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Deadline: August 15, 2018
We are seeking one excellent poem that speaks to what poetry is and can be for our world today. Winner will receive $4000 and publication on our website. 2nd and 3rd place prizes are $300 and $200. Palette's editors will choose the fifteen finalists, and any honorable mentions they think deserve extra attention. Guest judge Shane McCrae will then select the winner. See our website for complete submission guidelines and submit your best poem today! www.palettepoetry.com/current-contest/

Deadline: August 15, 2018
Diode Editions 2018 Book Contests are now open until August 15, 2018 to all poets over the age of 18 who write in English. Length: 55-85 pages (full length), 22-38 pages (chapbook). We consider translations, and we welcome collaborations. Reading fee: $18 (full length), $15 (chapbook). Prizes: $500 (full length), $250 (chapbook); 25 author copies, and select poems from the winning collections will appear in Diode Poetry Journal. If the winner(s) can attend AWP, they will have an opportunity to participate in an off-site reading, and signing sessions at the Diode Editions booth. For more information, visit www.diodeeditions.com.

Deadline: September 15, 2018
Cash prizes awarded with the first place winner receiving a one-week retreat to the legendary Hamptons, NY, destination to writers from around the world; accommodations for two in our spacious WTP retreat house, within walking distance to train, ocean beach, and town; full amenities; flexible bookings. WTP is an online and print magazine showcasing artists and writers from around the globe, and is published ten times a year. In addition, each day we curate a wide variety of content - from interviews, book and exhibition reviews, and seasonal correspondent art-scene roundups, to our flagship artist and writer website spotlight. Submit at: www.thewoventalepress.net/literary-competition/.

Extended Deadline: July 31, 2018
Driftwood Press is excited to announce open submissions for the Adrift Short Story Competition! We are looking for short stories that keep us up at night with their well-crafted sentences and thoughtfully constructed plots and characters. David Jauss (Black Maps, Glossolalia, former editor of Crazyhorse) joins us as this year’s guest judge. The winner will receive $300, publication, an interview, and ten author copies. Visit driftwoodpress.net for complete guidelines.

Deadline: August 8, 2018
15th Annual Gival Press Short Story Award seeks the best original, previously unpublished literary story written in English. Stories should be approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words. Prize $1,000 and publication on website. Reading fee: $25 per story submitted. Deadline: August 8, 2018. For more details, visit: ww.givalpress.com or givalpress.submittable.com. Physical copies can be sent to Gival Press, PO Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

Deadline: August 1, 2018
The Orison Anthology Awards offer $500 and publication for individual works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The Orison Anthology is an annual collection of the finest spiritually engaged writing. 2018 judges: Richard Yañez (fiction), Zeina Hashem Beck (poetry), Gayle Brandeis (nonfiction). Entry fee: $15. Deadline: August 1. orisonbooks.submittable.com/submit.

The University of Arkansas Press invites submissions for the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. Submissions are accepted year-round, and the deadline for the following year’s prize is September 30. One winner will receive $5,000 and publication, and up to three finalists will receive publication. The series is edited by Billy Collins. The winner of the 2018 Prize is Travis Mossotti, for his book Narcissus Americana. The finalists for the prize were P. Scott Cunningham for his collection Ya Te Veo and Roy Bentley for his collection Walking with Eve in the Loved City. For more information: www.uapress.com/millerwilliamspoetryseries/.

Deadline: July 31, 2018
$1,500 awarded to an outstanding, unpublished 60-120 page collection of poems. Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor, will serve as judge. Press 53 will publish the winning manuscript as a Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection under a standard publishing contract; all prizes will be awarded upon publication. Deadline: Midnight, July 31, 2018. Winner and finalists announced on or before November 1. Reading fee: $30. Complete information at www.press53.com/award-for-poetry/.

Deadline: July 31, 2018
From July 1st to July 31st, Crazyhorse will accept entries for our annual short-short fiction contest. Submit 3 short-shorts of up to 500 words each through our website: crazyhorse.cofc.edu. First place wins $1,000 and publication; 3 runners-up will be announced. All entries will be considered for publication; the $15 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Crazyhorse. For more information, visit: crazyhorse.cofc.edu/crazyshorts.

Deadline: July 31, 2018
2018 Writing Competitions from Haunted Waters Press: Offering $250 grand prizes in fiction, poetry, and flash fiction. All entries eligible for paid print publication. We welcome both the profound and the quirky. We are open to most styles and genres of fiction including speculative, dark, experimental, and literary. We enjoy all forms of poetry including experimental, rhyming, free verse, and invented form. While we welcome deep, meaningful poetry, we also enjoy works that are witty, peculiar, or offbeat. Open to all new, emerging, and established writers. Full submission details: hauntedwaterspress.submittable.com/submit. We look forward to reading your work!

Deadline: September 1, 2018
Black Warrior Review, a biannual print journal, seeks submissions for its 2018 contests. Winners will receive publication and cash prizes ($500 for flash and $1,000 for poetry, short fiction, and CNF). Reading period closes September 1. See bwr.ua.edu for more information.

Deadline: July 31, 2018
We are pleased to announce that this year's Robin Blaser Contest will be judged by Fred Wah. The winner will receive an award of $1000 CAD plus publication in an upcoming issue of The Capilano Review. Each submission includes a 1-year subscription to TCR, valued at $25. Length: Maximum 6 pages per entry. Fee: $30 for Canadian entries, $40 for US/international entries. Visit thecapilanoreview.submittable.com/submit for guidelines and to enter.

Deadline: August 15, 2018
South 85 Journal is relaunching Converse College MFA program’s Julia Peterkin awards, starting with an all-new summer flash fiction contest. Like past awards, the contest will honor Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Peterkin. Submit your previously unpublished fiction of 850 words or less. One winner will receive a cash prize of $500, and four runners up will receive recognition but no prize. As always, we are especially interested in stories that demonstrate a strong voice and/or a sense of place, but we consider all quality writing. For more information or to submit, visit our contest page on Submittable: south85.submittable.com/submit/118884/julia-peterkin-award-for-flash-fiction-500-prize.

Deadline: August 1 2018
Gold Line Press is open for chapbook submissions. Send us 7,500-15,000 words of prose or 20-30 pages of poetry by August 1. Our judges are Tongo Eisen-Martin (poetry), Dodie Bellamy (fiction), and Eve Ewing and Hanif Abdurraqib (nonfiction). Winners receive $500 prize plus publication of a perfect-bound chapbook with ISBN. See full contest guidelines and submit via Submittable here: goldlinepress.submittable.com/submit.