Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize
Prize: $1000 and publication
Eligibility: For writers in Mountain or Pacific time zones, Alaska or Hawaii
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A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize
Prize: $1500 and publication
Eligibility: US writers 18 years of age or older, who have not yet published a full-length collection of poetry in book form.
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Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation grants (short story competition)
Prize: $1000
Eligibility: Open; for pieces that present the gay and lesbian lifestyle in a positive manner and are based on a historic person or event.
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Cider Press Review book award (poetry)
Prize: $1000, publication and 25 author copies
Eligibility: Open.
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Fence Books: Motherwell Prize (poetry)
Prize: $5000 and publication
Eligibility: For a first or second book of poetry by a woman writing in English.
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Fish Short Story Prize
Prize: 2,500 Euros & publication.
Eligibility: Open to authors writing in English. Overall winner must attend the launch of the anthology.
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Glimmer Train Press Short Story Award for New Writers
Prize: $1200 and publication
Eligibility: Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any publication with a circulation over 5,000.
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New Issues Poetry Prize
Prize: $2000 and publication
Eligibility: Poets writing in English who have not previously published, or self-published a full-length collection (48+ pages) of poems in an edition of 500 or more copies.
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White Pine Poetry Prize
Prize: $1000 and publication
Eligibility: US citizens
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Poet Paul Muldoon has been appointed the new poetry editor of the New Yorker, taking over from Alice Quinn, who’s held the post for 20 years.  The Guardian writes:

He has no immediate plans to bring a sharp change of direction to one of the jobs that makes the poetical weather in the US, and hopes to remain open to the unexpected. But poets from across the pond should make sure that the New Yorker’s email for poetry submissions is in their address book.

“I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few more British and Irish poets in the pages,” suggested Muldoon, “as well as more poetry in translation.”

“I sincerely hope that every poem I publish there will have it in it to make a profound change in the reader,” he said. “That’s certainly my aim.”

The Guardian has an interesting theme for their poetry workshop this month (taught by poet Fiona Sampson): putting sounds in poems.

Write and submit a poem, and you could be featured in the follow-up article and receive in-depth feedback from a professional poet.

We take it for granted that poetry and sound are intimately related. After all, the idea of the lyric is both musical and has to do with a peculiarly poetic “feel” or sensibility. And if the term comes from rhetoric: well, that’s an approach to writing which identifies thoughts with their forms; the sound with its fury - or nostalgia, or wit, or passion. All poetics concern themselves, to a large extent, with the organisation of sound; in rhyme, metre, assonance and so on. But making sound isn’t the same as listening - as anyone who’s ever been in an argument knows. Perhaps because I used to be a musician, this month’s workshop pays attention to the sounds around us.

Link to the Guardian article for instructions.

New Millennium writing awards:

Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the 2007 issue of New Millennium Writings and on the journal’s Web site are given for a poem, a short story, a short short story, and a work of creative nonfiction that have not appeared in a publication with a circulation above 5,000. Prizes are given twice yearly, in the spring and the fall. Submit three poems of no more than five pages total or up to 6,000 words of prose (or 1,000 words for a short short story) with a $17 entry fee by June 17.

See contest page for guidelines. (Blurb from P&W contest calendar)

Hidden River arts awards:

An annual prize of $1,000 and publication in The Hidden River Anthology, published by Hidden River Arts, a nonprofit literary arts organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania will be given in the following categories: (1) to the best unpublished short story or novel excerpt (2) the best unproduced full-length play.

Guidelines:
The William Van Wert Memorial Fiction Award
Eligible: Any previously unpublished short story or novel excerpt of 25 pages or less.
The Hidden River Arts Playwrighting Award
Eligible: Any previously unpublished and unproduced full-length play.

Submissions should be postmarked no later than June 20, 2007.

See contest page for guidelines.

Elixir Press is sponsoring a chapbook contest open to all fiction writers and poets writing in English. There will be one competition for poetry, fiction, and multi-genre works.

The prize is $1000 plus 25 copies of the chapbook to be published by Elixir Press. All finalists will be considered for publication.

Fiction manuscripts should be 18 to 70 pages in length. Fiction manuscripts may be a collection of short or short-short stories, a long short story, a novel excerpt, or any other form or combination of fiction. Pretty much anything goes for a multi-genre manuscript. Any artwork included must be in black and white.

The entry fee is $20.

The postmark deadline is May 31, 2007.

For the complete guidelines, see the Elixir Press contest page (via the Poets & Writers, inc. contest calendar).

There are six deadlines for poetry prizes on April 31 (this Thursday); all of which grant a prize of at least $1,000 and publication. Here they are:

Oberlin College Press
FIELD Poetry Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Oberlin College Press is given annually for a book-length poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $22 entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription to FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, by May 31.
www.oberlin.edu/ocpress

Sonia Raiziss-Giop Foundation
Bordighera Poetry Prize
A prize of $2,000 and bilingual publication by Bordighera Press is given annually for a book-length poetry collection written in English to be translated into Italian. The cash prize is evenly divided between the poet, who must be a U.S. citizen of identifiable Italian descent, and the translator, who need not be a U.S. citizen. The poet may translate his or her own work. The judge is Daniela Gioseffi. Submit 10 pages of poetry in English or in both English and Italian by May 31. There is no entry fee. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
daniela@garden.net
www.italianamericanwriters.com/prize.html

River Styx
International Poetry Contest
A prize of $1,500 and publication in River Styx is given annually for a group of poems. Alan Shapiro will judge. All entries will be considered for publication. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than 14 pages with a $20 entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription to River Styx, by May 31.
www.riverstyx.org

Runes: A Review of Poetry
Runes Award
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Runes: A Review of Poetry is given annually for a single poem. This year’s theme is “connection.” Robert Hass and Brenda Hillman will judge. Submit three poems with a $15 entry fee ($3 for each additional poem), which includes a one-year subscription to Runes, by May 31.
runesrev@aol.com
www.members.aol.com/runes

St. Louis Poetry Center
National Poetry Contest
A prize of $2,000 and publication in Margie is given annually for a single poem. Stephen Dunn will judge. All entries will be considered for publication. Submit up to three poems of no more than 60 lines each with a $15 entry fee ($5 for each additional poem) by May 31.
www.stlouispoetrycenter.org

Winning Writers
War Poetry Contest
A prize of $2,000 and publication on the Web site winningwriters.com is given annually for a single poem on the theme of war. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than 500 lines with a $15 entry fee by May 31.
adam@winningwriters.com
www.winningwriters.com

Blurbs from the Poets & Writers, inc. contest calendar.

The Marlboro Review is offering a prize of $1,000 and publication in the review to the poem or group of poems to win their contest.

Submit up to five poems (any length) and a $15.00 reading fee by May 30, 2007 (postmark date). Make checks payable to the Marlboro Review, Inc. No electronic submissions. No simultaneous submissions accepted for the contest.

Winner will be awarded a $1,000.00 honorarium and the winning poem(s) published in the Summer/Fall 2007 issue. Winners will be notified by fall 2007, and the announcement will be posted on the Marlboro Review website.

Contest is open to U.S. citizens only.

Link to the Marlboro Review contest page (via the Poets & Writers, inc. contest calendar).

There are three contest deadlines from the New Letters magazine coming up, each with a prize of $1,500 and publication in the magazine.

Entries must be postmarked by May 18 (this Friday).

Awards:
Alexander Patterson Cappon Fiction Prize: $1,500 for the best short story
New Letters Poetry Prize: $1,500 for the best group of three to six poems
Dorothy Churchill Cappon Essay Prize: $1,500 for the best essay

Link to the New Letters website for more information.