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2013 Native Writers Chapbook Series Contest

The Sequoyah National Research Center is pleased to announce the return of their Poetry Chapbook Award for emerging American Indian writers. One manuscript will be published annually, and although there is no cash prize, the writer selected will receive 250 copies of their chapbook to distribute at will. The winning manuscript will also be archived in our prestigious Tribal Writers Digital Library.

Guidelines are as follows:

• The Sequoyah Chapbook Award is open to any member of a federally recognized tribe in the United States. Individual must be either enrolled as a member of that tribe or accepted by that community as a member.

• Manuscripts, which need not be Native American in theme or subject matter, should be between 20 to 36 pages of poems, bound with a clip, single-spaced, one poem per page, paginated consecutively, with a table of contents and acknowledgments. Previous journal or magazine publication (web or print) is encouraged with acknowledgements, but we will not reprint work that has appeared as a whole in books (self-published or otherwise).

• A cover letter is required that identifies the writer’s tribal affiliation and has all contact information, including name, complete mailing address, email, and phone number. A short bio would also be helpful.

• We ask that you not submit manuscript simultaneously to other publishers or contests; winner will be notified no later than June 15, 2013.

• There is no reading fee, and manuscripts will not be read anonymously. All things being equal, we will select the work of emerging authors over established ones.

• Please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard for confirmation of receipt of your manuscript.

• Manuscript must be postmarked between March 15 and May 1, 2013. Anything received after that reading period will be returned unread. We do not accept email submissions. Please mail submission to:

Professor Nickole Brown, Department of English
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR 72204

• Questions should be emailed to Professor Brown at:

 lnbrownATualrDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Again, please do not email poems.

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Ninth Letter is pleased to announce our first annual Literary Awards competition! We'll be accepting entries from March 1 to April 20 for our Literary Awards in four categories: Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, and Literature in Translation. The winner selected in each category will receive a $1000 prize and publication in our Fall/Winter 2013-14 issue (vol. 10, no. 2).

The fee for entering each of the four categories will be $17, and all entrants will receive a one-year subscription to Ninth Letter.

Guest judges will be Margot Livesey (fiction), G. C. Waldrep (poetry), Lia Purpura (creative nonfiction), and Alexis Levitin (literature in translation).

For complete guidelines and to enter, visit our website.

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Call for submissions & cash prize: Mason's Road Online Literary Journal

We are now accepting your best fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, and craft essays. Issue Seven's theme is POINT OF VIEW, and we are looking for unique and arresting takes on first, second, or third-person narration.

Our submissions period runs for through April 1, 2013. There are two ways to submit to Mason's Road.

You can submit for free any time during our submissions period, and your work will be given thorough consideration for publication.

Or, you can submit with a $10 fee, and your work will also be considered for our Mason's Road Winter Literary Award, which includes publication and a $500 prize to the best entry we receive. For more information about how to submit or the cash prize, go here.

Sponsored by the Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing Program, Mason's Road is an online literary journal with a focus on the lifetime learning of the writing craft. It is run by the program's graduate students and its goal is to be both educational and inspiring.

Submit today! Good luck!

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WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST (NO FEE)

LAST CALL!

12th annual free contest. Eleven cash prizes totaling $2,000. Top prize $1,000.

Submit one humor poem by April 1 deadline.
No entry fee.

All entries that win cash prizes will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 40,000 subscribers. Final judge: Jendi  Reiter.

Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the "101 Best Writing Websites" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2012).

Guidelines and online submission form here.

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Redivider’s Beacon Street Prize

Online submission deadline: April 30, 2013.

Redivider is currently accepting fiction and poetry submissions for our annual Beacon Street Prize until April 30, 2013. 1st place winners in each category will be awarded $500 and publication in the Fall/Winter 2013 issue, 11.1.

We are thrilled to announce the special guest judges this year are Amy Hempel for fiction and Heather McHugh for poetry. The entry fee of $15 comes with a complimentary one-year subscription to the journal. To learn more about the contest, special guest judges, or to enter, go here.

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Pressgang, the small press affiliate of the writing program at Butler University, is looking for a book-length collection of prose (stories or essays).

Submissions will be accepted online along with a $25 entry fee. We're okay with simultaneous submissions, and we comply with the CLMP contest code of ethics.

Prize: $1200 + publication + a reading at Butler University. Judging: Winner will be selected by Editor and editorial board, and announced in August. All other entries will be considered for standard publication.

Deadline: 6/1/2013

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Subject: Re: “Sustainability” Essay Contest and Call for Submissions

For a special "Human Face of Sustainability" issue, Creative Nonfiction, in association with Arizona State University's Global Institute of  Sustainability, are looking for essays that illuminate environmental, economic, ethical and/or social challenges related to the state of the planet and our future.

The full call for submissions can be found on the Creative Nonfiction website.

A cash prize of $10,000 will be awarded for the best essay. Selected essays will be published in Creative Nonfiction #51 (early 2014), and an expanded book version will be published in Spring 2014. All submissions received before May 31, 2013, will be considered for both the magazine and the book.

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After a wonderful first-ever contest in which we published a novella by Sean Bernard, a memoir by Sandra Doller, and collection of poems by Kristin Hatch, we  would like to extend our call for submissions again this year. The winning  manuscript receives $1,000, publication, and 25 author copies. All writers who  submit will receive a copy of CutBank 79. We've included more information below, and the complete guidelines are available online.

PS---Don't forget to check out our $500 genre prizes judged by John D'Agata,  Maile Meloy, and Cole Swensen! $17 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to CutBank beginning with issue 79. Go here for more details!

CutBank Literary Magazine
Chapbook Contest

Deadline: March 31, 2012
Entry Fee: $17
Website

A prize of $1,000, 25 author copies, and publication by CutBank will be given annually for a poetry or prose chapbook. CutBank editors will judge. Between January 1 and March 31, 2013, submit a manuscript of 25-40 pages. Poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction, as well as hybrid manuscripts are welcome. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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Happy Fat Tuesday, dear reader. For lent this year, I'm hosting another Psalm Translation Contest (see the previous posting here). Last year's winner wrote a brilliant reversal of Psalm 26. Entrants went on to publish their translations in Image, A-Minor Magazine, and The Missouri Review. So, round two...

Prize: $200 and a beat-up copy of George Steiner's "After Babel - Aspect of Language and Translation." Winners will be published on this blog.

Deadline: Easter Sunday (March 31, 2013)

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It may be apocryphal, but the story goes that Ernest Hemingway won a bet by writing a short story that ran fewer than ten words. One version of the story places the bet at the famed Algonquin “round table.” Whether true or not, there is an actual bet-winning short story attributed to Hemingway:

For sale. Baby Shoes. Never worn.

You have to admit it’s pretty good. It builds, and a whole world of background and emotion lurks beneath those words.

We would like to make a similar bet with you. Write a great short story in ten words or fewer. (You may use a title, but that goes into the word count.) Submit it to our contest. Entry is free. Winner of the bet gets a free Gotham ten-week workshop.

Deadline to submit is April 23, 2013.

For competition rules and an online entry form, visit our website. 

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Deadline Extended to April 15
TallGrass Writers Guild
Literary Anthology/Contest Guidelines – ‘Music in the Air’
Sponsored by Outrider Press in affiliation with TallGrass Writers Guild
Deadline: 4-15-13; previously published and simultaneously submitted work OK. $1000 in cash prizes.

Email:

outriderpressATsbcglobalDOTnet or tallgrassguildATsbcglobalDOTnet. (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Planned publication date: early fall 2013. Working title: Music in the Air. We interpret broadly, and welcome work on all forms of music plus bird song and other music from Nature. Especially interested in poetry.

$1000 in cash prizes for First ($500 each for poetry and prose). Also: 2nd, 3rd places, + Hon. Mention. All winners receive Featured Reader status at the Kick-Off Reading at Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest, the nation’s third largest literary event of its kind (depending on CTPRLF scheduling). Each published contributor receives a free copy of the anthology.

Entry fees for each category are $16, reduced to $12 each for TWG members. An entry form for the 2013 Anthology/Contest must be completed and accompany each entry category. To obtain, email: outriderpressAT sbcglobalDOTnet or tallgrassguildATsbcglobalDOTnet (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Poetry: Single spacing OK. Reading fee for each group or partial group of 1-4 poems: $16US/$12US-TWG member.

Prose: 2500 word limit per entry; sections from longer works accepted. Each entry must have a separate reading fee of: $16 US/$12US-TWG member.

NO LIMIT ON NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS IN EITHER CATEGORY.

Judge: Diane Williams

Mail hard copy of completed entry form + entry fee + 3-sentence bio + double-spaced manuscript + SASE. Electronic submission: manuscript entries (all separate files) as attachments in Windows Rich-Text-Format (RTF) or Microsoft Word (not Works) with an email titled “2013 Anthology Submission” that contains all contact info. Each file should state author’s name and email + word processing program used.
Alternatively, mail your files on flash drive or CD, specifying author’s name, e-mail address, and word processing program on label. Also include in your mailing the entry form + SASE + entry fee + hard copy of submissions as above. Include a stamped, self-addressed postcard for receipt confirmation.

DEADLINE: Postmarked no later than 4-15-13.

FOR INFORMATION AND COMPLETE GUIDELINES WITH REQUIRED ENTRY FORM:

outriderpressATsbcglobalDOTnet or tallgrassguildATsbcglobalDOTnet (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

Telephone: 219-322-7270 or toll-free 866-510-6735.

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E.M. Koeppel $1,100 Short Fiction Award

Annual Awards for Unpublished Fiction in Any Style, Any Theme
Guidelines:

First Place Award: $1,100.
Editors' Choices: $100 each.

Maximum Length: 3,000 WORDS. Stories must be unpublished.
Annual Submission Period: Between Oct. 1 and April 30. (Postmark Deadline, April 30)

Award winning fiction writers are the judges.
No limit on number of stories entered by any one writer.
The winning short story and editors' choices will be published on www.writecorner.com and are eligible for inclusion in the permanent website writecorner.com anthology. (By submitting work to this contest, authors give permission to Writecorner Press to publish the award winning stories and editors' choices on the writecorner.com website. Authors retain all other rights to their works.)
How to Submit:

Send one (1) typed copy of the story with two (2) typed title pages. Only the title may appear on the first title page. No other kinds of identification may appear on this title page or on the manuscript which will used in judging. (Keep a copy. No manuscripts will be returned.)

On the second title page, list:
Title of the Story
Author's name, address, phone number
E-mail address optional
Short bio - about 4 lines

Entry Fee: $15 for a single story and $10 for each additional story.
No e-mail entries accepted.
Mail submission with check (no cash). If outside the USA, send a money order in US funds (no cash or foreign funds) to:

Koeppel Contest
P.O. Box 140310
Gainesville, FL 32614

P.L. Titus Scholarship:

If the winning story is by anyone attending college, university, or school when the story is submitted, the winner will receive, in addition to the $1,100 award, the $500 P.L. Titus Scholarship. (Proof of attendance is required.)

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William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition

Deadline: Mon, 4/01/2013

Categories
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Entry Fees
Between $10 and $200 depending on category and manuscript length. (Note: Highest fee applies to books in excess of 225,000 words. Smaller fees apply to shorter works.)

Prizes
Between $750 and $7,500 depending on category.

Description
Accepting entries in eight categories: novel, novella, book-length narrative nonfiction, novel-in-progress, short story, essay, poetry and short story by a high school student. Only unpublished work accepted. No self-published or web-published material. See website for category details.

Contact Information:
Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
624 Pirate's Alley
New Orleans, LA 70116

faulkhouseATaolDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)
Website

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Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest
Submit here.

Deadline:
Tue, 4/02/2013

Categories
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Entry Fees
$24, includes a year's subscription to Ploughshares. Current subscribers may submit for free.
Prizes

Prize:
$1,000 and publication in Winter 2013-14 issue of Ploughshares for the winner of each category.

Description
Open to previously unpublished writers. Fiction or nonfiction under 6,000 words and between 3-5 pages of poetry accepted. Submit via online submission form.

Contact Information:
Ploughshares, Emerson College
120 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02116

psharesATpsharesDOTorg (Change At to @ and DOT to .)

Website

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Submission Guidelines for the 2013 Julia Peterkin Award in Fiction
Eligibility
The 2013 Julia Peterkin Award is open to all writers of fiction writing original works in English. Previously published works are eligible for inclusion in the submission.

Manuscript Format Guidelines
Entries must be typed on quality paper, 8 1/2 by 11. Photocopies or copies from letter-quality printers are acceptable. Each entry should include one short story or chapter from a novel-- a maximum of 16 pages. In addition, include a cover page with the writer's name, address, daytime phone number, and title of submission. Also include a one-paragraph biography. Author's name should not appear on the manuscript.

Entry Requirements

A handling fee of $15 made payable to: Converse College English Department.

Deadline: February 15, 2013.

Results will be posted online on the Julia Peterkin Award web page in late spring. No manuscripts can be returned. Send one copy of the manuscript prepared according to format guidelines.

The winner will receive $1,000 and travel expenses for a reading at Converse College. Winner should be willing to read at Converse during the Fall 2013 Visiting Writers Series.
Send entries to:

The Julia Peterkin Award
Creative Writing Program
Converse College
580 E. Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302

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BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY MILT KESSLER POETRY BOOK AWARD GUIDELINES

Sponsored by the Binghamton Center for Writers-State University of New York with support from the Office of the Dean of Binghamton University's Harpur College of the Arts & Sciences

$1,000 Award for a book of poems, 48 pages or more in length, selected by our judges as the strongest collection of poems published in 2012.

Contest Rules:

Minimum press run: 500 copies.
Each book submitted must be accompanied by an application form.

Publisher may submit more than one book for prize consideration.
Three copies of each book should be sent to:

Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Director
Creative Writing Program
Binghamton University
Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric
Library North Room 1149
Vestal Parkway East
P.O.Box 6000
Binghamton, NY13902-6000

Books entered in the competition will be donated to the contemporary literature collection at the Binghamton University Library and to the Broome County Library.
Books must be received in the English Department by March 1, 2013 to be considered for the prize.
Books cannot be returned.
For a list of winners, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope labeled:
"Binghamton University Poetry Book Award."
Winners will be announced in Poets & Writers.

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Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Book Award Guidelines

Sponsored by the Binghamton Center for Writers-State University of New York with support from the Office of the Dean of Binghamton University's Harpur College of the Arts & Sciences

$1,000 Award for the book of fiction selected by our judges as the strongest novel or collection of fiction published in 2012.

Contest Rules:

Minimum press run: 500 copies.
Each book submitted must be accompanied by an application form.

Publisher may submit more than one book for prize consideration.
Three copies of each book should be sent to:

Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Director
Creative Writing Program
Binghamton University
Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric
Library North Room 1149
Vestal Parkway East
P.O.Box 6000
Binghamton, NY13902-6000

Books entered in the competition will be donated to the contemporary literature collection at the Binghamton University Library and to the Broome County Library.
Books must be received in the English Department by March 1, 2013 to be considered for the prize.
Books cannot be returned.
For a list of winners, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope labeled:
"Binghamton University Fiction Book Award."
Winners will be announced in Poets & Writers.

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Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize for College Undergraduates

Eligibility

Only undergraduates enrolled full time in United States and Canadian universities and colleges for the academic year 2012-13 are eligible. This Prize has traditionally encouraged submissions from students with an Asian background, but we urge all students to enter.

Guidelines

Entrant's identity and academic institution will not be revealed to judges.
Submissions of no more than 7,500 words should be typed on 8.5-by-11-inch paper.
Include one cover sheet with the title of the work only. On a second cover sheet, include your name, permanent address, telephone number and email address. Do not include your name on any pages of your story.
All entries must be accompanied by proof of current undergraduate enrollment, such as a photocopy of a grade transcript, a class schedule or payment receipt showing your full-time status.
The institution's name and address must be clear. No fax or electronic submissions will be accepted.
Manuscripts will not be returned. Submission assumes the right of Stony Brook to publish the winning story on its Web site.
The winning short story will automatically be considered for publication in The Southampton Review, the literary journal published by the Stony Brook Southampton MFA program in Writing and Literature.

Deadline

March 1, 2013. All applications postmarked after the deadline will be returned unopened. The winner and runners-up will be notified in June 2013.

Mail submissions to:

John Westermann
Director, Stony Brook $1,000 Short Fiction Prize
Stony Brook Southampton
MFA in Writing and Literature
239 Montauk Highway
Southampton, New York 11968

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Submissions are now open for the 2013 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
The winning submission, selected by Jim Shepard, will be read as part of the Selected Shorts performance at Symphony Space on June 12, 2013. The story will be recorded for possible later broadcast as part of the public radio series. The winner will also receive $1000 and a 10-week class from Gotham Writers' Workshop.

Enter here.

Story requirements

Submit a single short story that fits the theme "Complicated Families."
Your story must have a title.
Your story must be no more than 750 words (Times New Roman, 12pt font).
Your story must be unpublished.
The Prize
The winner will receive: $1000; two tickets to the June 12, 2013 Selected Shorts at Symphony Space, when the prize winning story will be read and recorded for possible broadcast; 10-week creative writing class with Gotham Writers' Workshop offered in NYC or online. (Prize does not include transportation to or from NYC or the event.)

Entry Fee
Every submission must include a $25 entry fee (payable by credit card, check or money order). To enter, click on "Enter the Contest" below. Instructions for submitting your entry via postal service are provided in the OFFICIAL RULES.

Deadline
All submissions must be received by 5pm, March 15, 2013, Eastern Standard Time. To be specific, online submissions must be submitted by 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Mailed submissions must arrive with the day's mail. (Entries postmarked on March 15 will NOT be accepted.)

About this year's guest judge
Jim Shepard is the author of six novels and four story collections. His stories are published regularly in such magazines as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, McSweeney's, Tin House, Zoetrope: All-Story, Playboy, and Vice. His most recent story collection is the multiple award-winning You Think That's Bad.

Note
Contestants who submit online or provide their email address will be added to Gotham Writers' Workshop's and Selected Shorts' email lists – please let us know if you do not wish to receive email about upcoming programs.

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First Novel Contest: Emerging Writers Getaway Contest of the Whidbey Writers MFA Alumni Association.

Grand prize: a seven-day retreat at a cabin in the North Carolina Smokies (valued at $2,000), plus a cash award of $300. Second and third place receive cash prizes.

Submissions (synopsis, first 25 pages) February 15 through May 24, 2013.

Final judge is Rikki Ducornet, author of eight novels and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Top three entries reviewed for possible agent representation. Winners announced August 5, 2013. Proceeds benefit the student creative writing scholarship fund of the Whidbey MFA Alumni Association. Details and entry here.

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Jabberwock Review invites submissions to
THE NANCY D. HARGROVE EDITORS’ PRIZE FOR FICTION AND POETRY

DEADLINE: March 15, 2013

Each winner (one for fiction and one for poetry) receives $500 and publication in Jabberwock Review, the literary journal published by Mississippi State University since 1972.

All finalists are considered for publication.

All entrants receive a one-year (two-issue) subscription beginning with the prize-winning issue.

Each fiction entry should consist of one short story of any length. Novel excerpts may be submitted if they are self-contained.

Each poetry entry should consist of 1-3 poems. The winning entry may be for a single poem or group of poems.

Entry Fee: $15, which includes a one-year (two-issue) subscription to Jabberwock Review. (If you enter more than once, you may either extend your subscription or give the additional subscriptions as gifts.)

HOW TO ENTER
Online
The site will walk you through uploading your manuscript.

Entries will be read anonymously (blindly). For that reason,do not include any identifying information on the manuscript.

The website will prompt you to pay the entry fee through a secure online credit-card payment.

All manuscripts uploaded by 11:59 p.m. on March 15 will be considered.

By Mail:
Mail in each paper manuscript along with a $15 check for each entry made payable to “Jabberwock Review.” Check must draw from a US bank.

Each entry should include a cover page with the entrant’s name, address, email, and telephone number. The Editors’ prize will be read blindly. For that reason, do not include any identifying information on the manuscript itself.

Mail manuscript and entry fee payment together to

Editors’ Prize
Jabberwock Review/Editors’ Prize
Department of English
Drawer E
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Manuscript and entry fee must be postmarked by March. 15.

No SASE required. Winner and finalists will be posted at our website on or before June 1.

PLEASE NOTE:
• All manuscripts must be original and previously unpublished.
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please notify us right away at jabberwockreviewATenglishDOTmsstateDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

• Current students or staff of Mississippi State University are ineligible for the Editors’ Prize.

Questions? Please drop us a line at
jabberwockreviewATenglishDOTmsstateDOTedu (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

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Lunch Ticket is honored to serve as the host for the Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction.

Creative nonfiction authors are invited to submit an essay of up to 5,000 words on the subject of their choice. Winners will receive $250 and their work will be featured in the next issue of Lunch Ticket. Each award recipient must submit a 100-word biography, current photo, and send a brief note of thanks to the Woods’ family.

The reading period for the award will be February 1 through March 30 for the issue that publishes in June, and August 1 through September 30 for the issue that publishes in December. Please note that previously published work will not be accepted.

All submissions for the award will be considered for publication in Lunch Ticket. To submit, please visit our website.

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Guidelines
· The AWP HEAT Flash Contest is run in conjunction with AWP HEAT, a reading on Friday, March 8, at
Dillon's Restaurant & Bar, Boston, 955 Boylston Street, one block Hynes Convention Center. Free. 2:30 – 6:30 p.m.

· Winners of contest announced at 4:00 p.m. at AWP HEAT.

· Respond to this prompt: “Fire”

· Anyone may enter the contest, whether attending AWP or not.

· One entry per person, previously unpublished.

· Entries must be 1,000 words or less.

· Email entries to:

awpheatflashcontestATgmailDOTcom (Change AT to @ and DOT to .)

as a doc, docx, or rtf file.

· Stories may be submitted anytime between now and midnight March 1st EST.

· Up to three winning stories will be published by JMWW, Prime Number, and Corium.

· The contest will be judged by Shaindel Beers (The Children’s War and Other Poems), Cliff Garstang
(What the Zhang Boys Know), and Bonnie ZoBell (The Whack-Job Girls). Winners will receive copies of these books.

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Subject: New England Poetry Club Contests 2013
New England Poetry Club Contests 2013

All contests are open to members in good standing (except Board members). Non-members may enter by paying $10 for up to 3 poems and $3 for each additional poem. Checks should be made out to the New England Poetry Club (NEPC). No charge for students and members. For Student Contests, see below.

Members-Only Contests
Rosalie Boyle/Norma Farber Award
For a poem in traditional form, including sonnet, villanelle, and sestina. Prize $100.

Gretchen Warren Award
For the best published poem of the previous year. (Members of the governing board may not enter any competition except this one.) Send 2 copies of up to 4 poems, with dates and names of publications, author’s name on one copy. No cash award.

Contests Open to Members and Non-Members
Daniel Varoujan Award
For an unpublished poem (not a translation) worthy of Daniel Varoujan, a poet killed by the Turks in the genocide that destroyed three-fourths of the Armenian population. Previous winners may not enter. Prize $1000. Funded by Diana Der-Hovanessian's translation royalties.

Der-Hovanessian Prize
For a translation from any language. Send a copy of the original poem with the translation. Prize $200. Funded by John Mahtesian.

Erika Mumford Prize
For a poem in any form about foreign culture or travel. Prize $250. Funded by her family and friends.

Firman Houghton Award
For a lyric poem in honor of the former president of the NEPC. Prize $250.

Barbara Bradley Award
For a lyric poem under 21 lines, written by a woman. Prize $200.

Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize
For a chapbook of poems published in the past two years. Send 2 copies of the book. Non-members should include a check for the $5 handling fee. Prize $100.
Send to:
 2 Farrar Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Sheila Margaret Motton Prize
For a book of poems published in the past two years. Send 2 copies of the book. Non-members should include a check for the $5 handling fee.
Prize $500.

Only one poem may be submitted per contest.
* Entries must be original unpublished (cannot be in print or online) poems in English.
* No poem may be entered in more than one contest, nor should it have won a previous contest.
* Poems should be typed and submitted in duplicate, with the author's name and address on one copy. Include an e-mail address, if available.
* Label each poem with the name of the contest.
* No entry will be returned, and the NEPC does not engage in correspondence regarding poems submitted or contest decisions.
* Judges are well-known poets, and sometimes are winners of previous NEPC contests.
* No entry should be sent by special delivery or express mail. Regular mail only.
* Mark the name or names of the contest(s) entered on the envelope.

All entries (unless otherwise noted) should be sent to:

NEPC Contest
Coordinator, 654 Green St.
No. 2, Cambridge MA 02139

Annual contest deadline: May 31. Entries must be postmarked in April and May only.

Student Contests
Contest deadline: March 18
No fee for full-time students.

The John Holmes Award
For a poem by a student enrolled in a New England college. Prize $100.

Ruth Berrien Fox Award
Given for a poem by a Massachusetts High School student. Prize $100.

Longfellow Prize
For poems by Massachusetts students in elementary and middle schools.
Prize $100.
Funded by Friends of Longfellow House Frank Buda Memorial Fund.

Submit poem in duplicate, with school name, grade, address, and student’s name and e-mail address. Label the entry with the name of the contest.
Send to:

Children's Contests
Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle St.
Cambridge MA 02138.

Again, student contest deadline: March 18

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The Baltimore Science Fiction Society Amateur Writing Contest

Baltimore Science Fiction Society is a 501(c)(3) literary organization, dedicated to the promotion of, and an appreciation for, science fiction in all of its many forms. To promote the creation of quality genre literature in the state of Maryland, we're holding this contest and encouraging everyone to enter. Anything that falls into the "speculative fiction" genre--science fiction in all its forms and fantasy in all its forms. Urban fantasy, hard science fiction, dark fantasy, it all counts. That is to say, the work must have a speculative element.

You have to be 18 or over to enter, a Maryland resident or currently a student at a MD two or four year college, and you cannot either be a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America or have been published in a professional science fiction/fantasy magazine.

Word minimum is 1,000 words. Word limit of 5,500 words. All submissions should be formatted using the standard short story submission format (courier font, 12 size, double spaced, etc. see William Shun's example here.

There is no fee to enter.

First place wins $250 and will be published in the BSFSF (ourconvention guide at Balticon) and invited to Balticon to do a reading of either a selection of their winning story or the entire story (depending on length and the availability of time and the wishes of the winner).

The contest opens on March 1st. We will be accepting entries until June 15th. The winner will be announced at Capclave on October 12th.

BSFS Officers and Board members, and the Chair, Vice Chair and Department Heads for Balticon MAY NOT ENTER.

For more info, including the submission email address, please see our website here.

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