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Boston Review’s Annual Poetry Contest: Two Weeks Left! Just over two short weeks remain to enter Boston Review‘s poetry contest! This year’s contest will close on June 1st and will be judged by Mary Jo Bang. Boston Review has long been home to award-winning and critically-lauded poetry, publishing poets such as John Ashbery, Jorie Graham, Anne Carson, Major Jackson, Juan Felipe Herrera, and many more. Submit your entry today for the chance to join their ranks! With your entry, you will receive a complimentary copy of Boston Review’s forthcoming literary issue. Enter by June 1,… Read Article →

The winner of the Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize will receive $2,500 and publication in an upcoming issue of American Short Fiction. Submissions will be open until June 1, 2018. General Guidelines – Submit your entry online between March 8, 2018 and June 1, 2018. – The winner will receive a $2,500 prize and publication in an upcoming issue of American Short Fiction. – Please submit your $20 entry fee and your work through Submittable.  International submissions in English are eligible. The entry fee covers one 6,500 word fiction submission. – All entries must be single, self-contained… Read Article →

CALYX is looking for new and emerging poets from different demographics. The winner will receive $300 cash and publication in CALYX Journal Vol. 31:2, Winter 2019. Three runners-up will receive a one-issue subscription and publication on the CALYX website. The contest runs from now through June 30, 2018 and is open to any theme or subject. Please submit up to 3 poems (6 pages maximum) of unpublished poetry (both online and hard copy submissions are accepted). There is a $15 reading fee. Further details are attached, and full guidelines can be found on their website at http://calyxpress.org/LoisPrize.html All women-identified poets are encouraged to enter.  

CONTEST GUIDELINES  Emerging writers are welcome in ALL categories, but this category is exclusively open to writers whose fiction has not appeared, nor is scheduled to appear, in any print publication with a circulation over 5000. (Entries must not have appeared in any print publication.) Most entries run from 800 – 4000 words, but any lengths up to 12,000 words are welcome. PRIZES 1st place wins $2500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 10 copies. 2nd place wins $500, or, if chosen for publication, $700 and 10 copies. 3rd place wins $300, or, if chosen… Read Article →

The deadline for submissions to the 2018 John R. Milton Writers’ Conference at the University of South Dakota has been extended to June 1, 2018.  Additional information about speakers and registration is available at: www.usd.edu/miltonconference.   This year’s conference theme is “This Lonely Frontier: Exploring Boundaries of Space, Identity, and Genre,” and confirmed keynote and featured speakers include Percival Everett, Ellen Forney, Karen Salyer McElmurray, and Erika Wurth.

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts, is currently accepting submissions for the annual Gulf Coast Prize contests!  There are three all-star final judges, including Chen Chen (Poetry), Joshua Ferris (Fiction), and Lacy M. Johnson (Nonfiction). The contest awards publication and $1,500 each to the best poem, essay, and short story, as well as $250 to two honorable mentions in each genre. The winners will appear in the Fall/Winter issue. All contest submissions will also be considered for paid online exclusives on GC Online. The reading fee of $23 includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast and is used to support… Read Article →