Monthly Archives: December 2006

Two prizes of $2,000 each and publication in Crazyhorse are given annually for a single poem and a short story. Submit up to three poems or a story of no more than 25 pages with a $15 entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Crazyhorse, by December 16. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Crazyhorse, Poetry and Fiction Prizes, Department of English, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424. (843) 953-7740. Garrett Doherty, Editor.
crazyhorse@cofc.edu

Link to the Crazyhorse website for more information (link and blurb via the Poets&Writers, inc. contest calendar).

PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
A prize of $3,000 is given annually to honor a book-length translation of poetry from any language into English published in the United States during the current year. Translators may be of any nationality. Translators, publishers, or agents may submit two copies of a book published in 2006 by December 15. There is no entry fee.

PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize
A prize of $3,000 is given annually to honor a book-length translation of poetry or literary prose from any language into English published in the United States during the current year. Translators may be of any nationality. Publishers, agents, or translators may submit three copies of a book published in 2006 by December 15. There is no entry fee.

Link to the PEN American center page

Literary Awards
Prizes of $1,000 each are given annually to recognize outstanding books of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation published in the current year by writers living west of the Mississippi. The winners will be honored at a ceremony in Los Angeles. Publishers, agents, or authors may submit four copies of a book published in 2006 with a $35 entry fee by December 15.

Link the the PEN Center USA site

Links and blurbs via the Poets&Writers, inc. contest calendar.