Writing Contests: September
Adirondack Life Writing Contest
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $500
Details: 1000 - 2000 word profiles of forgotten Adirondackers, living or dead, using oral histories, interviews and personal observations.
URL: http://www.adirondacklife.com
Contact: aledit@adirondacklife.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
American Literary Review Contest
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Fee: $15
Prize: $1000 and publication in each category
Details: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Poetry
URL: http://www.engl.unt.edu/alr/contest.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007
Carter V. Carter Memorial Prize - Ontario Review
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $15 CDN
Prize: $1000 CDN
URL: http://www.ontarioreviewpress.com/or_main_pages/or_short_prize.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
Cooper Prize
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $15
Prize: $1000 plus publication
Details: Submissions limited to one story of not more than twenty-five double-spaced typewritten pages.
URL: http://www.ontarioreviewpress.com/or_main_pages/or_short_prize.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
Finally A Bride Contest
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Books (Romance)
Fee: $30/$35 for nonmembers
Prize: Engraved knife and cake server
Details: Open to all unpublished authors of novel-length romance fiction. All work must be the author's original work, and cannot be contracted for publication prior to the entry deadline. Each manuscript must have finaled, but not won in a previous RWA or RWA chapter-sponsored contest. Total entry no longer than 30 pages.
URL: http://www.okrwa.com/fab_index.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007
Funny-but-true anthology
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: Publication and $125
Details: Short, funny, true misadventures from weddings/honeymoons, pregnancy/childbirth, or the baby/toddler years for series of anthologies. Up to 800 words.
URL: http://www.meadowbrookpress.com
Contact: awiechmann@meadowbrookpress.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
InnermoonLit Award for Best First Chapter of a Novel, Best Short-Short Story
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Books, Fiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $100, $50
URL: http://www.brianagincourtmassey.com/contests.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
One in Ten Screenplay Competition
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Scripts/Screenplays
Fee: $40
Prize: $1000, $500, $250
Details: Gay and lesbian screenplay competition
URL: http://www.screenplaycontests.com/one_in_ten.htm
Contact: cherubfilm@aol.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Plot Party submit-a-scene contest
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Fiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $200
Details: Plot Party is an interactive storytelling adventure that puts the fate of the ongoing serial novel in the hands of the readers. A scene is missing from the story's prologue and it's up to you to write it in 500 words or less. The best submission will be published online as part of the story.
URL: http://www.plotparty.com/index.htm
Contact: joshmartin@plotparty.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Scarlet Boa Contest
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Fiction (Romance)
Fee: NONE
Details: Entry must feature a confrontation between hero and enemy. Open to unpublished and published authors. 500 words max; use online entry form.
URL: http://www.stellacameron.com/scarletboaentry.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
TheWinningScript.Com
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Scripts/Screenplays
Fee: $75
URL: http://thewinningscript.com/
Contact: Submissions@TheWinningScript.Com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Writing on Walls Anthology II
Deadline: September 1
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $15
Prize: $200, $150, $100, $75
Details: No pornography, erotica, new age, graphic ANYTHING
URL: http://www.storyteller1.UPCsites.org
Contact: storyteller1@hightowercom.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest
Deadline: September 4
Categories: Scripts/Screenplays
Fee: $50
Prize: $5,000
Details: IT ALL STARTS WITH A STORY. The winner's and finalists' scripts will be considered for film option and development by American Zoetrope, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Sony Pictures Classics, Alphaville, Fortis Films, GreeneStreet Films, FilmColony, The Schiff Company, Pretty Pictures, Hart Sharp Entertainment, This Is That, Phoenix Pictures, Number 9 Films, Matinee Pictures, Michael London Productions, and Bull's Eye Entertainment. Those writers will be considered for representation by ICM, UTA, Paradigm, William Morris Independent, The Gersh Agency, CAA, and The Firm. Submit screenplay via online entry form.
URL: http://www.zoetrope.com/contests/
Contact: contests@zoetrope.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Calling Card Prize for Audio Poetry
Deadline: September 9
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $6
Prize: $250
Details: Best audio poem under 2-minutes. Open Category.
URL: http://www.ronbuck.com/callingcard.html
Contact: admin@ronbuck.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Competition
Deadline: September 10
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: $10
Prize: $1000
Details: Creative nonfiction up to 10,000 words
URL: http://www.tui.edu/hungermtn/nonfiction.asp
Posted/Updated: 2007
SpecFicWorld's Annual Speculative Fiction Contest
Deadline: September 10
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $7
Prize: $300
Details: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror stories, in all styles, sub-genres, mixes and viewpoints up to 12,000 words.
URL: http://www.specficworld.com/contest.aspx
Posted/Updated: 2007
Writer's Digest "Your Story" Contest
Deadline: September 10
Categories: Fiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $100
Details: One story, maximum 750 words in response to prompt at Writers Digest website.
URL: http://writersdigest.com/contests/your_story_display.asp?id=245
Contact: writing-competition@fwpubs.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Barclay Gold Award
Deadline: September 14
Categories: Books (Romance) - published
Fee: $25-$30
Prize: Barclay Brooch
Details: Open to book length romance fiction (more than 40,000 words), FIRST published in the calendar year of 2006. Most subgenres; also novellas.
URL: http://www.lcrw.org/rulesgold.html
Contact: gold@lcrw.org
Posted/Updated: 2007
Feedback Magazine's "So You Think You Can Write?" Essay Contest
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $250, $150 $75
Details: 1000-1500 word magazine articles. One 1 submission per entrant.
URL: http://www.feedbackmagazineonline.net/feedback.html
Contact: contest@feedbackmagazine.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Fuller, Kent, Turner, Gayle Award for Literary Criticism
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $350
Details: Free contest offers prizes for poetry and prose concerning Black culture. Themes: Black literature and culture. Open to unpublished writers.
URL: http://www.csu.edu/GwendolynBrooks/literaryawards.htm
Contact: gbc@csu.edu
Posted/Updated: 2007
Gotham Screen
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Scripts/Screenplays
Fee: $35/$40 ($30/$35 discounted)
Prize: Winning screenplays in each category will be pitched to participating producers and production companies with a view of being optioned for production
Details: While we are looking for great stories of any kind, we are encouraging submissions in the following genres: Feature (General, Thriller, Horror, Drama, Comedy, Romantic Comedy), Documentary (General, Scientific, Biography)
URL: http://www.gothamscreen.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Joyous Publishing Contests
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $50
Details: For short stories and nonfiction stories up to 5,000 words.
URL: http://joyouspub.com/wst_page6.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
Hiett Prize in the Humanities
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $50,000
Details: Large fellowship for candidates in the early stages of a career track in which the primary work is in a field centered in or directly related to one or more of the humanities. Open to creative writers as well as scholars. Entrants must be nominated by an individual already established in the humanities. US authors only.
URL: http://www.dallasinstitute.org
Contact: callums@dallasinstitute.org
Posted/Updated: 2007
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Poetry
Fee: NONE
Prize: $10,000
Details: Very prestigious award for a first published book of poetry by a US citizen or current resident. Judges seem to favor books that have already won prizes and/or come from the top literary presses. Open to: Authors with Published Books: Authors With One Published Book (Books published between September 15 of last year and September 15 of this year).
URL: http://www.cgu.edu/tufts/tuftssubmit.html
Contact: webmaster@cgu.edu
Posted/Updated: 2007
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Poetry
Fee: NONE
Prize: $100,000
Details: Very large, prestigious award for a published book by a mid-career poet who is a US citizen or permanent resident. Open to: Authors with Published Book. The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is presented annually for a work by an emerging poet, one who is past the very beginning but has not yet reached the acknowledged pinnacle of his or her career.
URL: http://www.cgu.edu/tufts/tuftssubmit.html
Contact: webmaster@cgu.edu
Posted/Updated: 2007
Paumanok Poetry Award
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $25
Prize: $1000/$500
Details: Poems may be published or unpublished, and there are no restrictions on style, subject matter, or length of poems submitted: quality is the single criterion.
URL: http://tinyurl.com/ayd25
Contact: brownml@snyfarvg.cc.farmingdale.edu
Posted/Updated: 2007
Omaha Chapter of the NFB - Writing Contest
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $5
Prize: $100, $50, $25, 10 honorable mentions
Details: The competition is a fund raiser for the Omaha Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind.
URL: http://www.midwestfictionwriters.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
ReadingWriters HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU Contest
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Fiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $100, publication in The VERB, signed book
Details: Great storytellers are read, not seen. They let their characters do the talking and the listening and the getting in and out of trouble. Still, no law says they can't make a cameo appearance. Are you ready for your close-up? Give us a short story in which you, the author, are directly involved. Complete details at the website.
URL: http://www.readingwriters.com/contest.htm
Contact: elizabeth@readingwriters.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $10
Details: Poets may submit up to three poems of not more than three pages for consideration.
URL: http://www.frostfoundation.org/
Posted/Updated: 2007
RRofihe Trophy
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $10
Prize: $500, a trophy and publication
Details: For an unpublished short story (up to 5,000 words) Limit one submission per author Author must not have been previously published in Open City Mail
URL: http://www.opencity.org/rrofihe
Posted/Updated: 2007
Saturday Writers Short Story Contest
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $5 per entry, limit 3 entries
Prize: $100, $50, $25
Details: Open subject, open genre (no porn or gore). Word limit: 2,006 words or fewer. Stories must be previously unpublished.
URL: http://www.saturdaywriters.org/contest.htm
Contact: amy@saturdaywriters.org
Posted/Updated: 2007
Tribes Short Fiction Contest
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $10
Prize: $500, $200, $100 and Publication
Details: Open Theme. We look for excellence in language, skilled experimentation, and the ability to get a story told. Up to three submissions accepted per author.
URL: http://www.tribes.org
Contact: info@tribes.org
Posted/Updated: 2007
Wordharvest Writers Workshops Mystery Short
Deadline: September 15
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $10
Prize: $1,500 & publication
Details: 2,500-word mystery stories set in the West or Southwest including at least one Native American or cowboy/cowgirl.
URL: http://www.hillermanconference.com/contest.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007
Ayn Rand's Novel Atlas Shrugged Annual Essay Contest
Deadline: September 17
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $5,000 + various other cash prizes
Details: Open to college students
URL: http://www.aynrand.org
Posted/Updated: 2007
Douglas Turner Ward / Alice Childress Script Writing Award
Deadline: September 19
Categories: Scripts/Screenplays
Fee: NONE
Prize: $250
Details: Black literature and culture. Open to unpublished writers. Applicants are asked to submit a script of no more than 50 dbl. spaced pages that explores some aspect of the Black experience.
URL: http://www.csu.edu/GwendolynBrooks/literaryawards.htm
Contact: gbc@csu.edu
Posted/Updated: 2007
Hughes, Diop, Knight Poetry Award
Deadline: September 19
Categories: Poetry
Fee: NONE
Prize: $250
Details: ree contest offers prizes for poetry and prose concerning Black culture. Themes: Black literature and culture. Open to unpublished writers. Applicants are asked to submit two poems, 30 lines or less each, that uniquely express the Black experience.
URL: http://www.csu.edu/GwendolynBrooks/literaryawards.htm
Contact: gbc@csu.edu
Posted/Updated: 2007
Zora Neale Hurston-Bessie Head Fiction Award
Deadline: September 19
Categories: Fiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $250
Details: Black literature and culture. Open to unpublished writers. Applicants are asked to submit a story (maximum of 20 dbl. spaced pages) that explores some aspect of the Black experience.
URL: http://www.csu.edu/GwendolynBrooks/literaryawards.htm
Contact: gbc@csu.edu
Posted/Updated: 2007
Toowrite.com
Deadline: September 20
Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: £1,000
Details: True and fictional stories of up to 1,500 words accepted. All entries are published instantly on the site. Visitors can vote for their favourite and the most popular will reach the shortlist.
URL: http://www.toowrite.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Facebook Poetry Competition
Deadline: September 21
Categories: Poetry
Fee: NONE
Prize: $150
Details: Post your poem on this group's wall. It must be unpublished, your own work, and no more than 8 lines, and must begin with the word Face and end with the word book.
URL: http://www.facebookpoetry.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Glass Woman Prize
Deadline: September 21
Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $380
Details: For short stories or narrative nonfiction, by women and of significance to women, up to 25 pages
URL: http://www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007
O. Henry Short Story Competition for Young Writers
Deadline: September 22
Categories: Fiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $100 and submission to publications
Details: Short shorts have been written for centuries, even if they haven't been called by that name. To write a short short, find a story that wants to be told. Strip it down to what's needed. Use language to give it life: Simple and direct. Or suggestive and metaphorical. Give it a voice all its own. The story must be a maximum of 1,000 words long, double-spaced; previously unpublished; and written in English. Only entries submitted via e-mail will be accepted. Only one entry per person. This contest is only open to residents of the United States between the ages of 14 and 22.
URL: http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/competition.html
Contact: ohenryprizestories@yahoo.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
DIY Book Festival Contest
Deadline: September 25
Categories: Books
Fee: $50
Prize: $1,500 cash and a flight to Los Angeles for our gala awards ceremony.
Details: The DIY Book Festival will consider self-published or independent publisher nonfiction, fiction, biography/ autobiography, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/ spoken word, photography, art, comics, 'zines, fan fiction, poetry and e-books published on or after Jan. 1, 2005. All entries must be in English and have been self-published or issued by an independent publishing house that has published less than 50 works since the entry cut-off point. Please note that authors with iUniverse, Infinity Publishing and other print-on-demand outlets are eligible for the competition.
URL: http://www.diyconvention.com/
Posted/Updated: 2007
Scribendi Short Story Contest
Deadline: September 25
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $15
Prize: Up to $5000 and certificate
Details: If fewer than 370 entries are received, cash prizes will be proportionately less.
URL: http://www.scribendi.com/contest.en.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
The Zip Book
Deadline: September 25
Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $1000
Details: No limit as to topic or length.
URL: http://www.thezipbook.com/
Posted/Updated: 2007
Abolition 2007 Poetry Competition
Deadline: September 28
Categories: Poetry
Fee: NONE
Prize: £500
Details: Commemorating the 200th anniversary of Britain's abolition of the slave trade seeks poems on the theme of slavery. Entrants must be UK residents with no published books of poetry.
URL: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk
Posted/Updated: 2007
Inland Empire California Writers Club Writing Contest
Deadline: September 29
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Fee: $10 First entry, $5 each additional
Prize: $100, $50, $25
Details: Your Short Story, Non-Fiction or Poem must touch on the theme, A Single Moment, in some way.
URL: http://www.angelfire.com/amiga/iecwc/contest.html
Contact: freshink@wwdb.cc
Posted/Updated: 2007
Juniper Prize Poetry Contest
Deadline: September 29
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $20
Prize: $1,500
Details: We will consider only manuscripts by writers who have published at least one volume of poetry (not including chapbooks under 45 pages in length).
URL: http://www.umass.edu/umpress/juniper.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
America's Funniest Humor Essay/Column Contest
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Nonfiction, Books
Fee: $10
Prize: $250 total in prizes
Details: You name it -- just keep it fairly clean and make it funny! Real-life humor includes everyday incidents at home, on the job, at school, in the military, etc. 750 words or less.
URL: http://www.HumorPress.com
Contact: Contest@HumorPress.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Cadenza (UK)
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Fiction
Fee: £5
Prize: £200, £100, £50, plus two free subscriptions
Details: Theme is open but no children's stories. Word limit: 3000. Emailed entries welcomed - please send as Word attachment wherever possible.
URL: http://www.cadenza-magazine.co.uk/Competitions%20forthcoming.html
Contact: jr@cadenza-magazine.co.uk
Posted/Updated: 2007
Charles B Wheeler Poetry Prize
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $25
Prize: $3000
Details: The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, selects one full-length manuscript of poetry each year for publication by The Ohio State University Press. In addition to publication, the winning author receives the Charles B. Wheeler prize of $3,000. Entries of at least 48 typed pages of original poetry.
URL: http://www.ohiostatepress.org/index.htm?/books/series%20pages/poetry.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
Chris O'Malley Fiction Prize
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $5
Prize: $500
Details: No more than 3000 words; e-mail submissions preferred.
URL: http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/%7EMadRev/html/prize.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
First Palm Romance Contest
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Books (Romance) - unpublished
Fee: $25/$30
Prize: $25 and a Golden Palm pin
Details: For a non-published author, this is the perfect opportunity to avoid the slush pile and get your work critiqued by an editor or agent.
URL: http://www.frwriters.org/contests.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007
Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $12
Prize: $1200 & publication
Details: Original, unpublished stories (no children's stories) to 12,000 words. Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any publication with a circulation over 5,000.
URL: http://www.glimmertrain.com/shorawfornew2.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
Jerry Jazz Musician Fiction Contest
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Fiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $200 and publication on website.
Details: The Jerry Jazz Musician reader has interests in music, social history, literature, politics, art, film and theatre, particularly that of the counter-culture of mid-20th century America. Your writing should appeal to a reader with these characteristics. Word limit: 1,000-5,000 words
URL: http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=fictioncontest.html
Contact: jm@jerryjazz.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Leaf Books Spoof and Humour
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Fiction
Fee: £3 for 1 entry, 4 for £10
Prize: £200 and publication in anthology
Details: Humorous articles and comments up to 500 words in length with an emphasis on spoofing regular magazine and/or newspaper content.
URL: http://www.leafbooks.co.uk
Contact: contact@leafbooks.co.uk
Posted/Updated: 2007
LILITH Magazine Fiction Competition
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Fiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $250 and publication in Lilith Magazine
Details: Unpublished original stories with heart, soul and chutzpah illuminating issues in the lives of Jewish women. Contest is open to both male and female authors, but entrants should familiarize themselves with the magazine, which is geared toward Jewish women. Stories need to have both feminist and Jewish content. Word limit: 3000 max (shorter stories preferred)
URL: http://www.lilith.org/competition.htm
Contact: info@Lilith.org
Posted/Updated: 2007
Many Mountains Moving Flash Fiction and Poetry Contests
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Fiction, Poetry
Fee: $10 for two stories or five poems
Prize: $200 and publication
Details: Mark "fiction submission" or "poetry submission" on envelope.
URL: http://www.mmminc.org/html/contests.htm
Posted/Updated: 2006 (no new information posted for 2007)
May Swenson Poetry Award
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $25
Prize: $1000
Details: Submitted collections must be original poetry in English, 50 to 100 pages. No restrictions on form or subject.
URL: http://www.usu.edu/usupress/poetry_award/
Posted/Updated: 2007
Morton Marr Poetry Prize
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $5
Prize: 1000, $500 and publication
Details: Award for a poem by a writer who has not yet published a first book of poetry. Contestants may submit no more than six poems in a "traditional" form (e.g., sonnet, sestina, villanelle, rhymed stanzas, blank verse, et al.).
URL: http://www.southwestreview.org/SubmissionGuidelines.htm
Contact: swr@mail.smu.edu
Posted/Updated: 2007
Phyllis Smart Young Poetry Prize
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $5
Prize: $500
URL: http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/%7EMadRev/html/prize.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
Presidio La Bahia Award
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Books, Fiction, Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $2000
Details: The purpose of the award is to promote suitable preservation of relics, appropriate dissemination of data, and research into our Texas heritage, with particular attention to the Spanish Colonial period. Material may be submitted concerning the influence on Texas culture of our Spanish Colonial heritage in laws, customs, language, religion, architecture, art, and other related fields.
URL: http://www.srttexas.org/labahia.html
Posted/Updated: 2007
PRISM international Nonfiction Prize
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: $27 (Canada)
Prize: $2,000
Details: 25 pages max, must be unpublished.
URL: http://prism.arts.ubc.ca/contests/index.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007
Pudding House Poetry Chapbook Competition
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $15
Prize: $1000 to author, $1000 to a homeless charity
Details: Submit 24 - 48 pages of poetry.
URL: http://www.puddinghouse.com/
Contact: info@puddinghouse.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Rogers Communication Literary Nonfiction Contest (Canada)
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: $27 CDN
Prize: $1500 CDN plus publication in Prism at $20 per printed page
URL: http://prism.arts.ubc.ca/contests/index.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007
Tanka Splendor
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: NONE
Prize: Publication and $20 gift certificate
Details: Each author may submit either a group of up to three (3) unpublished tanka or one tanka sequence of any length. All material must be original and not under consideration elsewhere. Individual tanka should be in English, written in five lines containing 31 or fewer syllables, preferably without titles.
URL: http://www.ahapoetry.com/TScontes.htm
Contact: ahabooks@mcn.org
Posted/Updated: 2007
Things Mother Taught Me
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: Seven prizes, $1,100 total
Details: Life's lessons learned from one's mother, regarding values, ethics, relationships. Should be generally positive, but may explore areas of disagreement or conflict with one's mother.
URL: http://www.familiabooks.com/index.html
Contact: eric@familiabooks.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
Three Candles Press Chapbook Award
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $22
Prize: $5000 and 25 copies of winning book
Details: Award for the best book of poems submitted for the contest. Poets at all stages of their careers are eligible to participate.
URL: http://threecandlespress.com/OB2006.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Deadline: September 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $6 per 25 lines
Prize: $3,500 in prizes, including a top prize of $1,000
Details: Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work welcome.
URL: http://www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry
Contact: adam@winningwriters.com
Posted/Updated: 2007
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