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AMERICAN MARKETS NEWSLETTER COMPETITION
Fiction and non-fiction to 2,000 words,
both published and unpublished. All entries
will be considered for worldwide syndication.
Deadline: Dec. 31. Entry fee: AMN subscribers,
$12 for 1 entry, $22 for 2 entries, $30
for 3 entries. Prizes: Cash prizes ($250,
$50, $30) plus syndication.
Contact:
American Markets Newsletters
1974 46th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94116
ANNUAL TENNESSEE CHAPBOOK PRIZE
Submit poems and/or short plays. Send 20-
to 24-page mss, include acknowledgements
and SASE. Winning entry published as interior
chapbook in Poems & Plays. Deadline:
Dec. 31. Entry fee: $10 (entrants receive
copy of issue). Prizes: Publication and
50 copies.
Contact:
Poems & Plays
Middle Tennessee State University
English Dept.
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
gbrewer@mtsu.edu
BARNARD WOMEN POETS PRIZE For a
second book of poetry by a woman poet who
has already published one book of poetry.
Deadline: Oct. 15. Entry fee$20. Prizes:
Honorarium of $1,500 and publication by
W.W. Norton & Co. Tip: Include SASE
for notification.
Contact:
Barnard College
Dept. of English
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
iwd2002@columbia.edu
www.barnard.columbia.edu/english/wpprize.html
DUCTS.org, the webzine of personal
stories, is seeking the best personal essay
about the movies to honor the late Fred
Hudson, co-founder and president of the
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center
for over 30 years and one of the finest
screenwriting teachers in New York City.
We are looking for essays, no more than
2000 words, that are deeply personal and
deal with your relationship to movies: how
one film inspired you, how movies themselves
changed your life, your first romantic experience
at the movies, etc. Inspire us, make us
laugh, make us cry, amaze us, shock us.
Tell us what you’ve found at the movies,
besides gum on the bottom of your shoes.
Please visit www.ducts.org
for contest rules
Deadline: 9/1/2004
ELINOR BENEDICT POETRY PRIZE Offered
every other year. Deadline: Dec. 31. Entry
fee: $8 for 1-5 poems. Prizes:$1,000.
Contact:
Passages North
Northern Michigan University
1401 Presque Isle Ave.
Marquette, MI 49855
906-227-1203
passages@nmu.edu
myweb.nmu.edu/~passages
THE BLUESTEM POETRY AWARD Open to
U.S. authors. Submit a previously unpublished
book of poems of at least 48 pages, written
in English. Deadline: March 1, 2005. Entry
fee: $20. Prizes: $1,000 and publication.
Contact:
Emporia State University
English Dept.
Emporia, KS 66801
620-341-5216
bluestem@emporia.edu
www.emporia.edu/bluestem
HAYDEN CARRUTH AWARD FOR EMERGING POETS
open to new and emerging poems only. Send
mss for first, second or third book of poetry.
Submission period; Nov. 1-30. Entry fee:
$25. Prizes: $1,000, publication by Copper
Canyon press and 1-month residency at the
Vermont Studio Center.
Contact:
Copper Canyon Press
P. O. Box 271
Port Townsend, WA 98368
360-385-4915
poetry@coppercanyonpress.org
www.coppercanyonpress.org
CHELSEA AWARDS Awards for poetry.
Collection of 4-6 poems, not to exceed 500
lines. Deadline: Dec. 15 (poetry). Entry
fee: $5-$20; entrants receive subscription.
Prizes: $1,000 each and publication.
Contact:
Chelsea, P.O. Box 773
Cooper Sta.
New York, NY 10276
COLORADO PRIZE FOR POETRY For a
book-length collection of original poems.
Submission period: Oct. 1 – Jan. 15.
Entry fee: $25 includes subscription to
Colorado Review). Prizes: $1,500, plus publication.
Contact:
Colorado Review
Colorado State University
Dept. of English
Fort Collins, CO 80523
970-491-5449
creview@colostate.edu
www.coloradoreview.com
ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY AWARDS up
to five previously unpublished poems, up
to two pages which. Send four copies of
each entry. Do not submit poems that imitate
Allen Ginsberg’s work. Deadline: April
2005. Entry fee: $15. Prizes: $1,000, $200,
$100.
Contact:
Poetry Center at Passaic County Community
College
1 College Blvd.
Paterson, NJ 07505
973-684-6555
www.pccc.edu/poetry
GLIMMER TRAIN PRESS SHORT FICTION AWARDS
Separate contests for short stories up to
2,000 words, 12,000 words, and 20,000 words.
Submission period: summer and winter deadlines
for each contest; see Web site for exact
dates. Entry fee: $10, $30 or $15 per story.
Prizes: First prize is $1,200 (very short
or short fiction contest) or $2,000 (long
fiction contest) plus publication. Tip:
All stories must be submitted online; see
Web site for specific submission guidelines.
Contact:
Glimmer Train Press, Inc.
1211 NW Glisan St.
Ste. 207
Portland, OR 97209
503-221-0836
info@glimmertrain.com
www.glimmertrain.com
JAMES JONES FIRST NOVEL FELLOWSHIP
Award honors the late James Jones, author
of "From Here to Eternity". Open
to all US citizens who have not published
a novel. Submit two-page (maximum) outline
and first 50 pages. Deadline: March 1, 2005.
Entry fee: $20. Prizes: $6,000 first prize
and attendance at the society’s annual
conference to accept the award; $250 honorarium
for runner-up.
Contact:
c/o Wilkes University
English Dept.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
570-408-4530
english@wilkes.edu
www.wilkes.edu/humanities/jones.asp
MARY MCCARTHY PRIZE IN SHORT FICTION
Submit mss (collections of short stories,
novellas or short novel), 150-300 pages.
Material that has previously appeared in
magazines or anthologies is eligible. Submission
period: Jan. 1 – Feb. 15, 2005. Entry
fee: $20. Prizes: $2,000, publication and
standard royalty contract.
Contact:
2234 Dundee Rd.
Ste. 200
Louisville, KY 40205
502-458-4028
sarabandeb@aol.com
www.sarabandebooks.org
THE CONTEMPORARY POETRY SERIES Four
books of poetry are selected each year for
publications by both emerging and established
poets. Mss must be at least 50 pages. Submission
period: Poets who have not published at
least a full-length collection must submit
in September. Poets who have published at
least one full-length collection must submit
in January. Entry fee: $20. Prizes: Publication
by the University of Georgia Press.
Contact:
University of Georgia Press
330 Research Dr.
Athens, GA 30602
706-369-6130
books@ugapress.uga.edu
www.ugapress.org
DOROTHY DANIELS HONORARY WRITING AWARDS
Original, unpublished poetry to 50 lines,
fiction to 2,000 words and nonfiction to
1,500 words. Include SASE. Deadline: July
31. Entry fee: $5/poem; $5/fiction or nonfiction
entry. Prizes: $100 in three categories.
Contact:
National League of American Pen Women
P.O. Box 1485
Simi Valley, CA 93062
805-493-1081
cdoering@adelphia.net
DAVID DORNSTEIN MEMORIAL CREATIVE WRITING
CONTEST FOR YOUNG ADULT WRITERS For
authors ages 18-35. Submit original, previously
unpublished short stories, no more than
5,000 words, on a Jewish theme or topic.
Deadline: Dec. 31. Entry fee: None. Prizes:
Cash prizes ($700, $200, $100) and publication
in the CAJE Jewish Education News.
Contact:
Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish
Education
261 W 35th St.
Fl. 12A
New York, NY 10001
212-268-4210
cajeny@caje.org
www.caje.org
SUE SANIEL ELKIND POETRY CONTEST
Submit unpublished poetry in any style on
any subject, no more than 50 lines/poem.
Deadline: Nov. 1. Entry fee: $4/poem or
$10/3 poems. Prizes: $1,000 and publication.
Contact:
Kalliope: a journal of women’s literature
& art
Florida Community College at Jacksonville
11901 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32245
904-646-2081
www.fccj.org/kalliope
THE FLORIDA REVIEW EDITOR’S AWARDS
Open to unpublished fiction and nonfiction
up to 10,000 words and poetry up to 40 lines.
Deadline: April 1, 2005. Entry fee:$15.
Prizes: Three $1,000 awards.
Contact:
University of Central Florida
Dept. of English
Orlando, Fl 32816
407-823-2038
flreview@mail.ucf.edu
www.flreview.com
6TH ANNUAL GIVAL POETRY CONTEST
offered annually previously unpublished
poetry collection of at least 45 pages,
which may include previously published poems.
The competition seeks to award well-written,
original poetry in English on any topic,
in any style. Guidelines on web-site or
by SASE or e-mail. Deadline: Postmarked
by December 15, 2004. Gival Press, an independent
publisher, welcomes poetry written by poets
from all walks of life. Entry Guidelines
for the Sixth Annual Gival Press Poetry
Competition-2004. Theme: Completely open.
Eligible Poets: Open to all, national and
international poets. Language: English.
Forms or Style of Poetry: Original work,
not a translation of someone else's poetry.
Open to any form or style; simply good poetry.
Length of Manuscript: at least 45 typed
pages of poetry, on one side only. Format
for Submittal: Include a separate cover
sheet with name, title of manuscript, address
(street, city, state, electronic mail),
and phone number. Paper clip the numbered
pages together. Reading Fee: $20.00 (USD)
by personal check or USA money order made
out to Gival Press, LLC, and sent to: Gival
Press, LLC, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA
22203.
THE GIVAL PRESS SHORT STORY AWARD
Deadline: August 8, 2004 (postmarked) Guidelines:
Submissions of a previously unpublished
original (not a translation) short story
in English must be at least 5,000 to 15,000
words of high literary quality, typed, double-spaced
on one side of the paper only, with word
count in the upper left hand side of the
first page, along with the title. Author
should keep a copy of the submission as
it will not be returned. Author Identification:
Submit name, address, telephone number,
email address on a separate page, along
with the title of the short story submitted.
A short bio may also be included. Reading
fee: $25.00 (USD) by check or money order
drawn on an American Bank for each short
story submitted. Payable to: Gival Press,
LLC, PO Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203. Prize:
Author will receive $1,000.00 and the winning
story will be published on the Gival Press
website and in a future anthology of short
stories. Judging: Short stories will be
judged anonymously and the decision of the
judge will be final.
Call for Single Poems: Original, Previously
not Published, Poems in English, French,
or Spanish for an Anthology of Poetry. Poets
are asked to send no more than 3 original,
previously never published, poems written
in English, French, or Spanish in any style,
on any topic, and of no more than 45 lines
of poetry for each poem, for a future anthology
of poetry to be entitled "Poetic Voices
without Borders" to be published by
Gival Press. There is no reading fee. Poets
are asked to submit an SASE for notification
or for return of their submitted work in
the event it is not chosen for the anthology.
Poems submitted without an SASE and which
are not chosen will be destroyed. Payment
for poems selected for the anthology will
be a complimentary copy of the anthology.
After publication, rights to the poems will
revert to the poets. Poems should be submitted
without the poet's name on the typed, single-spaced,
entry. The poet's name, address, telephone
number, and email address should be listed
along with the titles of the poems submitted
on a separate sheet. Email submissions are
not accepted. Entries should be postmarked
by October 1, 2004. Send entries to: Poetic
Voices without Borders Gival Press Poetry
Anthology PO Box 3812 Arlington, VA 22203
THE GREAT BLUE BEACON SHORT STORY CONTEST
Submit short fiction, up to 1,000 words.
Send no more than 5 entries. Deadline: TBA.
Entry fee: $4 for subscribers, $5 for nonsubscribers.
Prizes: $50, $25, $10.
Contact:
1425 patriot Dr.
Melbourne, FL 32940
ajircc@juno.com
THE GREAT BLUE BEACON POETRY CONTEST
Poetry, any style, up to 24 lines. Submit
no more than 5 entries. Deadline TBA. Entry
fee: $2 for subscribers, $3 for nonsubscribers.
Prizes: $25, $15, $10.
Contact:
1425 patriot Dr.
Melbourne, FL 32940
ajircc@juno.com
GREG GRUMMER POETRY AWARD Open to
understanding, previously unpublished oetry.
Deadline: Dec. 1. Entry fee: $12. Prizes:
$1,000 and publications in Phoebe.
Contact:
Phoebe: A Journal of Literature
George Mason University/MSN 2D6
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22030
phoebe@gmu.edu
MARILYN HALL AWARDS Plays for young
and adolescent audiences, 45-90 minutes.
Entrants may submit up to two English-written
scripts that have not been previously submitted
or published. Open to US citizens and legal
residents. Submission period: Jan. 15- Feb.
28, 2005. Prizes: $200, $300, $500. Tips:
Authors will be notified in June. Materials
will not be returned.
Contact:
Beverly Hills Theatre Guild
PO Box 39729
Los Angeles, CA 900039
BEATRICE HAWLEY AWARD Open to poets
who reside in the US. Submit poetry mss
(50-70 pages) with TOC and list of acknowledgements
for previously unpublished poems. Deadline;
Dec. 1. Entry fee: $20. Prizes: $2,000 and
publication by Alice James Books. Tip: In
addition to the winning mss, one or more
additional mss may be chosen for publication.
Contact:
Alice James Books
University of Maine at Farmington
238 Main St.
Farmington, ME 04938
207-778-7071
ajb@umf.maine.edu
www.alicejamesbooks.org
JAMES HEARST POETRY PRIZE Submit
up to 5 previously unpublished poems. No
simultaneous submissions. SASE not required.
Deadline: Oct. 31. Entry fee: $18 (includes
one-year subscription). Prizes: Cash prizes
($1000, $100, $50) and publication in North
American Review.
Contact:
North American Review
University of Northern Iowa
1222 W. 27th St.
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
Nar@uni.edu
www.webdelsol.com/NorthAmReview/NAR
HIGHLIGHTS FOR CHILDREN FICTION CONTEST
Annual contest with a different theme each
year. Open to stories for beginning readers,
up to 500 words, and for more advanced readers,
up to 800 words. No stories that glorify
war, crime or violence. Submission period:
Jan. 1- Feb. 28, 2005. Entry fee: none.
Prizes: Three prizes of $1,000 each and
publication in Highlights.
Contact:
Highlights for Children
803 Church St.
Honesdale, PA 18431
570-253-1080
eds@highlights-corp.com
www.highlights.com
IOWA SHORT FICTION AWARD Open to
writers who have not previously published
a volume of prose fiction. Submit a collection
of short stories totaling at least 150 pages.
Submission period: Aug. 1 – Sep. 30.
Prizes: Publication by the university of
Iowa Press.
Contact:
University of Iowa press
Iowa Writer’s Workshop
102 Dey House
507 n. Clinton St.
Iowa City, IA 52242
319-335-2000
holly-carver@uiowa.edu
www.uiowa.edu/~uipress
JAMES JONES FIRST NOVEL FELLOWSHIP
Award honors the late James Jones, author
of From Here to Eternity. Open to all US
citizens who have not published a novel.
Submit two-page (maximum) outline and first
50 pages. Deadline: March 1, 2005. Entry
fee; $20. Prizes: $6,000 first prize and
attendance at the society’s annual
conference to accept the award; $250 honorarium
for runner-up.
Contact:
c/o Wilkes University
English Dept.
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
570-408-4530
english@wilkes.edu
www.wilkes.edu/humanities/jones
SERENA MCDONALD KENNEDY AWARD Open
to well-written mss on any topic. Submit
novellas up to 50,000 words or short stories
up to 200 pages. Accepts previously published
works. Deadline: Sept. 1. Entry fee: $20.
Prizes: $1,000 and publication.
Contact:
Snake Nation Press
110 W. Force St.
Valdosta, GA 31601
229-144-0752
jeana@snakenationpress.org
www.snakenationpress.org
E.M. KOEPPEL SHORT FICTION AWARD
Open to unpublished short stories, any style,
of no more than 3,000 words. Entrants may
submit any number of stories. Submission
period: Oct. 1 – April 30 (postmarked).
Entry fee: $15/story or $25/2 stories. Prizes:
Cash prizes (first place: $1,100; Editor’s
Choices: $100 each), publication by Write
Corner Press and P. L. Titus $500 scholarship.
Contact:
White Corner Press
P. O. Box 16369
Jacksonville, FL 32245
www.writecorner.com
THE LEDGE ANNUAL POETRY CHAPBOOK CONTEST
Authors may submit 16-28 pages of poetry
with the title page, bio and acknowledgements.
No restrictions on form or content. Deadline:
Oct. 31. Entry fee: $15. Prizes: $1000.
Tips: Accepts simultaneous submissions.
Include SASE with submission.
Contact:
The Ledge
40 Maple Ave
Bellport, NY 11713
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