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— Writing Contests & Book Contests —

Deadline: December 13, 2019
Second Annual - $200 prize and Spring 2020 publication in RCC MUSE for best poem about a child or childhood. Submit up to 3 poems per entry, $5 fee; checks payable to RCC MUSE. Include brief cover letter, short third-person bio, contact info (phone and email). Mail submission, check, and cover letter to Holden Vaughn Spangler Memorial Award, c/o RCC MUSE Literary Journal, Riverside City College, 4800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA 92506. This award was established to honor the passing of Jason and Stephanie Spangler's 11 year-old son. Dr. Spangler is a member of RCC's English and Media Studies Department. www.facebook.com/RCCMuseMagazine/

Deadline: October 15, 2019
Our landscape has exploded with presses and magazines over the last few decades with the advent of digital publications—so many good poems have been found, celebrated, and, unfortunately, forgotten. We want to bring light to those lost pieces of poetry—the work that you love but no longer receives the attention it deserves. The poems must have been previously published online or in print to be eligible. 1st Place will receive $2500 + Publication; 2nd Place: $300 + Publication; 3rd Place: $200 + Publication. Submissions are open internationally, to any poet writing in English. www.palettepoetry.com/current-contest/

Deadline: October 15, 2019
The second annual Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize is accepting submissions. Awarded annually to a poet writing in English who has not yet published a full-length poetry book, the prize seeks to represent the best contemporary writing in high quality editions. The winning poet will receive $1,000 and 25 author copies. Bob Hicok will be the final judge. Prospective entrants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with Conduit, which champions originality, intelligence, irreverence, and humanity. Previously unpublished manuscripts of 48-90 pages should be submitted through our Submittable page. Entry fee is $25. Please visit www.conduit.org for details.

Deadline: November 15, 2019
This is an annual national poetry prize that features a first place of $1,000 cash award and invitation to the awards event in Philadelphia. Three runners up will each receive a $250 cash award. The winning and runner up poems are published in the Spring issue. www.philadelphiastories.org

Deadline: November 15, 2019
Interim: Poetry and Poetics is delighted to announce its second consecutive poetry book prize. The winning manuscript will be published by The University of Nevada Press. We're looking for manuscripts that engage the perilous conditions of life in the 21st century, as they pertain to issues of social justice and the earth. The winning book will demonstrate an ethos that considers the human condition in inclusive love and sympathy, while offering the same in consideration of the earth. Because we believe the truth is always experimental, we'll especially appreciate books with innovative approaches. www.interimpoetics.org

Deadline: October 1, 2019
The Missouri Review invites entries for the 2019 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors Prize. Winners in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry receive $5,000 each, plus publication. Every entrant receives a 1-year digital subscription and a print copy of former Editors’ Prize-winner Jason Brown’s A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed, the latest collection from TMR Books. All entries considered for publication. Guidelines and submission information here: www.missourireview.com/contests/jeffrey-e-smith-editors-prize/.

Deadline: January 15, 2020
The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award on the Jewish experience was established by Nedda Fratkin, Marvin Rosenberg, and Violet Ginsburg in memory of their mother, Anna Rosenberg, née Davidson in 1987. The contest is open to all writers exploring the Jewish experience (irrespective of author's ethnicity or religious affiliation). www.poeticamagazine.com

Deadline: October 1, 2019
The Atlantis Award is given for the best poem. The winning poet receives $300, publication, and will be featured in an interview on The Poet’s Billow website. Finalists may be published. We nominate for Pushcart Prize, Best of the Web, and Best New Poets. Deadline October 1st. https://thepoetsbillow.org/poetry-awards/

Deadline: December 31, 2019
Looking for emerging and seasoned writers for our yearly literary anthology. We were voted ‘best beach read’ summer 2018. www.americanwritersreview.com

Deadline: December 1, 2019
The editors of Scribble are delighted to offer our 1st Annual Short Fiction Contest for Beginning and Emerging Writers. Our guest judge is David Anson, Professor of Language and Literature at the State College of Florida, Sarasota-Manatee. Go to www.scribblelit.com/1st-annual-short-story-contest for information, rules and guidelines.

Deadline: December 31, 2019
Awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of short stories. Reading Fee: $30. Award: $1,000 cash advance, publication, and fifty copies. Enter: Submit online with Submittable or by mail from September 1–December 31, 2019. Press 53 publisher and editor-in-chief Kevin Morgan Watson will serve as the final judge. Winner and finalists announced by May 1, 2020; advance review copies sent to major reviewers and outlets; publication in October 2020. Complete details at www.Press53.com/award-for-short-fiction.

Deadline: September 30, 2019
17th year. Top prize for a poem in any style: $2,000. Top prize for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style: $2,000. Total prizes: $5,000. Winning entries published online. Fee: $12 per poem. Length limit: 250 lines. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest). Co-sponsored by Duotrope. Enter at winningwriters.com/tompoetry.

Deadline: September 30, 2019
For trans women, women, genderqueer, nonbinary, and female identifying writers. Judge: Andrea Abi-Karam. The winner will receive $500, chapbook publication, 50 author copies, plus 25 limited edition broadsides. rabbitcatastrophepress.com/submit#/glu/

Deadline: September 30, 2019
Our biannual competition is now open for submissions. We want exciting, thought-provoking short stories incorporating a supernatural theme or element. Contemporary magic realism is more than welcome. $1,000 for the winner; two honorable mentions receive $250. October 31 online publication for all three, including custom illustration by noted British Folk Horror artist Andy Paciorek, plus print anthology publication in Volume II of 21st Century Ghost Stories. (Volume I was published in 2018 by Wyrd Harvest Press of Durham, U.K., and is available for purchase.) 1,500-10,000 words. Deadline: September 30. $20 submission fee. See our website for complete guidelines: www.theghoststory.com/tgs-fiction-award.

Deadline: September 30, 2019
The Philip Levine Prize for Poetry 2019 is currently accepting submissions of previously unpublished poetry book manuscripts, 48-80 pages. The contest is named for the late Philip Levine, one of the most highly honored and widely read American poets. The winner will receive a $2,000 award, publication by Anhinga Press, 25 author copies, and a public reading at California State University, Fresno. This year’s final judge is C.G. Hanzlicek. The entry fee is $25 by mail or $28 via Submittable. The deadline is September 30. Visit www.fresnostate.edu/levineprize for full details and guidelines. For questions, email contest coordinator Corrinne Hales at or call 559.278.1569.

Deadline: October 31, 2019
Win $1,000 for your short story of up to 5,000 words in the Into the Void Fiction Prize! Also prizes for 2nd and 3rd places. The three winning stories will be published in print and online in Issue 15. Entry fee is CA$12 (US$9) per story. Each entry comes with a free one-year online subscription to Into the Void. More details and last year's winning stories here: intothevoidmagazine.com/into-the-void-fiction-prize/.

Deadline: September 27, 2019
Time to submit to the ninth annual contests in fiction and poetry at The New Guard ! $3K in prizes! A short story and a poem will each win $1,500/publication in our print-only journal. We can’t wait to read your work. Machigonne Fiction: $1,500/publication for a work of short fiction, up to 5K words, in any genre. Final judge: Elizabeth Hand. Knightville Poetry: $1,500/publication for a poem of up to 150 lines in any form. Final judge: Richard Blanco. TNG proudly publishes 35+ debut writers each year. Give us your ire, your lore, your guarded passage. Guidelines: www.newguardreview.com/tng-contests.

Deadline: September 30, 2019
The 2019 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize seeks to publish a book of poems by an author at any stage of their career. The award comes with a $10,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 20 free copies of the book published by Texas Review Press. The 2019 judge is Marilyn Nelson. The deadline is September 30, and the entry fee is $28. Full guidelines and submissions can be found on the Texas Review Press Submittable page, texasreview.submittable.com/submit/1489/the-x-j-kennedy-poetry-prize.

Deadline: October 3, 2019
Accepting submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts to the Charles B. Wheeler prize from September 1 through October 3, 2019. $2,500 prize and publication by Mad Creek Books, an imprint of OSU Press, will be awarded. The contest is judged by Kathy Fagan. $23 entry fee includes subscription to The Journal. Visit thejournalmag.org for guidelines.

Deadline: October 15, 2019
Woven Tale Press Hamptons Competition with acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Ann Beattie to judge fiction category. Submit your fiction for cash prizes; first place award is a one-week stay in our charming WTP expanded 1909 retreat house, in the legendary Hamptons of Long Island, NY; one block to Amagansett town, pristine Atlantic Ocean beach, and NYC train. Flexible bookings, full amenities. All submissions are automatically considered for publication in the magazine. For more information go to: www.thewoventalepress.net/wtp-literary-art-competitions/.

Extended deadline: September 22, 2019
Submit today to the inaugural [PANK] Book Contest! Judges: Gabino Iglesias, Trace Depass, Logan February, Maya Sonenberg. $1000 + Book Launch + Readings at AWP and NYC + Be Next Year's Contest Judge + More. We want to read your beauties! Learn more at: www.pankmagazine.com.