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February 2012 LitPak fliers. Please feel free to print, post and share these fliers. To access the PDFs, click on the flier image and it will open in a new window.

 

Accents Publishing is happy to announce its 2012 Poetry Chapbook Contest. Two winners will be selected – one by an independent judge, Lynnell Edwards, and one by the Senior Editor and founder of Accents Publishing, Katerina Stoykova-Klemer. Each winner will have his/her submission published and will receive a $250 cash prize and 25 perfect-bound copies. All contest entries will be considered for regular publication with Accents Publishing, as well. We will accept submissions between February 1st and June 30th. Winners will be announced in July. The contest is open to any poet writing in English. www.accents-publishing.com

 

2012 Lois Cranston Memorial Prize

Dates: March 1-May 31, 2012 Judge: Emily Warn

Prize: $300 plus publication in Winter 2014 CALYX Journal

Details: Submit three unpublished poems (six pages maximum), cover letter, and $15 reading fee to Lois Cranston Poetry Prize, PO Box B, Corvallis, OR, 97339 or online. Do not include name on poems. Emily Warn is the author of five collections of poetry including Shadow Architect (Copper Canyon Press, 2008). She is a founding editor of poetryfoundation.org. For complete guidelines or to read the 2011 winning poems, please visit www.calyxpress.org.

 

Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers is held in February, May, August, and November. Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation over 5000. 1st place receives $1500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories. One of the most respected short-story journals in print, Glimmer Train Stories is represented in recent editions of the Pushcart Prize, New Stories from the Midwest, O.Henry, New Stories from the South, Best of the West, and Best American Short Stories anthologies. www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html

 

The International 3-Day Novel Contest is a notorious literary marathon that has taken place every Labour Day weekend since 1977. Each year, hundreds of writers from all over the world take part in the challenge, fuelled only by caffeine, adrenaline and the promise of creative nirvana. Everyone who puts their heart into the contest will come out of the experience with something unique—and the novel the judges like best wins publication! The 35th annual event takes place September 1-3, 2012. Find rules, fees, dates and deadlines at www.3daynovel.com.

 

Lalitamba is a journal of contemporary spiritual literature. It includes writings from around the world that inspire change and declare truth. Contributors have been included in the Best American series, written award-winning novels, and received NEA grants. Lalitamba has also been known to discover new authors, and to publish the work of people who are homeless or in prison. The writings included are gritty yet uplifting. They challenge the reader to expand and open to the beauty within. The journal was inspired by a pilgrimage through India. Submit to: Lalitamba, P.O. Box 131, Planetarium Station, New York, NY 10024. www.lalitamba.org/

 

2012 Leapfrog Fiction Contest. January 15-May 1, 2012

Judges: Lev Raphael and Leapfrog editors

Adult category: literary, mainstream, and science fiction, including story collections

Children's category: middle-grade and YA fiction

Minimum length: 22,000 words

Submit complete manuscript electronically to fictioncontest@leapfrogpress.com. Before entering, please see detailed instructions at leapfrogpress.com/contest.htm. Honorable mention: permanent listing, with updates, on the Leapfrog Press site, and promotion in Leapfrog’s newsletter. Finalist: $150 plus manuscript critiques from finalist judge and Leapfrog editors. First prize: finalist awards plus publication contract with $1000 advance. The Leapfrog Fiction Contest brings in annually 500-600 manuscripts from around the world.

 

2012 Press 53 Open Awards: 5 categories with 3 winners in each. Enter in Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Creative Nonfiction, and Novella. First prize in each category wins $250 plus a personalized etched-glass award and publication in the 2012 Press 53 Open Awards Anthology. Second prize and Honorable Mention receives a personalized certificate and publication (First Prize only Novella). Open to any writer in English; previously published works accepted. Reading fee $15 ($25 Novella). Deadline: Postmarked by March 31. Finalists and winners announced via Online video. Complete details and a list of judges, visit www.Press53.com and at www.PrimeNumberMgazine.com.

 

The Rattle Poetry Prize awards $5,000 for a single poem. Ten finalists are also offered $100, with a chance to win the new $1,000 Reader’s Choice Award, selected by entrant and subscriber vote. All entries are read by the editors themselves and considered for standard publication. With an entry fee that is simply a year’s subscription to the magazine, and just a six-week turnaround before the winners are announced, the Rattle Poetry Prize is designed to be as writer-friendly as possible. Deadline: August 1, 2012. For more information visit www.rattle.com.

 

SRPR (Spoon River Poetry Review) 2012 Editors’ Prize: Winner awarded $1000. Two runners up awarded $100 each. Three-five honorable mentions. All winning poems plus several finalists are published. 2011 judge: C. S. Giscombe. 2012 judge announced after winners are selected. Submit up to three poems by 4/15/2012. Entry fee of $20 includes one-year subscription (two issues). See website for guidelines and recent winners: www.litline.org/Spoon

 

The Tusculum Review’s 2012 Fiction and Poetry Contests award one winner in each category $1,000 and publication. Contest judges are Jaimy Gordon for fiction and Amy Gerstler for poetry. Postmark submissions by March 15, 2012. Submit up to 25 pages for fiction manuscripts and up to five poems / ten total pages of poetry, cover letter, and $15 reading fee. All submissions will be considered for publication. Winners will be announced by June 1, 2012. For complete guidelines and more information about the judges, please visit www2.tusculum.edu/tusculumreview/contest/.

 

Writecorner Press.

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

Deadline: April 30, 2012. Additional $500 Award if winner is a student. We like all kinds of good fiction by emerging as well as established writers. By good we mean stories that say something powerful about what it means to be human, are clear in form and content, that stimulate the imagination and challenge the intellect. Traditional and experimental approaches are welcome. Submit as many stories as you wish. Read our guidelines and past winners at www.writecorner.com. We also sponsor the Writecorner $500 Poetry Award whose deadline is March 31. Guidelines: www.writecorner.com.

 

 

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