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LACHANCE Publishing is seeking inspiring, true, preferably first-person stories of literary merit for our acclaimed Voices Of series. Volumes in preparation: Alzheimer’s, Anorexia/Bulimia, Breast Cancer, Depression, Epilepsy. We also need true stories of dogs that have transformed people’s lives for the follow-up to our hit Good Dogs Doing Good. We pay for the stories we publish, and our books are enjoyed throughout the English-speaking world. See full details at www.lachancepublishing.com.

MONADNOCK Writers’ Group celebrates our 25th year of supporting activities that promote and encourage creative writing in the tradition of the humanities by soliciting submissions to our 5th publication focused on the theme of “Memory.” We welcome prose, up to 2,500 words; poems, maximum 3; and photo-ready art. Submission deadline is March 15. Specific details are available at our Web site, www.monadnockwriters.org, or by writing us at P.O. Box 3071, Peterborough, NH 03458.

POETICA Publishing Company is considering poetry, prose, and art celebrating world cultures. We consider previously published works. Deadline: September 1. E-mail: poeticapub@aol.com, or visit our Web site for the complete guidelines: www.poeticapublishing.com.

SHORT FICTION Anthology. Starting May 1, Main Street Rag will be reading short stories for the following themes: “Altered States” and “The Book of Villains.” Send submissions to Main Street Rag, P.O. Box 690100, Charlotte, NC 28227-7001. Details for these and other opportunities can be found on our Web site: www.mainstreetrag.com or by e-mailing editor@mainstreetrag.com.

SUBMISSIONS sought for Fearless Poetry Series’ second poetry anthology, Touching: Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire. Send 1–3 poems or prose poems about love, longing, eros, desire. New deadline: March 31. Submission guidelines and information about the biannual Fearless Poetry Series and our current publications are available at www.fearlessbooks.com/poetry.htm.

BELLEVUE LITERARY Press, fiction and nonfiction book publisher, is seeking manuscripts and proposals. No poetry, please. No reading fee. Our books address relationships to the human body, illness, health, and healing, and range the intersection of the arts and sciences. See our Web site for more info and guidelines: www.blpress.org.

PLAIN VIEW PRESS, a 35-year-old (national and international) independent literary publishing house is accepting book manuscripts—high literary standards, collaborative process, activist orientation, poetry, fiction, nonfiction (gender, racial, and economic justice, environment, peace). E-mail sb@plainviewpress.net—Put “Query” in subject line. Guidelines: www.plainviewpress.net.

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.switchgrass.niu.edu.

BLUE LIGHT PRESS chapbook contest. $100 and 50 copies of your book. We like imagistic, inventive, emotionally honest poems that push the edge. Send 10–24-page manuscript, SASE, $10 reading fee to Blue Light Press Poetry Prize, 1563 45th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122 by June 1. For guidelines, e-mail bluelightpress@aol.com.

SWAN SCYTHE Press (founding editor Sandra McPherson) is asking for submissions to its 2010 chapbook contest. Reading fee: $15, between March 1 and June 1. Submit to James DenBoer, 515 P St., #804, Sacramento, CA 95814. Since 2000, the Press has published 26 chapbooks. For details and rules, see www.swanscythe.com.

AJN, the American Journal of Nursing (circ. 340,000), seeks poems and short personal essays on experiences related to health care for its Art of Nursing and Reflections departments. Authors need not be health professionals. Original perspectives and clear, unsentimental writing are preferred. $100 honorarium paid upon publication. Guidelines available at www.editorialmanager.com/ajn.

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.

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.

BIG LUCKS, a fledgling not-for-profit literary journal, seeks fiction and poetry for its second issue. Our goal is print unique voices that transcend the discussion of form and move their audience. Publishes quarterly editions, reads work year-round. Visit us at www.biglucks.com.

BLOODROOT Literary Magazine invites poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction. Poems: 3–5 (10 lines to 2 pages). Prose: 5,000 word limit. Reads: April 1–September 1. Include SASE for response only. Bloodroot Literary Magazine, P.O. Box 322, Thetford Center, VT 05075. For details: www.bloodrootlm.com.

CALL FOR submissions—seeking quality poems, fiction, creative nonfiction for 2010 issue of Kansas City Voices, an annual literary magazine now in its 8th year. Awards for Best Prose, Best Poetry. Work does not have to relate to Kansas City. Deadline: March 15. For guidelines visit http://kansascityvoices.com.

CAVE WALL, a journal of poetry and art, reads unsolicited submissions postmarked March 1–April 15. Recent contributors include Michael Chitwood, Claudia Emerson, Rebecca McClanahan, Carl Phillips, Katrina Vandenberg, and Robert Wrigley. For guidelines, send SASE to Cave Wall Press LLC, P.O. Box 29546, Greensboro, NC 27429-9546. Or visit: www.cavewallpress.com.

CHEST, the Journal of the American College of Chest Physicians, invites submissions of up to 2 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 with print issue in summer. Online spring deadline is February 28. Inaugural Summer print issue deadline: April 1. Find submission guidelines and reserve your print issue at www.thecoachellareview.com.

THE EVENING Street Review is centered on the belief that all men and women are created equal. Reads poetry/prose submissions year-round. Replies in 4–5 weeks. Sometimes includes comments. Send 4–6 poems or 1–2 prose pieces. 7652 Sawmill Rd., #352, Dublin, OH 43016. E-mail: editor@eveningstreetpress.com. For contests and guidelines: www.eveningstreetpress.com.

FICTION, POETRY, creative nonfiction, essays, interviews, artwork, music wanted! Bosphorus Art Project (BAP) Quarterly is an online literary and art journal aimed at bringing international artists and writers together. Check Web site for current themes. Send only your best work. See past issues with Ron Currie, Jr., Jack Pendarvis. Web site: www.bapq.net. E-mail: bapquarterly@yahoo.com.

GETTING Something Read is a small online publishing site. We publish short poems and short works of prose (fiction, nonfiction, essays, or commentary). For more information, go to http://shortworks.org or http://shortpoem.org.

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.

J JOURNAL: New Writing on Justice seeks submissions for Fall 2010 issue. Work should examine justice directly or tangentially. Send fiction and personal narrative (6,000 words max) and poetry (3 poems max) by August 15, to Editors, J Journal, Dept. of English, John Jay College, 619 W. 54th St., 7th Fl., New York, NY 10019. For details, see www.jjournal.org.

LOOKING FOR colonists! Berneria is offering free land for those with a creative conscience and a drive to create a better world. We need short, short pieces (under 600 words) about your experiences either coming to or living in Berneria. Multiple submissions encouraged. For guidelines, please go to www.berneria.com.

MARCO POLO, an online quarterly, seeks short-shorts, prose poems, poetry, and essays. For details and guidelines, please visit our Web site: http://marcopoloquarterly.com.

MIDWAY JOURNAL is accepting submissions now through the end of May. Please visit www.midwayjournal.com for complete submissions guidelines. Direct all inquiries to editors@midwayjournal.com.

MINNETONKA Review seeks fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Two $150 editor’s prizes awarded each issue. No entry fee. Submit online or: P.O. Box 386, Spring Park, MN 55384. For guidelines and to read samples of previously published work, visit www.minnetonkareview.com.

THE MOTHERHOOD Muse Literary Magazine is hosting its first writing contest. Contest entries fall in one of two categories: fictional short story or nonfictional essay, both open prompt. Deadline is May 1. Entry fee is $10 per entry. Four winners will be awarded monetary prizes and publication in our literary magazine. Web site: http://themotherhoodmuse.com.

PALABRA invites Chicano/Latino writers to submit fiction, flash fiction, poetry, novel excerpts, experimental/cross-genre work, and short plays that explore new directions in Chicano and Latino literary art. Some pay. Submit via USPS only to PALABRA, P.O. Box 86146, Los Angeles, CA 90086-0146. Guidelines on Web site: www.palabralitmag.com. Queries: info@palabralitmag.com.

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.

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 journal that publishes poetry, short prose, images, comics, and audio art. We love both traditional and experimental forms, strong imagery, snappy dialogue, being surprised, and long walks along the lakefront. New work is published every Sunday. For more info and to submit, visit: www.purefrancis.org.

SLEET Magazine, an online literary journal, seeks poetry, fiction, flash, irregulars. Please visit our site for guidelines, and read our new spring edition, freshly launched. Web site: www.sleetmagazine.com.

THE TEACHER'S Voice is still free online and currently seeking submissions for upcoming theme issues as well as the following: corporate/profit/nonprofit privatization of public education in poor and working-class communities; public schools turning into factory-modeled, dumbed-down, test-prep mills; parent, student, teacher disempowerment; apathy (especially of the secure and privileged). TTV chapbook contest winner Disrupting Consensus has been released! Please visit us at: www.the-teachers-voice.org.

THIRD WEDNESDAY international literary arts magazine seeks poetry—any form, 2 page limit—and fiction—up to 1,500 words—from experienced writers. We also need b&w artwork or photography. We pay token fee. Send to submissions@thirdwednesday.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: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, and genre x. Submission guidelines can be viewed at http://twohawksquarterly.com/written-submission-guidelines.

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.

HEAR BEST-SELLING thriller writer James Rollins at the Pennwriters 22nd Annual Conference May 14–16, at the Best Western Eden Resort in Lancaster, PA. Three-day conference offers agent/editor pitches, 30-plus workshops, and all-day intensive seminars. Find registration forms and information at www.pennwriters.org, or for more info, e-mail conferenceco1@pennwriters.org.

LAS VEGAS Writers Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Sam’s Town Hotel and Casino. April 15–17. Tickets available February 1–April 14, cost: $425.  150 Attendee max. One-on-one pitch sessions with top agents/ publishers, 20 workshops and panels with Q&A, fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, romance, mystery, children’s, YA, business and craft of writing, and other genre-specific tracks. Sponsored by Henderson Writers Group of Las Vegas: 614 Mosswood Ave., Henderson, NV 89002. Phone: (866) 869-7842. For more information: www.lasvegaswritersconference.com.

PNWA SUMMER Writers Conference. Meet agents and editors. Learn craft from renowned authors. Uncover new marketing secrets. PNWA’s 55th Anniversary Conference, July 22–25 at the Seattle Airport Hilton, Seattle, WA 98188. Phone: (425) 673-BOOK. Web site: www.pnwa.org.

"TIMELESS CRAFT, Timely Skills” League of Vermont Writers Conference. July 23–25, Mt. Snow, West Dover, Vermont. Friday keynote panel: “Getting Published in the 21st Century.” Saturday Keynote: Chris Bohjalian. Agent pitch sessions. Workshops: skills for the electronic age, fiction, mystery, fantasy, nonfiction, children’s and YA, business of writing. $180 general registration. $150 LVW members. Web site: www.leaguevtwriters.org.

$1,000 PRIZE, book publication, and 25 copies: Submit novel or story collection (~100–400 pgs) to New American Press Fiction Contest, 2707 Trenton Way, Fort Collins, CO 80526. Final judge: Lee K. Abbott. $20 entry fee. Postmark: May 15. Details: http://newamericanpress.com/contests/current.php.

$1,100 E. M. Koeppel Annual Short Fiction Award. Other awards: $100 Editors’ Choice, $500 scholarship. Length: 3,000 words maximum. Entry fee: $15 for 1 original, unpublished story. $10 each additional story. Include title, name, address, bio, phone, e-mail on cover sheet. Title only on 2nd cover sheet. Deadline: April 30. Mail: Writecorner Press, P.O. Box 140310, Gainesville, FL 32614. Guidelines, results: www.writecorner.com.

$6,000 IN PRIZES, publication online and/or in print. Creative nonfiction, 200–1,000 word essay: Boss from Hell? Write about it! Make us laugh, make us cry. Deadline: April 10. View guidelines: www.jobsofthedamned.com.

6TH GIVAL PRESS Novel Award for best original previously unpublished literary novel in English, approximately 30,000 to 100,000 words. Prize: $3,000, copies, and publication. Reading fee: $50 per novel submitted. Deadline: May 30. Mail to: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203. For complete details, e-mail givalpress@yahoo.com or visit Web site: www.givalpress.com.

10TH ANNUAL Spokane prize for short fiction: $2,000 plus publication. All U.S. authors eligible. Please note the contest has a new home: Willow Springs Books, an offshoot of the Willow Springs literary journal, otherwise the contest remains unchanged and will continue its tradition of design and production excellence. Previous winners include Edith Pearlman, Jonathan Penner, Ann Joslin Williams. Postmark deadline: April 1. Send manuscript (98-page, 3-story minimum), $25 entry fee (check or money order to Willow Springs Books), and SASE (for notification only) to: Spokane Prize, Inland NW Center for Writers, EWU, 501 Riverpoint Dr., Ste. 425, Spokane, WA 99202. http://willowsprings.ewu.edu/spokaneprize.php.

THE 15TH ANNUAL Blue Lynx Prize is awarded for an unpublished, full-length volume of poems by a U.S. author. The prize includes a $2,000 award and book publication. Entries must be at least 48 pages, accompanied by a $25 reading fee payable to “Lynx House Press,” the entry form, and a SASE for notification. Postmark deadline: May 15. Poems that have appeared in full-length, single-author collections will not be considered. Send to: Lynx House Press, P.O. Box 940, Spokane, WA 99210. More info and entry form found at: www.lynxhousepress.org.

2010 FINCH PRIZE for Poetry: Submit up to three unpublished, uncommitted poems with bio, e-mail address, and $15 reading fee to the National Poetry Review, Box 2080, Aptos, CA 95001-2080. Important: checks payable to “TNPR”. Deadline: April 30. Winner receives $500 plus publication. See Web site for complete instructions: www.nationalpoetryreview.com.

2010 NELLIGAN Prize for short fiction. $1,500 awarded for the winning short story, plus publication in the fall 2010 issue of Colorado Review. Deadline: postmark of March 12. Entry fee: $15. Final judge: Andrea Barrett. Friends and students of the judge are ineligible to compete. Obtain complete guidelines at http://nelliganprize.colostate.edu or Nelligan Prize, Colorado Review, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105.

2010 SOUTHWEST Writers Contest. Entries judged by editors and agents! Cash prizes up to $1,000. Entry fee. Early deadline: May 1. Info: www.southwestwriters.org or (505) 265-9485.

AMERICAN SHORT(ER) Fiction Prize. Contest highlights great work in flash fiction. Submit stories of up to 1,000 words. First prize receives $500 and publication; second prize, $250 and publication. Judged by ASF editors. Deadline: May 1. Entry fee: $15. For full guidelines and to submit, visit http://americanshortfiction.org.

ANNOUNCING the 2010 Suffolk County Community College Contest in Creative Writing: open to graduate and undergraduate students; poetry, fiction, and 1 act play divisions; prize money and publication for winners; submissions must be received by March 31. For full guidelines and submission forms go to www.thecwfestivalatsccc.com.

AURORA ARTISANS Poetry Contest. First place: $200 and publication in international award-winning Word Worth. Deadline: June 1, postmark. Submit poem(s) up to 200 lines. Must be unpublished, uncommitted, submitted with completed submission form, $10 reading fee (personal check or money order). Honorable mentions also published. Form, 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: Marie Ponsot), $1,000 Fiction Prize (Judge: Andre Dubus III), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (Judge: Jerome Groopman). Deadline: July 1. Entry fee: $15 ($20 includes subscription). Submit online: www.blreview.org.

BLOODROOT Poetry Prizes. $200/ $100/ $50. 3 honorable mentions. Winners published in 2011 Bloodroot. Deadline: September 15, 2010. Entry fee: $15 for 3 poems, $5 each additional poem. Final judge: Claudia McIsaac. Send manuscript and entry fee to: Bloodroot Literary Magazine, P.O. Box 322, Thetford Center, VT. For guidelines: www.bloodrootlm.com.

BOMB MAGAZINE'S Poetry Contest. Judged by Susan Howe. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: April 15. Reading fee: $20, includes a free subscription to BOMB (overseas addresses add $20). Mail entries to: BOMB Magazine Poetry Contest, 80 Hanson Pl., #703, Brooklyn, NY 11217. For more info, visit www.bombsite.com.

CALIFORNIA Quarterly/CQ and CSPS Poetry Letter & Literary Review seeks poems, no subject/topic/form limit. CSPS 24th Annual Contest accepting March 1–June 30. CSPS 2010 Monthly Contest on-going. Send SASE for submission requirements and contest rules/fees, sample CQ ($7) and/or PL&LR ($1): CSPS, P.O. Box 7126, Orange, CA 92863.

CALYX, A Journal of Art & Literature by Women’s Ninth Annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize. Publication plus $300. Postmark March 1–May 31. Fee: $15 per entry (3 poems, 6 pages total). CALYX, Lois Cranston Poetry Prize, P.O. Box B, Corvallis, OR 97339. Final judge: Frances P. Adler. Guidelines: www.calyxpress.org.

CARPE ARTICULUM Literary Review. We want to read your work! Official call for submissions. Total awards: $10,000! Dates are annual. Categories: Short fiction: 1st prize, $1,250; 2nd, $300. 3rd: $100; deadlines: September 30, March 30. Novellas: 1st prize, $1,000; 2nd, $300; 3rd, $100; deadline: January 7. Poetry: 1st prize, $400; 2nd, $200; 3rd, $100; deadlines: September 30, March 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 3 copies. Requirements: Cover sheet with full contact information. Title only on actual piece. $20 review fee per entry. Multiple entries accepted. Blind judging. Send to: Carpe Articulum Literary Review–CLPW Dept., (state contest), 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! Reading/judging fees: $20; for poetry and photography: $25. For short fiction and novellas, send 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.

THE CAT HEAD Biscuit Review, a new literary journal, seeks poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction for publication in its first issue for March 2010. $10 reading fee also enters manuscripts into our upcoming literary contests for the three genres. Winners receive $100, 2 copies of the journal, and recognition through publication. For guidelines check Web site: www.thecatheadbiscuitreview.com.

CLOUDBANK contest. $200 prize plus publication. Deadline: May 31. Entry fee: $15, up to five poems or short prose pieces. Entrants receive two-issue subscription. Make check to “Cloudbank.” Send to Cloudbank, P.O. Box 610, Corvallis, OR 97339-0610. Full guidelines at http://cloudbankbooks.com.

COMSTOCK REVIEW: Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award. First Prize $1,000. Charles Martin, Judge. Postmark deadline: July 1. 40 lines max/poem. Entry fee: $5/poem. Special subscription offer with entry. No simultaneous submissions or any previous publications, including electronic. Check Web site/send SASE for complete rules which must be followed. Comstock Review Contest PW2010, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. Web site: www.comstockreview.org.

COSMOS MARINER Award, $500. Judge: David Kirby. 3–5 unpublished poems (10 pages max), postmarked May 15. SASE and a $10 check payable to “PSGA.” Include contact information on cover sheet only. Indicate simultaneous submissions. Manuscripts not returned. Send to Poetry Society of Georgia, P.O. Box 15625, Savannah, GA 31416. Web site: http://poetryknows.blogspot.com.

DEADLINE IS June 17 for New Millennium Writing Awards. Deadline may be extended once only. $4,000 plus publication in New Millennium Writings and at www.newmillenniumwritings.com. $1,000 each for best poem, nonfiction, fiction, or short-short fiction. All honorable mentions published in our next poetry contest, plus selected finalists in other categories.You receive 2010–11 issue, featuring winners. Guidelines: No restrictions on content or style. Enter between now and midnight of June 17 with a $17 check payable to “NMW” for each set of three poems (five 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, so enter 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.

“DEAR MOTHER” Call for nonfiction & poetry to be read by actors in a Los Angeles salon theater event. The unique voices of many sought. Share your story—poignant, celebratory, comical, troubled.... Artwork & photography welcome. Future anthology possible. Deadline: April 5, 350 words. Please see submission details: www.jonelsenonline.com.

FUTURECYCLE Poetry Book Prize. Open to poets writing in English. Winner receives $1,000 and 25 copies. Reading begins: January 1. Deadline: March 31. May submit by e-mail. See complete guidelines at www.futurecycle.org/contest.aspx.

HARPUR PALATE is currently accepting submissions for the John Gardner Memorial Fiction Prize Contest, until April 15. Publication and $500 award. All entries considered for publication. Submit an unpublished story and $15 fee: Harpur Palate, English Dept., Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902. For more information, visit http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu.

THE LEDGE announces its 2010 and Sixteenth Annual Poetry Awards Competition. First prize: $1,000 and publication in the Ledge Magazine. Second prize of $250 and third prize of $100 also to be awarded. No restrictions. Excellence is the only criterion. Entry fee: $10 for the first three poems and $3 for each additional poem. $20 subscription to the Ledge gains free entry for the first three poems. All poems will be considered for publication in the Ledge. Postmark deadline: April 30. The Ledge 2010 Poetry Awards Competition, 40 Maple Ave., Bellport, NY 11713. Web site: www.theledgemagazine.com. E-mail: tkmonaghan@aol.com.

LEFT COAST Eisteddfod Poetry Competition (online) Portland Oregon 2010. Submit now! No registration fee. $150 cash prize for first place. Winner and runners-up published in the Seventh Quarry, international poetry magazine edited by Peter Thabit Jones (poet and author of The Lizard Catchers). Peter is also the judge for this competition. Winning poem will also be featured on AmeriCymru, the number one online social networking site for the Welsh and Welsh Americans. Competition is open to all! Go to this url: http://americymru.ning.com/group/leftcoasteisteddfod2010poetrycompetitionsubmission.

MARGARET REID Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse. Seventh year. Ten cash prizes totaling $5,550. Top prize $3,000. Submit poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets and free verse. Winning entries published online. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines, payable to “Winning Writers.” Postmark deadline: June 30. Judges: J. H. Reid, D. C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Margaret Reid 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, 2005–2009). More information: www.winningwriters.com/margaret.

NEIL POSTMAN Award for Metaphor: All submissions to RATTLE magazine are automatically considered for the award, which offers $500 for the best use of metaphor in RATTLE each year. Send up to 5 unpublished poems plus SASE to: RATTLE, 12411 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604. E-mail: submissions@rattle.com. Web site: www.rattle.com.

OMNIDAWN offers $3,000 prize for our annual first/second book poetry contest. Rae Armantrout will judge. Accepting electronic and postal submissions March 1–June 30. Winner receives prize, publication, and 100 copies. Entry fee: $25. Entrants who send SASE receive copy of choice of any Omnidawn book. For guidelines, see www.omnidawn.com.

PATRICIA DOBLER Award 2010. Open to woman writers over the age of 40 living in the U.S. who have not published a full-length book of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction (chapbooks excluded). Poems must be unpublished, up to 75 lines. Up to two poems, of any style, per submission. Postmarked by March 20. Winner will be notified by April 21. Judge: Lynn Emanuel. The winner will receive the Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, in the form of round-trip travel and lodging as a participating guest of Carlow’s MFA residency in Sligo, Ireland, in the heart of Yeats’s country, June 18–28; publication in Voices from the Attic; and a reading at Carlow University in Pittsburgh. Submit: cover sheet with name, address, phone number, e-mail, title of poem. Check for $20, made payable to “Carlow University,” with SASE to: The Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, Jan Beatty, Director of Creative Writing, Carlow University, 3333 5th Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. For information on Carlow University’s MFA program, and for complete contest rules, visit www.carlow.edu or contact Dr. Ellie Wymard at (412) 578-6346.

PEARL Short Story Prize: $250 and publication in Pearl. Unpublished stories only. Maximum length: 4,000 words. Entry fee: $10 per story. All submissions considered for publication. Deadline: May 31. Send to: Pearl, 3030 E. 2nd St., Long Beach, CA 90803. Complete guidelines available for SASE or visit Web site: www.pearlmag.com.

THE POETRY ARK is now accepting poems for an online competition. Your votes will help determine the winners of over $2,000 in monetary prizes. Your votes help select the 100 poems included in the Poetry Ark Anthology. Tell your peers, submit your poems, and start voting now at www.poetryark.org.

POETRY CONTEST. Deadline: May 15. Winners read at California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. Any subject, 40-line max, 51 cash awards. Three grand prizes choreographed. Send 2 copies, one with ID. One/$5, 3/$10, no limit. To: Judy Cheung, 704 Brigham Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Web site: www.dancingpoetry.com.

RED BERRY Editions announces Chapbook Contest TAILS. Submit up to 26 pages of poetry or prose about dogs by you or your furry best friend. $20 entry fee. Prize: 20 chapbooks beautifully produced and hand bound. Deadline: April 30. Submit to Red Berry Editions, 58 Park Rd., Fairfax, CA 94930. For online submissions, payment, and contest guidelines: http://redberryeditions.com.

RIVER STYX 2010 International Poetry Contest. A prize of $1,500 and publication in River Styx is given annually for the best poem. Maxine Kumin will judge. Three poems maximum, up to fourteen pages per entry. $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to River Styx. Richard Newman, Editor. Deadline is May 31. River Styx, 3547 Olive St., Ste. 107, St. Louis, MO 63103. Phone: (314) 533-4541. For complete guidelines, see http://riverstyx.org.

SLAPERING HOL Press Chapbook Competition for writers who have not published a poetry book or chapbook. Prize is $1,000, publication, 10 books, and a reading at the Writers’ Center. At the discretion of the judges, a second chapbook may be selected for publication with an award of $250. SHP uses a blind judging system and subscribes to the CLMP contest code of ethics. Deadline May 15. Send 16–20 pages of poems, bio, acknowledgments, second anonymous title page, SASE for results only, and $15 reading fee to SHP, the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, 300 Riverside Dr., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Web site: www.writerscenter.org.

SOLSTICE: A Magazine of Diverse Voices announces its fiction/nonfiction prize of $1,000. Final judge: Andre Dubus, author of House of Sand and Fog. Also, a poetry prize of $500. Honorable mentions will be published too. Deadline: March 25. Reading fee: $15. Regular submissions also accepted. For details: http://solsticelitmag.org.

SOUTHERN POETRY Review. 2010 Guy Owen Prize. $1,000 and publication in Southern Poetry Review for an unpublished poem. Submit three to five poems (10 pages maximum), a $15 entry fee (includes one-year subscription to journal), and SASE for reply only, between March 1 and June 15 (postmarks). Include contact information on cover sheet only. All entries considered for publication. Visit Web site for more information. Southern Poetry Review, Guy Owen Prize, Dept. of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy, Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA 31419-1997. Web site: www.spr.armstrong.edu.

SPIRE PRESS 7th Annual Poetry Chapbook Contest, $500 + 20 copies and publishing contract. Blind-judging. 21–30 pages, one poem per page. Name on cover page only with address and title. Send w/SASE and $20 fee: Spire Press, 217 Thompson St., Ste. 298, New York, NY 10012. Deadline: May 31. Web site: www.spirepress.org.

SPLIT OAK PRESS, Second Annual Chapbook Contest, January–June 15. First prize $500. Judge: John Smelcer. Entry fee: $15. Please send check or money order, and previously unpublished manuscripts 26–30 pages, and a short cover letter, to Split Oak Press, P.O. Box 700, Vestal, NY 13851. For more information: http://splitoakpress.com.

SPOON RIVER Poetry Review Editors’ Prize offers $1,000 and $100 prizes plus publication. Send 2 copies of 3 poems. Maximum: 10 pages total. Name, address, phone, e-mail on each page of one set only. Deadline: April 15 postmark. Entry fee: $16, includes subscription. To: Editors’ Prize, Campus Box 4241, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4241.

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

TEBOT BACH announces the Clockwise Chapbook competition. Postmark deadline: April 15. Judge: Gail Wronsky. Winner announced in September 2010. Publication in April 2011. Send manuscript and reading fee of $15 to Tebot Bach, Clockwise, Box 7887, Huntington Beach, CA 92615-7887. SASE to address above. Full guidelines: www.tebotbach.org.

TOM HOWARD/John H. Reid Short Story Contest. 18th year. Ten cash prizes totaling $5,550. Top prize $3,000. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up to 5,000 words. Winning entries published online. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Fee per entry is $15, payable to “Winning Writers.” Postmark deadline: March 31. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Short Story Contest, 351 Pleasant St., PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is one of the “101 Best Web sites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2009). More information: www.winningwriters.com/tomstory.

WAR POETRY Contest. Ninth year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,000. Top prize: $2,000. Submit 1–3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in all. Winning entries published online. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the “101 Best Web sites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2009). $15 entry fee, payable to “Winning Writers.” Postmark deadline: May 31. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Include cover sheet with contact information. No name on poems. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: War Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant St., PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. More information: www.winningwriters.com/war.

WERGLE FLOMP Humor Poetry Contest. Ninth annual free contest. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $3,600. Top prize $1,500. New simplified online entry process. Submit one humor poem by April 1 deadline. No entry fee. Winning entries published online. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the “101 Best Web sites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2009). Guidelines and online submission at www.winningwriters.com/wergle.

WGOT-NC poetry and short fiction contest. Prizes: $250, $150, $100. Unpublished 5-poem sets (100 lines/poem max) and/or 1 short story (4,000 word max), 2 copies each. $15 first entry, $5 each additional. Deadline: April 30. Please see complete guidelines, www.triadwriters.org, or e-mail questions to wgot2010@triad.rr.com.

WRITERADVICE, www.writeradvice.com, seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction that mesmerizes the reader in 750 words or less. Deadline: April 15. Entry fee: $10 per submission. First prize: $150. Former prizewinners are the judges. Complete guidelines, mailing address, and prizes at www.writeradvice.com.

THE WRITERS' Circle, Inc., a charitable, nonprofit center for writers, announces its Flash Fiction Contest. Deadline: June 10. First place: $500, and Artistic Merit nominees. All winners published in anthology. Fee: $10 for each entry. All entrants considered for publication. Full contest guidelines: www.riwriterscircle.com. Questions: thewriterscircle@aol.com.

$1,000 PRIZE, book publication, and 25 copies: Submit novel or story collection (~100–400 pgs) to New American Press Fiction Contest, 2707 Trenton Way, Fort Collins, CO 80526. Final judge: Lee K. Abbott. $20 entry fee. Postmark: May 15. Details: http://newamericanpress.com/contests/current.php.

$1,100 E. M. Koeppel Annual Short Fiction Award. Other awards: $100 Editors’ Choice, $500 scholarship. Length: 3,000 words maximum. Entry fee: $15 for 1 original, unpublished story. $10 each additional story. Include title, name, address, bio, phone, e-mail on cover sheet. Title only on 2nd cover sheet. Deadline: April 30. Mail: Writecorner Press, P.O. Box 140310, Gainesville, FL 32614. Guidelines, results: www.writecorner.com.

$6,000 IN PRIZES, publication online and/or in print. Creative nonfiction, 200–1,000 word essay: Boss from Hell? Write about it! Make us laugh, make us cry. Deadline: April 10. View guidelines: www.jobsofthedamned.com.

6TH GIVAL PRESS Novel Award for best original previously unpublished literary novel in English, approximately 30,000 to 100,000 words. Prize: $3,000, copies, and publication. Reading fee: $50 per novel submitted. Deadline: May 30. Mail to: Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203. For complete details, e-mail givalpress@yahoo.com or visit Web site: www.givalpress.com.

10TH ANNUAL Spokane prize for short fiction: $2,000 plus publication. All U.S. authors eligible. Please note the contest has a new home: Willow Springs Books, an offshoot of the Willow Springs literary journal, otherwise the contest remains unchanged and will continue its tradition of design and production excellence. Previous winners include Edith Pearlman, Jonathan Penner, Ann Joslin Williams. Postmark deadline: March 15. Send manuscript (98-page, 3-story minimum), $25 entry fee (check or money order to Willow Springs Books), and SASE (for notification only) to: Spokane Prize, Inland NW Center for Writers, EWU, 501 Riverpoint Dr., Ste. 425, Spokane, WA 99202.

THE 15TH ANNUAL Blue Lynx Prize is awarded for an unpublished, full-length volume of poems by a U.S. author. The prize includes a $2,000 award and book publication. Entries must be at least 48 pages, accompanied by a $25 reading fee payable to “Lynx House Press,” the entry form, and a SASE for notification. Postmark deadline: May 15. Poems that have appeared in full-length, single-author collections will not be considered. Send to: Lynx House Press, P.O. Box 940, Spokane, WA 99210. More info and entry form found at: www.lynxhousepress.org.

2010 FINCH PRIZE for Poetry: Submit up to three unpublished, uncommitted poems with bio, e-mail address, and $15 reading fee to the National Poetry Review, Box 2080, Aptos, CA 95001-2080. Important: checks payable to “TNPR”. Deadline: April 30. Winner receives $500 plus publication. See Web site for complete instructions: www.nationalpoetryreview.com.

2010 NELLIGAN Prize for short fiction. $1,500 awarded for the winning short story, plus publication in the fall 2010 issue of Colorado Review. Deadline: postmark of March 12. Entry fee: $15. Final judge: Andrea Barrett. Friends and students of the judge are ineligible to compete. Obtain complete guidelines at http://nelliganprize.colostate.edu or Nelligan Prize, Colorado Review, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105.

2010 SOUTHWEST Writers Contest. Entries judged by editors and agents! Cash prizes up to $1,000. Entry fee. Early deadline: May 1. Info: www.southwestwriters.org or (505) 265-9485.

AMERICAN SHORT(ER) Fiction Prize. Contest highlights great work in flash fiction. Submit stories of up to 1,000 words. First prize receives $500 and publication; second prize, $250 and publication. Judged by ASF editors. Deadline: May 1. Entry fee: $15. For full guidelines and to submit, visit http://americanshortfiction.org.

ANNOUNCING the 2010 Suffolk County Community College Contest in Creative Writing: open to graduate and undergraduate students; poetry, fiction, and 1 act play divisions; prize money and publication for winners; submissions must be received by March 31. For full guidelines and submission forms go to www.thecwfestivalatsccc.com.

AURORA ARTISANS Poetry Contest. First place: $200 and publication in international award-winning Word Worth. Deadline: June 1, postmark. Submit poem(s) up to 200 lines. Must be unpublished, uncommitted, submitted with completed submission form, $10 reading fee (personal check or money order). Honorable mentions also published. Form, 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: Marie Ponsot), $1,000 Fiction Prize (Judge: Andre Dubus III), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (Judge: Jerome Groopman). Deadline: July 1. Entry fee: $15 ($20 includes subscription). Submit online: www.blreview.org.

BOMB MAGAZINE'S Poetry Contest. Judged by Susan Howe. Prize: $500 and publication. Deadline: April 15. Reading fee: $20, includes a free subscription to BOMB (overseas addresses add $20). Mail entries to: BOMB Magazine Poetry Contest, 80 Hanson Pl., #703, Brooklyn, NY 11217. For more info, visit www.bombsite.com.

CALIFORNIA Quarterly/CQ and CSPS Poetry Letter & Literary Review seeks poems, no subject/topic/form limit. CSPS 24th Annual Contest accepting March 1–June 30. CSPS 2010 Monthly Contest on-going. Send SASE for submission requirements and contest rules/fees, sample CQ ($7) and/or PL&LR ($1): CSPS, P.O. Box 7126, Orange, CA 92863.

CALYX, A Journal of Art & Literature by Women’s Ninth Annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize. Publication plus $300. Postmark March 1–May 31. Fee: $15 per entry (3 poems, 6 pages total). CALYX, Lois Cranston Poetry Prize, P.O. Box B, Corvallis, OR 97339. Final judge: Frances P. Adler. Guidelines: www.calyxpress.org.

CARPE ARTICULUM Literary Review. We want to read your work! Official call for submissions. Total awards: $10,000! Dates are annual. Categories: Short fiction: 1st prize, $1,250; 2nd, $300. 3rd: $100; deadlines: September 30, March 30. Novellas: 1st prize, $1,000; 2nd, $300; 3rd, $100; deadline: January 7. Poetry: 1st prize, $400; 2nd, $200; 3rd, $100; deadlines: September 30, March 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 3 copies. Requirements: Cover sheet with full contact information. Title only on actual piece. $20 review fee per entry. Multiple entries accepted. Blind judging. Send to: Carpe Articulum Literary Review–CLPW Dept., (state contest), 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! Reading/judging fees: $20; for poetry and photography: $25. For short fiction and novellas, send 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.

THE CAT HEAD Biscuit Review, a new literary journal, seeks poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction for publication in its first issue for March 2010. $10 reading fee also enters manuscripts into our upcoming literary contests for the three genres. Winners receive $100, 2 copies of the journal, and recognition through publication. For guidelines check Web site: www.thecatheadbiscuitreview.com.

CLOUDBANK contest. $200 prize plus publication. Deadline: May 31. Entry fee: $15, up to five poems or short prose pieces. Entrants receive two-issue subscription. Make check to “Cloudbank.” Send to Cloudbank, P.O. Box 610, Corvallis, OR 97339-0610. Full guidelines at http://cloudbankbooks.com.

COMSTOCK REVIEW: Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award. First Prize $1,000. Charles Martin, Judge. Postmark deadline: July 1. 40 lines max/poem. Entry fee: $5/poem. Special subscription offer with entry. No simultaneous submissions or any previous publications, including electronic. Check Web site/send SASE for complete rules which must be followed. Comstock Review Contest PW2010, 4956 St. John Dr., Syracuse, NY 13215. Web site: www.comstockreview.org.

COSMOS MARINER Award, $500. Judge: David Kirby. 3–5 unpublished poems (10 pages max), postmarked May 15. SASE and a $10 check payable to “PSGA.” Include contact information on cover sheet only. Indicate simultaneous submissions. Manuscripts not returned. Send to Poetry Society of Georgia, P.O. Box 15625, Savannah, GA 31416. Web site: http://poetryknows.blogspot.com.

DEADLINE IS June 17 for New Millennium Writing Awards. Deadline may be extended once only. $4,000 plus publication in New Millennium Writings and at www.newmillenniumwritings.com. $1,000 each for best poem, nonfiction, fiction, or short-short fiction. All honorable mentions published in our next poetry contest, plus selected finalists in other categories.You receive 2010–11 issue, featuring winners. Guidelines: No restrictions on content or style. Enter between now and midnight of June 17 with a $17 check payable to “NMW” for each set of three poems (five 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, so enter 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.

FUTURECYCLE Poetry Book Prize. Open to poets writing in English. Winner receives $1,000 and 25 copies. Reading begins: January 1. Deadline: March 31. May submit by e-mail. See complete guidelines at www.futurecycle.org/contest.aspx.

HARPUR PALATE is currently accepting submissions for the John Gardner Memorial Fiction Prize Contest, until April 15. Publication and $500 award. All entries considered for publication. Submit an unpublished story and $15 fee: Harpur Palate, English Dept., Binghamton University, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902. For more information, visit http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu.

THE LEDGE announces its 2010 and Sixteenth Annual Poetry Awards Competition. First prize: $1,000 and publication in the Ledge Magazine. Second prize of $250 and third prize of $100 also to be awarded. No restrictions. Excellence is the only criterion. Entry fee: $10 for the first three poems and $3 for each additional poem. $20 subscription to the Ledge gains free entry for the first three poems. All poems will be considered for publication in the Ledge. Postmark deadline: April 30. The Ledge 2010 Poetry Awards Competition, 40 Maple Ave., Bellport, NY 11713. Web site: www.theledgemagazine.com. E-mail: tkmonaghan@aol.com.

LEFT COAST Eisteddfod Poetry Competition (online) Portland Oregon 2010. Submit now! No registration fee. $150 cash prize for first place. Winner and runners-up published in the Seventh Quarry, international poetry magazine edited by Peter Thabit Jones (poet and author of The Lizard Catchers). Peter is also the judge for this competition. Winning poem will also be featured on AmeriCymru, the number one online social networking site for the Welsh and Welsh Americans. Competition is open to all! Go to this url: http://americymru.ning.com/group/leftcoasteisteddfod2010poetrycompetitionsubmission.

MARGARET REID Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse. Seventh year. Ten cash prizes totaling $5,550. Top prize $3,000. Submit poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets and free verse. Winning entries published online. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines, payable to “Winning Writers.” Postmark deadline: June 30. Judges: J. H. Reid, D. C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Margaret Reid 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, 2005–2009). More information: www.winningwriters.com/margaret.

NEIL POSTMAN Award for Metaphor: All submissions to RATTLE magazine are automatically considered for the award, which offers $500 for the best use of metaphor in RATTLE each year. Send up to 5 unpublished poems plus SASE to: RATTLE, 12411 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604. E-mail: submissions@rattle.com. Web site: www.rattle.com.

OMNIDAWN offers $3,000 prize for our annual first/second book poetry contest. Rae Armantrout will judge. Accepting electronic and postal submissions March 1–June 30. Winner receives prize, publication, and 100 copies. Entry fee: $25. Entrants who send SASE receive copy of choice of any Omnidawn book. For guidelines, see www.omnidawn.com.

PATRICIA DOBLER Award 2010. Open to woman writers over the age of 40 living in the U.S. who have not published a full-length book of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction (chapbooks excluded). Poems must be unpublished, up to 75 lines. Up to two poems, of any style, per submission. Postmarked by March 20. Winner will be notified by April 21. Judge: Lynn Emanuel. The winner will receive the Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, in the form of round-trip travel and lodging as a participating guest of Carlow’s MFA residency in Sligo, Ireland, in the heart of Yeats’s country, June 18–28; publication in Voices from the Attic; and a reading at Carlow University in Pittsburgh. Submit: cover sheet with name, address, phone number, e-mail, title of poem. Check for $20, made payable to “Carlow University,” with SASE to: The Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, Jan Beatty, Director of Creative Writing, Carlow University, 3333 5th Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. For information on Carlow University’s MFA program, and for complete contest rules, visit www.carlow.edu or contact Dr. Ellie Wymard at (412) 578-6346.

PEARL Short Story Prize: $250 and publication in Pearl. Unpublished stories only. Maximum length: 4,000 words. Entry fee: $10 per story. All submissions considered for publication. Deadline: May 31. Send to: Pearl, 3030 E. 2nd St., Long Beach, CA 90803. Complete guidelines available for SASE or visit Web site: www.pearlmag.com.

THE POETRY ARK is now accepting poems for an online competition. Your votes will help determine the winners of over $2,000 in monetary prizes. Your votes help select the 100 poems included in the Poetry Ark Anthology. Tell your peers, submit your poems, and start voting now at www.poetryark.org.

POETRY CONTEST. Deadline: May 15. Winners read at California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. Any subject, 40-line max, 51 cash awards. Three grand prizes choreographed. Send 2 copies, one with ID. One/$5, 3/$10, no limit. To: Judy Cheung, 704 Brigham Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Web site: www.dancingpoetry.com.

RED BERRY Editions announces Chapbook Contest TAILS. Submit up to 26 pages of poetry or prose about dogs by you or your furry best friend. $20 entry fee. Prize: 20 chapbooks beautifully produced and hand bound. Deadline: April 30. Submit to Red Berry Editions, 58 Park Rd., Fairfax, CA 94930. For online submissions, payment, and contest guidelines: http://redberryeditions.com.

RIVER STYX 2010 International Poetry Contest. A prize of $1,500 and publication in River Styx is given annually for the best poem. Maxine Kumin will judge. Three poems maximum, up to fourteen pages per entry. $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to River Styx. Richard Newman, Editor. Deadline is May 31. River Styx, 3547 Olive St., Ste. 107, St. Louis, MO 63103. Phone: (314) 533-4541. For complete guidelines, see http://riverstyx.org.

SLAPERING HOL Press Chapbook Competition for writers who have not published a poetry book or chapbook. Prize is $1,000, publication, 10 books, and a reading at the Writers’ Center. At the discretion of the judges, a second chapbook may be selected for publication with an award of $250. SHP uses a blind judging system and subscribes to the CLMP contest code of ethics. Deadline May 15. Send 16–20 pages of poems, bio, acknowledgments, second anonymous title page, SASE for results only, and $15 reading fee to SHP, the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, 300 Riverside Dr., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Web site: www.writerscenter.org.

SOLSTICE: A Magazine of Diverse Voices announces its fiction/nonfiction prize of $1,000. Final judge: Andre Dubus, author of House of Sand and Fog. Also, a poetry prize of $500. Honorable mentions will be published too. Deadline: March 25. Reading fee: $15. Regular submissions also accepted. For details: http://solsticelitmag.org.

SOUTHERN POETRY Review. 2010 Guy Owen Prize. $1,000 and publication in Southern Poetry Review for an unpublished poem. Submit three to five poems (10 pages maximum), a $15 entry fee (includes one-year subscription to journal), and SASE for reply only, between March 1 and June 15 (postmarks). Include contact information on cover sheet only. All entries considered for publication. Visit Web site for more information. Southern Poetry Review, Guy Owen Prize, Dept. of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy, Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA 31419-1997. Web site: www.spr.armstrong.edu.

SPIRE PRESS 7th Annual Poetry Chapbook Contest, $500 + 20 copies and publishing contract. Blind-judging. 21–30 pages, one poem per page. Name on cover page only with address and title. Send w/SASE and $20 fee: Spire Press, 217 Thompson St., Ste. 298, New York, NY 10012. Deadline: May 31. Web site: www.spirepress.org.

SPLIT OAK PRESS, Second Annual Chapbook Contest, January–June 15. First prize $500. Judge: John Smelcer. Entry fee: $15. Please send check or money order, and previously unpublished manuscripts 26–30 pages, and a short cover letter, to Split Oak Press, P.O. Box 700, Vestal, NY 13851. For more information: http://splitoakpress.com.

SPOON RIVER Poetry Review Editors’ Prize offers $1,000 and $100 prizes plus publication. Send 2 copies of 3 poems. Maximum: 10 pages total. Name, address, phone, e-mail on each page of one set only. Deadline: April 15 postmark. Entry fee: $16, includes subscription. To: Editors’ Prize, Campus Box 4241, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4241.

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

TEBOT BACH announces the Clockwise Chapbook competition. Postmark deadline: April 15. Judge: Gail Wronsky. Winner announced in September 2010. Publication in April 2011. Send manuscript and reading fee of $15 to Tebot Bach, Clockwise, Box 7887, Huntington Beach, CA 92615-7887. SASE to address above. Full guidelines: www.tebotbach.org.

TOM HOWARD/John H. Reid Short Story Contest. 18th year. Ten cash prizes totaling $5,550. Top prize $3,000. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up to 5,000 words. Winning entries published online. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Fee per entry is $15, payable to “Winning Writers.” Postmark deadline: March 31. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Short Story Contest, 351 Pleasant St., PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is one of the “101 Best Web sites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2009). More information: www.winningwriters.com/tomstory.

WAR POETRY Contest. Ninth year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,000. Top prize: $2,000. Submit 1–3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in all. Winning entries published online. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the “101 Best Web sites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2009). $15 entry fee, payable to “Winning Writers.” Postmark deadline: May 31. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Include cover sheet with contact information. No name on poems. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: War Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant St., PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. More information: www.winningwriters.com/war.

WERGLE FLOMP Humor Poetry Contest. Ninth annual free contest. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $3,600. Top prize $1,500. New simplified online entry process. Submit one humor poem by April 1 deadline. No entry fee. Winning entries published online. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the “101 Best Web sites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005–2009). Guidelines and online submission at www.winningwriters.com/wergle.

WGOT-NC poetry and short fiction contest. Prizes: $250, $150, $100. Unpublished 5-poem sets (100 lines/poem max) and/or 1 short story (4,000 word max), 2 copies each. $15 first entry, $5 each additional. Deadline: April 30. Please see complete guidelines, www.triadwriters.org, or e-mail questions to wgot2010@triad.rr.com.

WRITERADVICE, www.writeradvice.com, seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction that mesmerizes the reader in 750 words or less. Deadline: April 15. Entry fee: $10 per submission. First prize: $150. Former prizewinners are the judges. Complete guidelines, mailing address, and prizes at www.writeradvice.com.

THE WRITERS' Circle, Inc., a charitable, nonprofit center for writers, announces its Flash Fiction Contest. Deadline: June 10. First place: $500, and Artistic Merit nominees. All winners published in anthology. Fee: $10 for each entry. All entrants considered for publication. Full contest guidelines: www.riwriterscircle.com. Questions: thewriterscircle@aol.com.

HOSPITAL DRIVE, an online journal launched in the fall of 2006, encourages original creative work that examines themes of health, illness, and healing. Submissions are open to anyone, preferably those involved with providing, teaching, studying, or researching patient care. All submissions are reviewed by the editorial board. Poems, short fiction, personal essays, reviews, photography, and visual art will be considered. See http://hospitaldrive.med.virginia.edu.

NEW MILLENNIUM Writings... www.newmillenniumwritings.com. Learn more about Group Discounts for our latest issue containing the NMW Study Guide, much more. We’re posting more content online. Read winners of our awards for poetry and prose and submission guidelines. Profiles, interviews, and essays on famous writers. Exciting cover art, writing tips, provocative commentary by Don Williams.

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NORTHEAST Kingdom Vermont. Writer’s home, built 2002. Summer rental. 1st fl.: mbr/mbth suite; Great Room, 5 bth; 2 fl.: 2 guest rooms, 1 bth, Library, Writing Room. Wireless. Peace and privacy; screened gazebo. Short distance to general store, Sterling College, Library, bookshop, swimming/canoeing/fishing lakes, trails, $5,000/summer. E-mail: suenos88@vtlink.net.

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, WiFi, communal kitchen. Enjoy hiking Appalachian trails, local history, and vineyards. Three hours from Washington, D.C. Weekly: $350. E-mail: trudyhale@gmail.com, or visit www.porcheswritingretreat.com.

SQUAM LAKE writer’s retreat. Rent writer-owner’s 2 bdr/2 bath vacation home on Mt. Fayal overlooking Squam Lake, Holderness, New Hampshire. Southwestern interior design, steam sauna, large study and desk, free phone and WiFi. Available year-round. $700/week. Contemplative silence and privacy plus outdoor recreation. Details and photos at www.squamwritersretreat.info. E-mail: squamwritersretreat@gmail.com.

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. Four hours from New York City. Unspoiled village where writers write, painters paint. Open all year in 2010. $190/week. Resumé to P.O. Box 2006, Ashfield, MA 01330. Phone: (413) 628-3276. E-mail: browning@wellspringhouse.net. Web site: www.wellspringhouse.net.

ATLANTIC CENTER for the Arts 2010 Master Artist-in-Residence Program: May 17–June 6 with author Richard McCann (application deadline: February 5); October 11–31 Graphic Novelist/Sequential Art Residency, with authors Paul Pope, Svetlana Chmakova, and Craig Thompson (application deadline: May 21). For more detailed information on the residency program, please call (386) 427-6975 or (800) 393-6975, or visit www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org.

GOLDFARB Fellowship in nonfiction. VCCA is accepting applications for the Goldfarb Fellowship, a fully funded two-week residency where a writer may concentrate solely on his or her creative work. Bedroom, separate studio, all meals provided in a community of twenty other artists. Deadline: May 15. For application: www.vcca.com or (434) 946-7236.

KOMAKI Fellowship in nonfiction. VCCA is accepting applications for the newly established Komaki Fellowship, a fully funded two-week residency for a writer whose work celebrates a social activist. Bedroom, separate studio, all meals provided in a community of twenty other artists. Deadline: May 15. Information and application: www.vcca.com or (434) 946-7236.

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ABOUT AN EDITOR. Betty Snyder Bedell, first editor/cofounder of Kalliope. Writer, poet. Editor of other publications, and work by prizewinning writers and poets. Comprehensive editing/critique service. Specialty: wonderful writing by women. Novels, memoirs, poems, short stories, journals. Who’s Who in America. Thirty years’ experience Phone: (904) 389-7048. E-mail: ebedell@bellsouth.net. Web site: http://bedell.bizland.com.

ACCESSIBLE AND patient editor (fiction poetry, nonfiction). I’m well read in science, politics, and literature, and will do research if needed. Have worked with writers of all levels. MFA from the University of Iowa. Call Craig Taylor at (707) 591-0478. E-mail: editingtaylor@aol.com.

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ACCLAIMED EDITOR, writer, teacher (Narrative, Scribner’s, Bantam, Dell, Random House, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Harper’s, the Paris Review, Ploughshares) offers manuscript critique, editing, private tutorials on short stories, novels, and literary nonfiction. Phone: (415) 346-4115. Web sites: http://narrativemagazine.info and http://narrativemagazine.com.

ADRIFT NO MORE! Experienced writing teacher, editor, memoirist, and published poet, Bluestem Award, Milkweed Editions) will help you begin or complete your personal/family/literary memoir, poetry, nonfiction, or academic writing. Specialties: overcoming writing blocks, in-depth critiques, and reasonable rates. MFA in Creative Writing; Masters, Counseling Psychology. Call Jill Breckenridge at (612) 371-9010. E-mail: jbreckenridge@visi.com. Web site: www.jillbreckenridge.com.

AGENT SEARCHES and professional book editing. Need help polishing (or finishing) your book, or finding an agent? PhD, award-winning writer/editor offers expert manuscript upgrades in your own style and customized agent searches, pitch letters, and synopses to get your work into print. Two NY agents recently asked for the latest novel I edited. Another author has a publisher for his memoir. Competitive rates. Contact Michele Cooper at mapleaspen@aol.com. Web site: www.bookeditingsolutions.com.

AUTHOR, AUTHOR! Professional editor, literary midwife, award-winning author (Bantam, Avon, Scholastic, Berkley/Ace, others) offers extensive critiques, tutorials, revisions, support. Upgrade your writing skills; solve problems with plot, character development, pacing. Specialties include literary and mainstream fiction, mystery/thriller, juvenile/YA, general nonfiction, psychology, spirituality. Carol Gaskin. Phone: (941) 377-7640. E-mail: carol@editorialalchemy.com. Web site: www.editorialalchemy.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.

CLASSES ONLINE: Poetry, Lyric Essay. Put more sizzle and pop in your writing, convey emotional truths, strengthen your voice. Five-session courses run year-round. E-lectures, how-to info, examples, assignments, instructive and constructive critiques. Ideal for your busy schedule. Please visit www.kennethrodgers.com then e-mail ken@kennethrodgers.com.

COACH/EDITOR, author of Bang the Keys: Four Steps to a Lifelong Writing Practice (Penguin, 2009). Nurturing but whip-cracking, well-connected, well-published, and energetic NYC coach/editor will help you unleash the true fabulosity in your projects and bring them to fruition in the real world before depression or drink destroy your nerve! E-mail: jill@jilldearman.com. Phone: (212) 841-0177. Web site: www.bangthekeys.com.

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: (310) 828-8421. E-mail: withpenandpaper@verizon.net.

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EDITOR AND writing coach specializing in African American fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essays. Editorial services offered: manuscript evaluation, line and substantive editing, proofreading, plot and character development. Hourly rates based on level of work required. Contact Bluestocking Ink, (954) 761-7744, or e-mail: info@bluestockingink.net. Web site: www.bluestockingink.net.

FRIENDLY, inexpensive consultant. Natural-born writer with 40 years proven experience. Nonfiction/fiction. Telling a good story with compelling words is my specialty. Let me help you develop your own innate skills. You won’t be disappointed. Thank you. John Heinerman: Wasatch Writing, P.O. Box 11471, Salt Lake City, UT 84147. Phone: (801) 824-3898.

GENERATE NEW writing, start or finish your book, polish your drafts of poems or prose, finalize your manuscript. Feedback and editing at all levels. NEA-awarded author and poet, editor, memoirist, six books. www.intuitivegateways.com under “Writing Consultation.” First one is free. E-mail: dd1226@comcast.net.

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). E-mail: aprilossmann@hotmail.com. For details, visit: www.aprilossman.com.

KIND POETRY coach offers telephone lessons that focus on your poems. We’ll talk about writing poems, manuscripts, and creativity. I’ll suggest books we’ll read together. I’m a published poet with an MA. I’ve been pleased to see my students write and publish wonderful poems! E-mail bridget.meeds@gmail.com.

NOVELISTS (husband and wife) with more than 20 books in print (Knopf, Viking); longtime editors; experienced writing coaches will critique/edit your novel and help you bring out your best work. Patient and kind, but thorough and knowledgeable. New writers and writers for children and teens welcome. Reasonable rates. E-mail: word.coach@yahoo.com.

POEMS, LYRICS, and songs wanted. $100,000/recording contract possible! Free appraisal! Record company in business for 29 years is seeking poetry/song lyrics to be set to music for possible future national release. Send to Majestic Records, P.O. Box 1140 PW, Linden, TX 75563.

POETRY COACH manuscript editing:experienced poet, editor, and creative writing teacher, MFA in creative writing, NEA, among other awards. Full-length manuscripts or chapbooks. Please visit www.pambernard.com, then contact me at pam@pambernard.com.

A PROFESSIONAL editor...can make all the difference. Inexpensive proofreading, editing, critiques, query letters, and manuscript formatting. Service available 24/7. Web site: www.scribendi.com/authors.

SENIOR EDITOR/WRITER on staff at a national, glossy magazine knows how to make your essays, articles, and manuscripts publishable. I’ve been editing, writing, and publishing for 20+ years. Reasonable rates, honest advice. Contact me, David, at dmasello@aol.com or (917) 750-1913.

SPINNING your revision wheels? Getting bites but no offer? Call on ex-NYC editor to nail big-picture issues. Make working draft best it can be before line editing. Better Business Bureau accredited. Dian Fossey, Dr. Weil, Gay Courter, Ina Friedman. Web site: www.anitamcclellan.com. E-mail: adm@amcclellan.com. Phone: (617) 575-9203.

WILL YOUR BOOK proposal and sample chapter persuade an editor to ask to see more? Acquisitions editor for 30+ years, major NYC hardcover and paperback imprints. For a critique and line edit, inquire barnstablebookcompany@capecod.net.

YOU DON'T KNOW where to send your creative writing? Submission leads/guidelines. Cover/query letter tips. Sign up today for free e-mail newsflash. 35,000 subscribers. In our 15th year! Free brochure: Writer’s Relief, Inc., 409 S. River St., #26C, Hackensack, NJ 07601. Phone: (866) 405-3003. Web site: www.writersrelief.com.

23-YEAR-OLD program developed by Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry, Philip Schultz, helps fiction writers and poets reach their potential. Workshops in NYC, Tucson, San Francisco, and online. Tutorials available. Former students include National Book Award finalists Jennifer Egan and Martha McPhee. Phone: (212) 255-7075. Web site: www.writerstudio.com.

AEGEAN ARTS Circle Creative Writing Workshops in Greece. Join us in March, May, June, July for 3-, 4-, 8-day workshops held on Andros, a quiet, inspiring Greek island with award-winning writers who love to teach and write. Small groups, new and published writers welcome. Writing Retreat option available. 2010 leaders: Natalie Bakopoulos, Elissa Raffa. New names and dates will be added. Visit: www.aegeanartscircle.com. E-mail: info@aegeanartscircle.com.

CREATIVE WRITING. Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshops June 13–18, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA. Fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Writers of all levels. Faculty includes Fred Leebron (director), Jane Allison, Pinckney Benedict, Sally Keith, James McKean, Thorpe Moeckel, Daniel Mueller, Jon Pineda, and Laura van den Berg. Individual readings, group discussion, personal critique, craft seminars. See Web site for details. Phone: (540) 362-6229. E-mail: cpowell@hollins.edu. Web: www.hollins.edu/tmww.

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.

CREATIVE WRITING: Allegheny Echoes—June 20–26 in Pocahontas County, WV, in conjunction with cultural arts workshops in old-time music. Emphasis on poetry and Appalachian themes. As much field trip and imagination time as classroom. Readings and performance. Master presentation by Chuck Kinder. Web site: www.alleghenyechoes.com. Phone: (304) 599-2496. E-mail: taobilly@yahoo.com.

CULTIVATE YOUR inspiration in the Black Forest and earn academic credit from one of the best English departments in Europe. July 26–August 6. Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Apply early to be eligible for tuition scholarships: www.blackforestwritingseminars.org

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.

GOTHAM WRITERS' Workshop. Selected “Best of the Web” by Forbes. Professional writers teach 6- and 10-week workshops in more than a dozen forms of writing. Gotham classes are renowned for expert instruction, small class size, and individual attention to student’s work. Comprehensive classes offered online and in NYC. Learn more at www.writingclasses.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 and 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 and 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.

MACONDO Writers’ Workshop. First-year applications open September 1 for the annual Macondo Writers’ Workshop, founded by Sandra Cisneros. It will be held the last week in July 2011 in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, visit the Web site. E-mail: macondo@macondofoundation.org. Web: www.macondofoundation.org.

MARGE PIERCY offers an intensive poetry workshop June 21–25, in Wellfleet, MA, Cape Cod. Juried submissions. Class limited to serious poets. Morning sessions in the village; one-on-one conferences on her land. Opportunity for participants to perform in a public reading. Complete information and submission guidelines: www.margepiercy.com.

MEMOIR WRITING in Southern France! 7-day workshops for beginning and established writers at medieval farmhouse and vineyard in the Languedoc region. Faculty are published memoirists. $2,929 price includes lodging, all meals, tuition, and daily tours/activities. Accommodations at restored farmhouse or modern gites. For more info, contact Michael Belanger at mikeleb1959@gmail.com or visit www.experience-wine.com.

NONFICTION manuscript workshop. Join us in Prague, Czech Republic, July 2010, for Gribner, a one-of-a-kind creative writing workshop designed to critique and develop your memoir. Part of Western Michigan’s Prague Summer Program; fellowships and scholarships available. Hurry, space is limited! Visit: www.praguesummer.com or www.gribner.com for details. Or, e-mail Ron Grant and Sue Gribner at: info@gribner.com.

THE PARIS WRITERS Workshop in the heart of Paris, France: June 27–July 2. International conference. Memoir, John Baxter; Short Story, Sheila Kohler; Poetry, Alice Notley; Creative Nonfiction, Mimi Schwartz; Novel, Matt Thorne. Small classes, individual conferences, lectures, walking tours, evening events. Two half-tuition merit scholarships. Visit: www.pariswritersworkshop.org; e-mail: pariswritersworkshop@yahoo.com.

THE WRITING Bridge is an award-winning online writing workshop going strong since 2003. Our members come from all over the world and help one another in a nurturing, professional atmosphere. Writing exercises, monthly challenges, critique forums with multiple genres, extensive resources, casual forums, more. Private/by application only. Visit today. Web site: www.thewritingbridge.org.

WRITE THIS summer at World Fellowship, where global justice meets nature. Enjoy workshops in poetry (with Lesléa Newman) and fiction (with Ellen Meeropol), Whitton pond, hiking, and family programs at the Mt. Chocorua Writing Workshop July 4–9 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. More information at www.worldfellowship.org/writingworkshop or (603) 447-2280.

WRITERS WORKSHOP and Summer Retreat “Writing Nature: Nature Writing” August 6–13. Stay 3–7 days at Ashokan Center in the Catskill Mts. Poetry and nonfiction workshops, readings, craft talks, and conferences. Deadline to apply is July 15. For details, schedule, accommodations, and rates, e-mail umberbrown@yahoo.com, or see Web site: www.ashokancenter.org.