Agents of Literary Change
Summer Writing Contests & Awards
• CONTEST July 31 Opium Mag Bkmark Contest $1k & pub for poem, SS, or essay to 250wrds Use electronic submisson sys $10 fee http://www.opiummagazine.com/contest.aspx
• CONTEST July 31 Glimmer Train Press Family Matters $1200 & pub SS abt family. Online submissions are encouraged $15 fee www.glimmertrain.org
• NARRATIVE MAGAZINE up to July31 Seek shrt shorts, SS, essys, memors, photo essys, graphc stores, NF & xcrpts http://narrativemagazine.com/
• LEFT COAST EISTEDDFOD CONTEST-July31:ShortStores:Write1K-3K wds SS on any 1 of 5 photographs &submit/$100/promo 4 bloggers http://is.gd/PUVQ
• New Millennium Writings Awds Fic Poetry&NF/July31/$4k renownd poet Nikki Giovanni will b judge 4 poetry http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/
• 2010 EPIC e-Book Contest-formly EPPIE-will accept aft July15.Entres b pub betw Oct&May2009;GUIDE &details at EPIC: http://www.epicauthors.com
• Duotrope's Digest http://www.duotrope.com/the... 7/31/2009: July Flash Fiction Contest - ReviewFuse.com Writing Contests
• AUG 31 V Short Fic Awd $1200&pub twice yrly 4 short story Online submissions Sub story of up to 3K wrds $15 fee www.glimmertrain.org
• CONTEST AUG 31 BLACK LAWRENCE PRESS AWARD $1000 & pub by Black Lawrence Press 4 either poems or short stories http://blacklawrence.com/index.html
• CONTEST Aug 25 NY Public Library Young Lions Fiction Awd $10K given 2 novel or SS collection by US citizen 35 or younger www.nypl.org/yl
• CONTEST Aug 15 Pavement Saw Press Transcontinental Poetry Awd $1k & pub 4 1st poetry collection Sub mss 48-70pgs $20 fee http://is.gd/1D1q5
• CONTEST Aug 15 Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award $1,000 & pub given 4 poetry chapbook Sub a mss of up to 24 pgs $15 fee www.camberpress.com
• CONTEST AUG 15 MEMOIR PRIZE $500 & pub in Memoir & 4 a memoir in D form of a poem a SS or an essay. http://memoirjournal.com/
• CONTEST Aug 1 Delaw Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship r given 2 DE writers Sub poetry or prose/no fee http://snipr.com/ngvnt
• CONTEST Aug 1 Bellevue Lit Rvw Prizes Poetry&Prose $1k &pub 4 works abt health healing illness body& mind/Online sub$15 fee www.blreview.org
• CONTEST Aug 1 Rattle Poetry Prize $5,000 and pub given annually for a poem. Sub up to 4 poems of any length $18 fee www.rattle.com
• CONTEST Aug 1 Mississippi Review Poetry Series$1k & pub given 4 poetry collections. Sub a mss of 48 to 56 pgs $25 fee http://short.to/jzz7
• CONTEST Aug 1 Many Mountains Moving Press Poetry Bk Contest $1,000 & pub 4 poetry collection/Sub mss 50-100 pgs $25 fee http://short.to/k0n3
• CONTEST AUG 1 ESQUIRE MAGAZINE CONTEST:$2500 & pub 4 SS w title "20-10""An Insurrection"or"Never Ever Bring This Up Again . http://is.gd/1u482
• Munster Lit Centre Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition 1500 euros ($1,992)&pub Sub SS to 3k wds $20 fee July 31 http://www.munsterlit.ie
• CONTEST July 31 MD St Arts Council Indv Artist Awds Fellows MD fic writrs Sub 4 copes 10-15pgs completed w/in 3yrs no fee http://is.gd/1fZHw
• CONTEST July 31 Kore Press 1st Bk Award $1K & pub Women poets who hav not pub a bk of poetry collection r eligible $20 fee www.korepress.org
• CONTEST Sept 7 PEN Ctr USA Emerging Voices Fellows $1k 2 writers of minority immigrant underserved communities.$10 fee http://www.penusa.org
• CONTEST Sept 3 AZ Commission on d Arts Artist Projct Grants $5k given 2 writers 4 specific proj.Residents of AZ no fee http://www.azarts.gov
• Claremont Graduate U/The $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Awd gven 4 poetry bk by poet.no entry fee.Web 4 reqd entry form. http://short.to/j4g1
• CONTEST Sept 15 Literal Latté Ames Essay Award $1k & pub for personal essay. Sub an essay of up to 8,000 wrds $10 fee www.literal-latte.com
• CONTEST Sept 15 Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award $1k & 2 read at Festival 4 poem of Robert Frost $10 fee http://www.frostfoundation.org
• CONTEST Sept 15 Farmingdale State College Paumanok Poetry Award $1,500 expenses 2 give reading 4 group of poems $25 fee. http://is.gd/1tDt2
• Sept 10 Olivet College Sandburg-Auden-Stein 3-wk Residency w stipend $3,100 given to poet who has pub 1 bk no entry fee .http://short.to/j4ff
• CONTEST Sept 10 Hunger Mountain Creative NF Prize $1000&pub.Sub work of creative nonficton up 2-10,000 wrds $20 fee http://www.hungermtn.org
• Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grants given 3x a yr to women writers in Philadelphia area org or mentor no entry fee http://www.leeway.org
• CONTEST Sept 1 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Grants to Ohio writers/Online sub only r acceptd/no entry fee http://snipr.com/mi60z
• CONTEST Sept 1 Leeway Found Art & Change Grants 3x a yr to support women writers in the Phil area/Sub entry form/no fee http://is.gd/1tCKK
• CONTEST Sept 1 Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship Awards $7k given to Illinois writers.open fic &creative NF/no fee http://is.gd/1tCBG
• CONTEST Sept 1 American Literary Review Awards $1,000&pub poem, SS, essay.Sub 3 poems,SS 8k wrds,essay 6500wrds $15 fee http://is.gd/1tCt8
• CONTEST Sept 8 Bear Delux Mag Doug Fir Fic Awd $1k & pub 4 SS abt naturl wrld,sense of plac or environmntl issus $15 fee http://www.orlo.org
Many thanks to Jo Ann / Mayra @LatinoBookNews for this listing from Twitter.
• CONTEST July 31 Glimmer Train Press Family Matters $1200 & pub SS abt family. Online submissions are encouraged $15 fee www.glimmertrain.org
• NARRATIVE MAGAZINE up to July31 Seek shrt shorts, SS, essys, memors, photo essys, graphc stores, NF & xcrpts http://narrativemagazine.com/
• LEFT COAST EISTEDDFOD CONTEST-July31:ShortStores:Write1K-3K wds SS on any 1 of 5 photographs &submit/$100/promo 4 bloggers http://is.gd/PUVQ
• New Millennium Writings Awds Fic Poetry&NF/July31/$4k renownd poet Nikki Giovanni will b judge 4 poetry http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/
• 2010 EPIC e-Book Contest-formly EPPIE-will accept aft July15.Entres b pub betw Oct&May2009;GUIDE &details at EPIC: http://www.epicauthors.com
• Duotrope's Digest http://www.duotrope.com/the... 7/31/2009: July Flash Fiction Contest - ReviewFuse.com Writing Contests
• AUG 31 V Short Fic Awd $1200&pub twice yrly 4 short story Online submissions Sub story of up to 3K wrds $15 fee www.glimmertrain.org
• CONTEST AUG 31 BLACK LAWRENCE PRESS AWARD $1000 & pub by Black Lawrence Press 4 either poems or short stories http://blacklawrence.com/index.html
• CONTEST Aug 25 NY Public Library Young Lions Fiction Awd $10K given 2 novel or SS collection by US citizen 35 or younger www.nypl.org/yl
• CONTEST Aug 15 Pavement Saw Press Transcontinental Poetry Awd $1k & pub 4 1st poetry collection Sub mss 48-70pgs $20 fee http://is.gd/1D1q5
• CONTEST Aug 15 Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award $1,000 & pub given 4 poetry chapbook Sub a mss of up to 24 pgs $15 fee www.camberpress.com
• CONTEST AUG 15 MEMOIR PRIZE $500 & pub in Memoir & 4 a memoir in D form of a poem a SS or an essay. http://memoirjournal.com/
• CONTEST Aug 1 Delaw Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship r given 2 DE writers Sub poetry or prose/no fee http://snipr.com/ngvnt
• CONTEST Aug 1 Bellevue Lit Rvw Prizes Poetry&Prose $1k &pub 4 works abt health healing illness body& mind/Online sub$15 fee www.blreview.org
• CONTEST Aug 1 Rattle Poetry Prize $5,000 and pub given annually for a poem. Sub up to 4 poems of any length $18 fee www.rattle.com
• CONTEST Aug 1 Mississippi Review Poetry Series$1k & pub given 4 poetry collections. Sub a mss of 48 to 56 pgs $25 fee http://short.to/jzz7
• CONTEST Aug 1 Many Mountains Moving Press Poetry Bk Contest $1,000 & pub 4 poetry collection/Sub mss 50-100 pgs $25 fee http://short.to/k0n3
• CONTEST AUG 1 ESQUIRE MAGAZINE CONTEST:$2500 & pub 4 SS w title "20-10""An Insurrection"or"Never Ever Bring This Up Again . http://is.gd/1u482
• Munster Lit Centre Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition 1500 euros ($1,992)&pub Sub SS to 3k wds $20 fee July 31 http://www.munsterlit.ie
• CONTEST July 31 MD St Arts Council Indv Artist Awds Fellows MD fic writrs Sub 4 copes 10-15pgs completed w/in 3yrs no fee http://is.gd/1fZHw
• CONTEST July 31 Kore Press 1st Bk Award $1K & pub Women poets who hav not pub a bk of poetry collection r eligible $20 fee www.korepress.org
• CONTEST Sept 7 PEN Ctr USA Emerging Voices Fellows $1k 2 writers of minority immigrant underserved communities.$10 fee http://www.penusa.org
• CONTEST Sept 3 AZ Commission on d Arts Artist Projct Grants $5k given 2 writers 4 specific proj.Residents of AZ no fee http://www.azarts.gov
• Claremont Graduate U/The $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Awd gven 4 poetry bk by poet.no entry fee.Web 4 reqd entry form. http://short.to/j4g1
• CONTEST Sept 15 Literal Latté Ames Essay Award $1k & pub for personal essay. Sub an essay of up to 8,000 wrds $10 fee www.literal-latte.com
• CONTEST Sept 15 Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award $1k & 2 read at Festival 4 poem of Robert Frost $10 fee http://www.frostfoundation.org
• CONTEST Sept 15 Farmingdale State College Paumanok Poetry Award $1,500 expenses 2 give reading 4 group of poems $25 fee. http://is.gd/1tDt2
• Sept 10 Olivet College Sandburg-Auden-Stein 3-wk Residency w stipend $3,100 given to poet who has pub 1 bk no entry fee .http://short.to/j4ff
• CONTEST Sept 10 Hunger Mountain Creative NF Prize $1000&pub.Sub work of creative nonficton up 2-10,000 wrds $20 fee http://www.hungermtn.org
• Leeway Foundation Art & Change Grants given 3x a yr to women writers in Philadelphia area org or mentor no entry fee http://www.leeway.org
• CONTEST Sept 1 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Grants to Ohio writers/Online sub only r acceptd/no entry fee http://snipr.com/mi60z
• CONTEST Sept 1 Leeway Found Art & Change Grants 3x a yr to support women writers in the Phil area/Sub entry form/no fee http://is.gd/1tCKK
• CONTEST Sept 1 Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship Awards $7k given to Illinois writers.open fic &creative NF/no fee http://is.gd/1tCBG
• CONTEST Sept 1 American Literary Review Awards $1,000&pub poem, SS, essay.Sub 3 poems,SS 8k wrds,essay 6500wrds $15 fee http://is.gd/1tCt8
• CONTEST Sept 8 Bear Delux Mag Doug Fir Fic Awd $1k & pub 4 SS abt naturl wrld,sense of plac or environmntl issus $15 fee http://www.orlo.org
Many thanks to Jo Ann / Mayra @LatinoBookNews for this listing from Twitter.
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