelines, and submit online, at www.terrain.org.

TWO HAWKS Quarterly is an online literary journal dedicated to exposing the world to the most challenging, edgy, and lyrical prose and poetry available. Well-written, compelling works are currently being accepted in the following genres: fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, memoir, and cross-genre. Submission guidelines can be viewed at http://twohawksquarterly.com/written-submission-guidelines.

UNDER THE SUN is reading for its Summer 2010 issue, beginning August 15, 2009, through January 2, 2010. Creative nonfiction and single submissions only. SASE. Sample copies $2–$7. Visit our Web site at www.tntech.edu/underthesun.

VINEYARDS, a journal of Christian poetry, seeks high-quality (no greeting-card sentimentality) submissions for its inaugural issue (January 2010). Send 3–5 hard-copy poems (max 6 pages). No e-submissions or previously published work considered. Manuscripts not returned. Philip C. Kolin, Box 5037, USM, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5037.

WEST BRANCH, Bucknell University’s semiannual literary journal, seeks submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction for an issue guest-edited by Shara McCallum. McCallum will edit West Branch 66, Spring/Summer 2010. The reading period for this issue is August 15 to December 15. Please submit online at www.bucknell.edu/westbranch.

WHITE PELICAN Review, a biannual, seeks insightful, imaginative, and carefully crafted poetry for coming issues. Outstanding poem in each issue awarded $100. Submit 3–5 poems. sase and bio required. Name, address, phone, and e-mail on each page. Simultaneous submissions discarded. Subscription: $8 per year. White Pelican Review, P.O. Box 7833, Lakeland, FL 33813.

THE WRITERS Alliance of Gainesville, FL, doesn’t care where, when, or if you’ve published. We’re just looking for top-quality fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for our inaugural literary magazine Bacopa. Cash awards total $1,275. Free general submission deadline: June 30. Contest entries July 1–October 31. Guidelines and more information at www.bacopaonline.com.

THE NORTH COAST Redwoods Writers’ Conference will be held on September 18–19, at College of the Redwoods, Del Norte, 883 W. Washington Blvd., Crescent City, CA 95531. For information, send an SASE to the above address, contact (707) 465-2300, or visit www.ncrwc.org.

PATRICIA BIBBY First Book Award: $1,000. Tebot Bach announces the Patricia Bibby First Book Award. Deadline: October 31 postmark. Send manuscript and reading fee of $25 to Tebot Bach, Bibby, Box 7887, Huntington Beach, CA 92615-7887. SASE to address above, or full guidelines: www.tebotbach.org.

$200/$100/$50. 3 honorable mentions. Winners published in 2010 Bloodroot. Submit free verse only, 10 lines—2 pages unpublished manuscript. Final judge: Kirk Glaser. Deadline: September 15. Entry fee: $15 for 3 poems, $5 each additional poem. Mail to: Bloodroot Literary Magazine, P.O. Box 322, Thetford Center, VT 5075. For details, visit www.bloodrootlm.com.

$4,000 PLUS publication in New Millennium Writings anthology and at www.newmillenniumwritings.com. $1,000 each for best poem, nonfiction, fiction, or short-short fiction. New Millennium writing awards. Deadline extended once only to July 31. Nikki Giovanni will judge poetry. 20 honorable mentions published and selected prose finalists. You receive 2010 issue featuring winners. Guidelines: No restrictions on style or content. Enter between now and midnight of July 31 (postmark OK) with a $17 check payable to NMW for each set of 3 poems (5 pages max) or each story or nonfiction (6,000 words max, except in the short-short fiction category—1,000 words max). Multiple and simultaneous submissions welcome. Enter as often as you like. Include name, phone, address, e-mail, and category entered on cover page only. To: NMW, Room A, P.O. Box 2463, Knoxville, TN, 37901. Provide e-mail or SASE for results. Or enter online at www.writingawards.com.

1ST ANNUAL chapbook contest: www.theinquisitionpoetry.com. Send 16–25 pages with a $9 entry fee to The Inquisition Poetry ,P.O. Box 257, Fernley, Nevada 89408. Details at www.theinquisitionpoetry.com.

2ND ANNUAL Littoral Press Poetry Prize! First place: 50 letterpress-printed broadsides of the winning poem. 3 honorable mentions: earlier broadsides. Judge: Gary Young. Entry fee: $10, 1–2 poems; $5 each additional. Mail to P.O. Box 3226, Berkeley, CA 94703 by August 15. View complete guidelines and broadside examples at www.littoralpress.com.

5TH ANNUAL Calvino Prize. Sponsored by the University of Louisville. Final Judge for 2009: Harold Bloom. 1st prize: $1,500 plus publication in the Salt Hill Journal. 2nd prize: $300. For short story, short story collection, novel, or novella in the fabulist, experimental vein of Italo Calvino. 1st-place winner invited, expenses paid, to read winning entry at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture held in February at the University of Louisville. Fee: $25. Deadline: October 15. Max. 25 pages. Calvino Prize, English Dept., Rm. 315, Bingham Humanities Bldg., University of Louisville, 40292. Details: http://louisville.edu/english.

6TH YEAR! The RRofihe Trophy for an unpublished short story! (Up to 5,000 words.) Winner receives: $500, trophy, and publication in Open City magazine. Judge: Rick Rofihe. Fee: $10. Deadline: October 15. Mail entries to RRofihe, 270 Lafayette St., Ste. 1412, New York, NY 10012. For detailed guidelines, see www.opencity.org/rrofihe.html.

2009 THE LAUREATE Prize for Poetry. $900 and publication in the National Poetry Review. Deadline: August 31. Send e-mail address for results, bio, phone #, and $15 check payable only to “CJ Sage” for 3 poems (10 pages max) to: P.O. Box 2080, Aptos, CA 95001-2080. Please see Web site for complete guidelines: www.nationalpoetryreview.com.

2009 ORPHIC PRIZE for Poetry, deadline: August 31. 48–80 pages and $25 reading fee. Winner gets $1,000, publication, 20 copies. All entries will be considered for publication. Send to: Dream Horse Press, P.O. Box 2080, Aptos, CA 95001. Always before sending, please read full guidelines at www.dreamhorsepress.com.

ANDERBO POETRY Prize! 4th Year! $500 plus publication on anderbo.com. “Best New Online Journal.” Deadline for 2009: November 1. Fee: $10 for up to 6 poems. Judged by William Logan. Contest Assistant: Charity Burns. For detailed guidelines, see www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderprize2009.html.

AURORA ARTISANS short story and creative nonfiction contest. Deadline: October 1 postmark. Submit work up to 2,700 words. Entries must be unpublished, uncommitted, with complete submission form, and $10 reading fee (personal check or money order). Winner receives $150, publication; 2nd $75, publication. All entries considered for publication. Form and guidelines: www.wordworth.com/contest.htm.

BELLEVUE LITERARY Review’s annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. $1,000 Poetry Prize (Judge: Tony Hoagland), $1,000 Fiction Prize (Judge: Gail Godwin), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (Judge: Phillip Lopate). Deadline August 1. Entry fee $15 ($20 includes subscription). Submit online: www.blreview.org.

CAKETRAIN PRESS 2009 Chapbook Competition. Genre: Poetry. Final Judge: Michael Burkard. Prize: $250 + 25 copies. Previous Winners: Elizabeth Skurnick, Tom Whalen, Claire Hero, Tina May Hall. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: October 1. Print and electronic submissions accepted. Guidelines at www.caketrain.org or SASE to Caketrain, Box 82588, Pittsburgh, PA 15218.

CARPE ARTICULUM Literary Review. We want to read your work! Now accepting submissions. Total awards: $10,000! Categories:Short fiction: 1st prize, $1,250; 2nd, $300. 3rd: $100; deadlines: March 30, September 30. Novellas: 1st prize, $1,000; 2nd, $300; 3rd, $100; deadline: January 7, August 30. Poetry: 1st prize, $400; 2nd, $200; 3rd, $100; deadlines: March 30, September 30. Photography: 1st prize, $400; 2nd, $200; 3rd, $100; deadline: August 30. Essay/nonfiction: 1st, $700; 2nd, $300; 3rd, $100; deadlines: January 7, August 30. Winners to be published in the full-colour, quarterly Review, and receive 5 copies. Requirements: Cover sheet with full contact information. Title only on actual piece. $25 review fee per entry. Multiple entries accepted. Blind judging. Send to: Carpe Articulum Literary Review–CLPW Dept., (state entry subject), 8630 SW Scholls Ferry Rd. Ste. 177, Beaverton, OR 97008. We have gone green! Submit via Web site instantly and paperlessly! No shipping! View work’s status online in your own account! Entry fee via Paypal to account ezine@carpearticulum.com or check payable to “Carpe Articulum Literary Review.” A warm good luck to all! Complete details: www.carpearticulum.com. For questions or concerns, contact: editor-in-chief@carpearticulum.com.

CITYLIT PROJECT announces the First Annual Clarinda Harriss Poetry Prize & Chapbook Competition. The prize is named in honor of Clarinda Harriss, eminent Baltimore poet, publisher, and professor of English at Towson University. All submissions must be postmarked before October 1. Winner receives publication by CityLit Press, $100, and 25 copies. Michael Salcman will judge. Send $15 entry fee, SASE for notification of winner, and manuscript of 16 to 25 pages of poetry with table of contents, acknowledgments, and two cover sheets (one with title only) to Harriss Prize, c/o CityLit Project, 120 S. Curley St., Baltimore, MD 21224. Complete guidelines at www.citylitproject.org.

COPPERDOME Poetry Chapbook Award. Winner receives $300, 25 copies. Send 20 to 32 pages and cover sheet with title and author info. $15 fee includes copy of winning chapbook. Deadline: September 1. Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. More at www6.semo.edu/universitypress.

DANAHY FICTION Prize/Tampa Review. $1,000 and publication in Tampa Review for a previously unpublished work of short fiction, 500–5,000 words. $15 entry fee includes one-year subscription. All entries considered for publication. Postmark by November 1. Danahy Fiction Prize, Tampa Review, 401 West Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606. Web site: http://tampareview.ut.edu/tr_prize.html.

ERSKINE J. POETRY Prize (9th Annual) from Smartish Pace. 3 winners and all finalists published in Smartish Pace. First Prize: $200. Fee: $5 for 3 poems/$1 each additional poem, payable to “Smartish Pace.” Deadline: August 15. Submit online, www.smartishpace.com, or send (w/SASE) to: Smartish Pace, P.O. Box 22161, Baltimore, MD 21203. E-mail: sreichert@smartishpace.com.

GIVE US THE pleasure of reading your novels, stories, and poems. 14th Annual Dana Awards. $1,000 awards each in novel (first 50 pages only), short fiction, and poetry. Postmark deadline: October 31. No e-mail submissions. For guidelines: www.danaawards.com, or e-mail danaawards@pipeline.com, or send SASE to 200 Fosseway Dr., Greensboro, NC 27455.

GRIBBLE PRESS Poetry Chapbook Contest. Winner receives $250 plus 25 copies of artist designed book. Send 20–30 pages plus $15 reading fee postmarked by October 31 to Iris Gribble-Neal, Gribble Press, P. O. Box 10307, Spokane, WA 99209-0307. For complete guidelines, see www.greymaredit.com.

GRUB STREET National Book Prize in Nonfiction for authors outside New England. Winner receives $1,000 plus all-expenses-paid trip to Boston for reading and book party. Nonfiction deadline: July 1. $10 fee. 2008 Winner: Dinty W. Moore. Mail to: 160 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116. See guidelines first: www.grubstreet.org.

INDIANA REVIEW 2009 Fiction Prize. $1,000 Honorarium and Publication. Final judge: Ron Carlson. Postmark deadline: October 15. Reading fee: $15 (includes a one-year subscription). For more information, visit www.indianareview.org.

THE INTERROBANG announces its first annual microfiction contest. 500 word max. $500 in prizes plus publication in next issue. Entry fee: $10 per 3 works. All entrants receive a copy of magazine. Contest judged by Kevin Griffith, author of Denmark, Kangaroo, Orange. Deadline July 24. More information at www.theinterrobang.org.

THE JOURNAL/OSU Press Poetry Prize: $3,000 and publication given to winning manuscript of at least 48 typed pages of poetry. Must be postmarked during September. Include entry fee of $25 (check or money order payable to the Ohio State University). Entrants receive one-year subscription of the Journal. Address: Poetry Editor, The Ohio State University Press, 180 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Rd,, Columbus, OH 43210-1002. Full details: www.ohiostatepress.org/index.htm?/books/series pages/poetry.html.

LOGAN HOUSE announces the 5th annual Holland Prize for the best unpublished book of poetry in American English. The winner will receive $500. Submit manuscript, $25 reading fee, and SASE to Logan House, 205 1/2 South Douglas, Wayne City, NE 68787, before August 1. Visit our Web site for complete guidelines.

MANY MOUNTAINS Moving Press 2009 poetry book prize: Winner receives $1,000 and 2010 publication. Postmark deadline: August 1. $25 entry fee entitles entrants to 1 free journal back issue (while they last) and great subscription and book discounts. Traditional and e-mail entries accepted. Full submission guidelines and entrant order forms are at http://mmminc.org. Questions to: editors@mmminc.org.

MEMOIR (AND) Literary Journal contest. No entry fee. Deadline: August 15. Categories: nonfiction prose and poetry (traditional, nontraditional, and experimental), and graphic memoir. 4 cash awards: Grand prize ($500), second prize ($250), third prize ($100), and Prize for Graphic Memoir ($100). All winners published in Spring+Summer 2010 issue. Submit online (preferable!) or post with SASE to: Memoir (and), P.O. Box 1398, Sausalito, CA 94966. Please read our guidelines carefully before submitting: we do “blind reading” of submissions. For details, call (415) 339-3142 or go to www.memoirjournal.com.

MEMOIR INK'S Annual Personal Essay Contest. We’re looking for memoirs, personal essays, or creative nonfiction stories on any topic. Max 3,000 words. Prizes: $1,000, $500, $250 + publication. Entry fee $17. Deadline: August 15 postmark. Late deadline: August 31 postmark (additional $5 fee). Full guidelines here: www.memoirsink.com.

MIGHTY RIVER Short Story Contest. Deadline: October 1. $500, publication in Big Muddy. Best short story. $15 fee includes copy of Big Muddy with winning story. MRSS Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Web site: www6.semo.edu/universitypress/mrss.

MISSISSIPPI Review Poetry Series is a new contest for book-length poetry manuscripts open to all poets working in English. Judged by Dara Wier, this year’s series offers three $1,000 prizes plus early 2010 publication and 100 copies of winning books to prize winners. Manuscripts maximum 56 pages of poetry. Fee is $25 per entry, payable to “Mississippi Review.” No limit on number of entries. Each entrant receives a set of the 3 prize-winning books. No manuscripts returned. Include name, address, phone, e-mail, and title on page 1. Postmark deadline August 1. Winners announced September 2009. Address to MR Poetry Series, 118 College Dr. #5144, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001. For additional details, see www.mississippireview.com/mrpoetryseries.

THE NEW CRITERION announces its 10th annual poetry prize for a book-length manuscript of poems that pay close attention to form. “The New Criterion Poetry Prize . . . has become a more reliable indicator of high readability than most other poetry prizes.”—Booklist. Judges: John Hollander, Roger Kimball, Hilton Kramer, Greg Williamson, and David Yezzi. The winner will receive $3,000, and the winning manuscript will be published by Ivan R. Dee, Chicago. Manuscripts should not exceed 60 pages in length. Submissions must be postmarked no later than September 30. The winner will be announced in January 2010. Manuscripts will not be returned. Certified check or money order for $25 must accompany entry (no personal checks will be accepted). Please address manuscripts to: The New Criterion Poetry Prize, 900 Broadway, Ste. 602, New York, NY 10003.

NEWPORT REVIEW, established online journal of writing and photography, announces its 2009 Flash Fiction Contest, with prizes of $150, $100, $50 and publication. Contest fee: $7 per story, 3/$20. Postmark deadline: September 1. Send stories of up to 1,000 words to: Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest, P.O. Box 65, Warren, RI 02885. For complete guidelines, 2008 winners, and updates, http://newportreview.org.

POETRY SOUGHT for Knockout Literary Magazine’s 2009 International Reginald Shepherd Memorial Poetry Prize. Final judge: Carl Phillips. 1st/2nd/3rd place prizes: $300/$50/$25 gift certificates to Powell’s Books and publication. Entry fee: $12 for 6 poems. Deadline: August 1. Guidelines: knockoutlit.org/rsprize.htm.

THE SCENT OF AN Ending. Competition for best bad ending to a novel—a real stinker. Send title of imaginary novel and last 25–125 words. Reading fee: $6.37. Prize: $89.25 for winner, $67.32 for 2nd place, $31.18 for 3rd place, plus dubious fame and publication for winner and all finalists. Deadline: September 30 postmark. SASE or Web site for complete information. White Eagle Coffee Store Press, Box 383, Fox River Grove, IL 60021. E-mail: wecspress@aol.com. Web sites: http://whiteeaglecoffeestorepress.com or http://thescentofanednding.com.

SLIPSTREAM Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition offers $1,000 prize plus 50 copies for winner. Deadline: December 1. Entrants receive copy of winner and 1-issue subscription. Send up to 40 pages and $20 reading fee to Slipstream, Box 2071, Niagara Falls, NY 14301. For further details and new guidelines, visit www.slipstreampress.org.

THE STARVING Writer quarterly contest. Adult fiction/ nonfiction, juvenile fiction. Maximum 3,000 wc. Postmark deadline: August 15. First prize $100, certificate and publication in Starving Writer Review. Entry fee $20 includes subscription and critique. For complete guidelines, send SASE to 4230 SE King Rd. #99, Milwaukie, OR 97222 or visit www.thestarvingwriter.com.

SURPRISE VALLEY Annual Poetry Prize. Monthly winners. Publication on Surprise Valley Writers’ Conference Web site and in Modoc Independent News. Plus annual cash grand prize of $500/$300/$150. Submit 3–5 poems, $12 entry fee. No previously published or award-winning poems accepted. Open reading period. Detailed guidelines at www.modocforum.org.

TOM HOWARD/John H. Reid Poetry Contest. Seventh year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,350. Top prize $2,000. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines, payable to “Winning Writers.” Postmark deadline: September 30. Judges: J. H. Reid, D. C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant St., PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is one of the “101 Best Web sites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2008). More information: www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry.

TWO REVIEW Poetry Contest judge: Sholeh Wolpé. $100 First, $50 Second, $25 Third. All considered for publication. Deadline: July 31. Send 1–5 unpublished poems, bio-sketch, e-mail address, and $10 check made out to “Cold Press Publishing” to P.O. Box 200639, Anchorage, AK 99520. Guidelines: http://tworeview.googlepages.com.

WAN OF CALIFORNIA hosts the Carol Doering Poetry Contest. Awards are $100, $75, and $50. Original, unpublished work. 50 lines max. Free verse or traditional. Entry fee $5 per poem or 3/ $10. Submissions postmarked by September 30. Send SASE to WAN, P.O. Box 1485, Simi Valley, CA 93062-1485. For complete instructions: www.womensartisticnetwork.org.

WILDA HEARNE Flash Fiction Contest. Deadline: October 1. $200, publication in Big Muddy. Best short-short story, 500 words or less. $10 fee includes copy of Big Muddy with winning story. Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Web site: www6.semo.edu/universitypress/hearne.

WRITERS & BOOKS announces the 3rd annual Kenneth and Geraldine Gell Poetry Prize competition. $1,000, publication with Big Pencil Press, and a residency at the rural Gell Center of the Finger Lakes will be awarded each year to the author of an outstanding, unpublished, book-length manuscript of poems. Baron Wormser will be the finalist judge for the prize to be awarded in March 2010. Reading fee is $25. MS must be postmarked between September 1 and November 30. For guidelines and entry form, go to www.wab.org, click on “Gell Poetry Prize.”

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OATMEAL STUDIOS Greeting Cards is looking for humorous greeting card ideas. Any interested writer should e-mail a request for guidelines to dawn@oatmealstudios.com or send an SASE to P.O. Box 138PW, Rochester, VT 05767.

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THE PORCHES Writing Retreat. 1854 farmhouse sitting high on a hill overlooking James River in Virginia countryside. Wide spacious porches, large private rooms, high ceilings, Wi-fi, communal kitchen. Enjoy hiking Appalachian trails, local history, and vineyards. 3 hours from Washington, D.C. Weekly: $350. E-mail trudyhale@gmail.com or visit www.porcheswritingretreat.com

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WELLSPRING HOUSE retreat center for writers and artists in Massachusetts hills, 35 minutes from Northampton/Amherst. Sheltered by towering spruce, secluded but in town. Private rooms, communal kitchen. 4 hours from New York City. Unspoiled village where writers write, painters paint. Open all year in 2009. $175/week. Resumé to P.O. Box 2006, Ashfield, MA 01330. Phone: (413) 628-3276. E-mail: browning@wellspringhouse.net. Web site: www.wellspringhouse.net.

THE MARTHA'S Vineyard Writers Residency is accepting applications for October 2009 residency. Each October, 6 writers of various genres are given private rooms in an historic inn, and time and space to create on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. For details and to apply, visit Web site: http://writersresidency.com.

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AWARD-WINNING fiction writer, graduate of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, creative writing teacher for 35 years, provides personalized manuscript editing. I offer detailed editing, honest evaluation, and sensitive critique. I work with new and experienced writers, fiction and nonfiction. Contact Hugh Cook: Phone: (905) 388-1668. E-mail: jhcook@quickclic.net. Web site: www.redeemer.ca/~hcook.

AWARD-WINNING poet and fiction writer, Pulitzer nominee, PhD in English Literature offers supportive coaching and editing for poets and writers. My clients have won international prizes and published novels and poetry collections. Contact sarah.getty@comcast.net. Phone: (781) 275-8498. More information at www.sarahgetty.net.

BOOK EDITOR & agent searches. Need help polishing (or finishing) your book, or finding an agent? PhD book editor and award-winning writer/editor offers text upgrades in your own style and customized agent searches, pitch letters, and synopses to get your work in print. Competitive rates. Contact Michele Cooper at bookeditingsolutions@gmail.com. Web site: www.bookeditingsolutions.com.

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COMPLETE editorial services to new and experienced fiction and nonfiction writers. Professional editor and published author of literary criticism offers honest evaluation, sensitive critique, plot/character development, line-by-line editing, rewrites. Benefit from years of editorial experience at major publishing houses. Contact Helga Schier, PhD. Phone: (310) 828-8421. E-mail: withpenandpaper@verizon.net.

CORE WRITING Literary Services. Established editor, published writer, creative teacher, and mentor with Master of Arts provides detailed manuscript evaluation, substantive editing/revising, ghostwriting, and tutorials on fiction, essays, memoirs, screenplays. Literary fiction a specialty. Aspiring and published writers, works-in-progress, and completed manuscripts welcome. References. For comprehensive, personalized attention, call (914) 764-3165. E-mail: rorysblue@aol.com.

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IS YOUR POETRY manuscript ready for publication? Professional evaluation and comprehensive editing provided by acclaimed editor. Workshops, tutorials, publishing advice. Former executive director of Alice James Books, with 12+ years of publishing experience. Author of Anxious Music (Four Way Books, 2007). For details, visit: www.aprilossman.com. E-mail: aprilossmann@hotmail.com.

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6TH ANNUAL Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 18–23, 2010, Delray Beach, Florida. 6 days of workshops, readings, and events featuring America’s finest poets. Workshop admission by application. This year’s featured poets are Stephen Dobyns, Carolyn Forché, Thomas Lux, Jean Valentine, David Wojahn, Kevin Young, Mary Cornish, and Ilya Kaminsky. For more information, visit www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org.

CREATIVE WRITING workshop and one-on-one. O. Henry Prize–winning author Nancy Hallinan gives group and private sessions in her NYC home. Afternoons, evenings. Short story, novel, memoir. Emphasis on characterization, structure, and style. 2 hours minimum, weekly. Aim: Fulfillment and publication. Call (212) 222-6936 or (732) 280-8645.

"EATING THE WEST" Intensive Writing Workshop in Moab, UT, October 20–23. Spend 4 days with Ann Vileisis, Susan J. Tweit, and more. Interest in environment and food recommended. Visit www.moabconfluence.org for info or call (435) 220-0068.

ELIZABETH AYRES Center for Creative Writing offers an online workshop program proven to expand your imagination, dissolve blocks, enhance productivity, build confidence, and maximize skills. Exercises and techniques for all genres. 5-week sessions. Take separately or combine as an ongoing course. Call (800) 510-1049. E-mail: eayres@creativewritingcenter.com. Visit: www.creativewritingcenter.com.

GREATER Philadelphia Wordshop Studio supports writers in the development of their individual voices and practice of their craft. Workshops in Center City and Delaware County, following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method. Writers of all ages, levels of experience, and genres welcome. Phone: (610) 853-0296. E-mail: ahicks@philawordshop.com. Web site: www.philawordshop.com.

GREEK ISLAND Poetry & Writing Courses. June and September. In a spectacular mountain and sea setting accessible only by sea, Loutro on Crete is an idyllic location for writers and poets to explore and be inspired. Excellence of writing combines with excellence of location. Please e-mail: worldspirit99@aol.com or visit www.worldspirit.org.uk.

LAS DOS BRUJAS creative writing intensive with Cristina García (author of Dreaming in Cuban and other works). October 15–18. Multigenre workshop designed to loosen the muse and call forth your duende. All levels welcome. Art-filled adobe near Santa Fe. Cost: $575. For more details, please contact (310) 428-3201, e-mail: pinkhydrangea@hotmail.com.

NEWPORT REVIEW Summer Writing Workshop: Editors of Newport Review, an online journal of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, will teach a Providence-area writing workshop in August. Creative wordplay, lively discussion, personalized feedback for poets and prose writers. Your goal: complete a piece for public reading and possible publication. Four weeks, $200. Details: visit newportreview.org/blog or e-mail newportrevieweditor@gmail.com.

POETRY AND healing. Professional training in biblio/poetry therapy. 2-year program. Earn credentials as a certified applied poetry facilitator (CAPF) via local or distance directed learning. Must have: BA/BS degree (any field), knowledge of literature, love of poetry and creative/reflective writing, strong interest in psychological awareness/personal growth. Apply to Nat’l Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy, the training standards body for the field. Info at www.nfbpt.com, or e-mail ebrooks2@charter.net.

A PROGRAM developed by 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry, Philip Schultz, that has been helping fiction writers and poets reach their potential for over 20 years. Workshops in NYC, Tucson, San Francisco, and online. Tutorials available. Alumni include recent National Book Award finalists Jennifer Egan and Martha McPhee. Phone: (212) 255-7075. Web site: www.writerstudio.com.

ROAMING WRITERS Workshop & Anthology. Work with published authors/editors to find your voice and tell your story. Successful completion of six-week intensive writing workshop results in guaranteed publication in upcoming Roaming Writers anthology. Write, revise, submit, publish and celebrate! To apply: www.roamingwriters.com

THE SACKETT Street Writers’ Workshop (NYC) offers advanced, intermediate, and beginning fiction, novel, nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry, post-MFA writing, and MFA Application Preparation Workshops. Small classes are taught by graduates of top MFA programs and include individual conferences. Manuscript and MFA application consultation available. Students have gone on to attend prestigious MFA programs and to publish. To apply, see www.sackettworkshop.com.

SHORT-SHORT fiction class; with Miriam Sagan, online, Santa Fe Community College, 3 credits, under $100. Starts August 22. Instant character, plot, setting, fable, and more. Go to www.sfccnm.edu or call (505) 428-1000.