Poets & Writers – September 2019

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$4,000 IN AWARDS!
Enter New Millennium
Writing Awards by
November 30—Best
Poetry: $1,000; Fiction:
$1,000; Nonfiction:
$1,000; Flash Fiction:
$1,000. All winners
are published in our
anthology and online.
“I love how supportive
NMW is of budding
artists. Their fearless
voice and uncensored
content reveal a bold,
vibrant journal that is
abjectly unafraid.”—
Radha Laxhmi. Visit
http://www.newmillennium
writings.org.

THE 2019 JOE
Bolton Poetry Award
will award $500 and
publication in Issue Ten
of Twyckenham Notes
to a single poem or
small group of poems.
The editors will judge.
Deadline September


  1. $10 entry fee


via Submittable. To
submit: https://
twyckenhamnotes
.submittable.com/
submit.

THE 2019 NEW
Writer Awards offer
$1,000+ in prizes and
publication in Seques-
trum for writers of
fiction, nonfiction, and
poetry yet to publish
a book-length manu-
script. Two grand prize
winners (1 fiction/
nonfiction, 1 poetry),
plus runners-up. Submit
via our online submis-
sion system. Deadline:
October 15. E-mail:
[email protected].
Full guidelines: www
.sequestrum.org/
contests.

2020 NEW
American Poetry
Prize. $1,000 award
and book publication.

Final judge: Corey Van
Landingham. Dead-
line: January 15, 2020.
Minimum length: 48
pages (no maximum).
Reading fee: $20.
Online submissions
only, please. Complete
guidelines: www
.newamericanpress
.com/contestspoetry
2020.php.

2020 PRESS 53
Award for Short
Fiction. $1,000
advance, publication
and 50 copies awarded
to an outstanding,
unpublished collec-
tion of short stories.
Reading fee: $30. Enter
September 1–December


  1. Press 53 Publisher
    Kevin Morgan Watson
    will judge. Winner and
    finalists announced by
    May 1, 2020. Complete
    details at http://www.press53
    .com/award-for-short
    -fiction.


14 TH ANNUAL
Smith College Poetry
Prize for New England
& New York High
School Girls in 10th
& 11th grades. Award:
$500 & opportunity to
read poem at Smith.
Judge: Paisley Rekdal.
No entry fee. Submis-
sions: September
1–December 1. Spon-
sored by Poetry Center
at Smith College.
Guidelines, eligibility,
required entry form:
http://www.smith.edu/poetry
center/wp/outreach/
hs-poetry-prize.

25 TH ANNUAL
Literal Latte Essay
Awards. Submit
personal essays,
10,000 words max, by
September 30. First
prize: $1,000. Second
prize: $300. Third
prize: $200. Literal Latte
stimulates minds and
careers. Now accepting

online submissions. Sip
and submit at www
.literal-latte.com. Ques-
tions: [email protected].

ACCENTS
Publishing’s Inaugural
Novella Contest.
A single novella of
15–35K words will
be awarded a prize of
$500 and publication in
its own book volume.
Katerina Stoykova will
judge. All entries will be
considered for publica-
tion. $16 entry fee.
Deadline: October 31.
Website: http://accents
-publishing.com/
contest.html.

THE ALICE JAMES
Award Prize. $2,000,
book publication.
Description: AJB is
accepting full-length
poetry manuscripts
postmarked or via
Submittable until
November 4. Entrants

must reside in the U.S.
Additional manuscripts
may also be chosen
for publication as the
Editor’s Choice. Guide-
lines: http://www.alicejames
books.org/alice-james
-award.

AMERICAN WRITERS
Review 2020: Accepting
submissions of unpub-
lished short stories,
stand-alone memoirs,
and poetry for our
anthology and contest.
Our latest anthology:
American Writers
Review 2019 available
on Amazon.com and
Barnes & Noble. No
pornography, please.
Check our website for
details: http://www.american
writersreview.com.

ANNOUNCING THE
Nina Riggs Poetry
Award. Seeking nomi-
nations of the finest
poems about

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PLEIADES PRESS


CONGRATULATES THE WINNERS OF THE
LENA-MILES WEVER TODD PRIZE FOR POETRY
AND ROBERT C. JONES PRIZE FOR SHORT PROSE

ANGELA VORAS-HILLS,
winner of the Lena-Miles Wever
Todd Prize for Louder Birds

PENELOPE CRAY, winner of
the Robert C. Jones Prize
for Miracles Come on Mondays

Both contests will be open Sept. 15 – Nov. 15
For submission guidlines, visit PLEIADESPRESS.ORG
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