Drake University Emerging Writer Award for Literary Nonfiction

Drake University Emerging Writer Award

The Drake University Writers & Critics Series is accepting submissions for its second annual Drake University Emerging Writer Award. The faculty and students of Drake University’s English Department select one outstanding first book from among the entries, and the author receives an honorarium of $1000 plus travel and lodging expenses to read at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

Each year, the award rotates among genres (short fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry). We are currently accepting submissions of first books of literary nonfiction for consideration for the Drake University Emerging Writer Reading, which will be held during the first week of April 2011.

Entries may be submitted by the author or the publisher, and must include a copy of the book; a cover letter that includes a brief biography, contact information for the author, and a statement affirming that this is his/her first book-length publication; a self-addressed stamped envelope; and a $15.00 entry fee payable to "Drake University."

Entries must be postmarked by August 31, 2010. Materials postmarked after August 31 will not be considered. Entries will not be returned and will become the property of the Drake University English Department.

The winner will be notified by December 1, 2010. All entrants will be notified of the results by December 31, 2010.

This year, the award is open to single-author first books of literary nonfiction only. Authors must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must agree to attend and participate in the reading at Drake University in April 2011 to receive the award. The following are ineligible for the awards: 1) authors who have published more than one book of literary nonfiction through independent, university, or commercial publishers; 2) entries from vanity presses and self-published books; 3) current students and employees of Drake University.

Send all materials to:

Drake University Emerging Writer Award
c/o Jennifer Perrine, Writers and Critics Series
English Department, Howard Hall
Drake University
2507 University Ave
Des Moines, IA 50311

For questions about the award or the series, please e-mail jennifer.perrine(at)drake.edu (replace (at) with @).

Poetry Competition: 2011 Kore Press First Book Award

2011 KORE PRESS FIRST BOOK AWARD
Judge: Bhanu Kapil

Deadline: August 31, 2010

A prize of $1,000 plus book publication by Kore Press will be given for a book-length poetry manuscript.

This competition is open to any female writer who has not published a full-length collection of poetry. Writers who have had chapbooks of less than 42 pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are eligible.

How to Submit
Submit your manuscript and $20 reading fee online

Comment box should include:
daytime and evening telephone numbers
where you heard about the contest

Manuscripts must be:
• a minimum of 48 pages and a maximum of 80 pages. No cover letter needed.
• anonymous (do not include your name anywhere on the manuscript)
• original poetry written by applicant (translations are not eligible)

Call for Submissions: New Madrid

New Madrid will dedicate the Winter 2011 issue to the viability of water as resource and symbol.

We are looking for submissions that incorporate lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, rain in all its guises (hurricanes, monsoons, floods), rituals involving water, recreational uses of water, etc. We are also interested in work that addresses such concerns as access to water, potability of water, water pollution, water rights, water tables,... and water-borne diseases. Our hope is to explore the threat of water scarcity from the vantage point of a number of literary genres and a number of philosophical, religious, social, psychological and economic perspectives. 

Submissions will be accepted between August 15 and October 15.

Please note: we accept online submissions only. All submissions must be sent via our online Submission Manager. Please see our website for guidelines.

Fiction Contest: The Walker Percy Prize in Short Fiction

The Walker Percy Prize in Short Fiction

Entry fee: $15.00
(doc, docx, txt, rtf)
7,500 word limit

enter contest online

Winner receives $1,000 and publication. All twenty-five finalists considered for publication. Final judge: Nancy Lemann, author of the novels Lives of the Saints, Sportsman's Paradise, The Fiery Pantheon, and Malaise.

Enter previously unpublished original stories up to 7,500 words. The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript. Entries may be simultaneous submissions but the entry fee is nonrefundable if the story is accepted elsewhere. Please notify us immediately to withdraw a story that is taken elsewhere. There is no limit on the number of entries you may submit.

Open to all writers in English with the exception of current students or employees or others affiliated with New Orleans Review or Loyola University New Orleans. Writers who have a strong personal or professional relationship with the editorial staff or with the final judge are asked to abstain from entering the contest in order to prevent a conflict of interest. We comply with the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) Code of Ethics.

Submissions will accepted until October 1, 2010. Winner will be announced and published in spring 2011.

Poetry Competition: To the Lighthouse Poetry Publication Prize

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE POETRY PUBLICATION PRIZE

$1000 award and publication of collection by Red Hen Press. Prize will be awarded for best, unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Submit 48 to 96 pages of poetry with $20 reading/entry fee payable by check or money order to A Room of Her Own; indicate "To the Lighthouse PPP" in the memo line.

Include SASP with package for notification of receipt. Name and address should appear on cover sheet only, along with manuscript title, and address and phone number. Winner will be contacted by phone or email prior to web announcement date.

Mail to:
A Room Of Her Own, Attn: To the Lighthouse PPP
PO Box 778
Placitas, NM 87043

Deadline postmarked by 08/31/10

Nominations for Best of the Net Anthology

Calling all Internet-only journals! Sundress Publications has opened submissions for its fifth volume of the Best of the Net Anthology. This project works to promote the diverse and growing collection of voices that are choosing to publish their work online, a venue that continues to see limited respect and representation from such yearly anthologies as the Pushcart and Best American series. This collection is intended to bring more prestige to a innovative and continually expanding medium.

Our last issue included work by poetry by Kim Addonizio, Mary Biddinger, Matthew Dickman, Oliver de la Paz, Al Maginnes, and Anna Journey and fiction by M.O. Walsh and Alix Ohlin, plus many more.
Submissions from editors will be open from July 1 to September 30th.

Winners will be announced in February, 2011.

For more information, visit our website 

Sincerely,
Erin Elizabeth Smith
Managing Editor, Best of the Net Anthology

Call for Submissions: Blast Furnace

Blast Furnace--an on-line, independent literary journal, is seeking new and established poetic voices. The theme for our Fall 2010 inaugural issue is blue collar family life. We accept a few kinds of submission formats: .doc/docx (Microsoft Word) files, OR .mp3/.wav audio files.

Please submit no more than three (3) of your BEST poems as (a) file attachment(s), paste the poem(s) into the body of an email, or, if an audio recording of your poem, submit ONLY ONE (1) file attachment of NOT MORE THAN 2 MINUTES/120 seconds in total duration.

For submission guidelines, visit our website.