quality short fiction,
3,000 words or under,
for our annual fiction
contest. First prize
$250 + publication. We
like work with both
feminist and Jewish
content. Please send
submissions to: info@
lilith.org, with Fiction
Contest Submission
and your name in the
subject line. Be sure to
include full contact info
on the ms and indicate
where you saw the ad.
Deadline: December
31.CHARLES B. WHEELER
Poetry Prize. Submis-
sions open: September- Judge: Kathy Fagan.
A $2,500 prize and
publication by Mad
Creek Books, an
imprint of OSU Press,
is awarded for a poetry
collection. $23 entry fee
includes a subscription
to The Journal. For
guidelines, visit the
journalmag.org/book
-prizes/wheeler-prize.CIDER PRESS
Review Book Award.
Prize: $1,500 and publi-
cation of full-length
poetry collection. All
entrants will receive the
winning book. Reading
period: September 1–
November 30. Reading
fee: $26. Judge: Lesley
Wheeler. Submit 48- to
80-page manuscript at
http://www.ciderpressreview
.com or mail to CPR,
P.O. Box 33384, San
Diego, CA 92163.
Guidelines: www
.ciderpressreview.com/
bookaward.CLOUDBANK OFFERS
2 prizes each year: Vern
Rutsala Book Prize—
$1,000 plus publication
for a full-length collec-
tion of poems/flashfiction. Contest judge:
Holly Karapetkova.
Due date: October 31.
Cloudbank 14 Prize:
$200 for 1 poem or
flash fiction. Due date:
February 29, 2020. For
submission details, visit
cloudbankbooks.com.CODHILL POETRY
Award: $1,000 plus 25
copies. Distribution by
SUNY Press. Deadline:
December 30. Submit
book-length manu-
script (48–72 pages),
acknowledgments, table
of contents, and cover
page (name, address,
phone, e-mail) at http://
codhillpoetryaward
.submittable.com/
submit. For complete
guidelines: http://www.codhill
.com.COMMON GROUND
Review invites poetry
submissions (1–4
poems) for Fall/Winter2020 issue. Poetry
Contest opens January
1: 1–3 poems with $15
fee by March 31. $500:
first prize; $200: second;
$100: third. See www
.cgreview.org. Snail-
mail: Janet Bowdan,
H-5132, Western New
England University, 1215
Wilbraham Rd., Spring-
field, MA, 01119.COMSTOCK REVIEW
(Comstock Writers
Group) presents the
Jessie Bryce Niles
Chapbook contest in- Top prize: $1,000
and 50 author’s copies.
Submit manuscript of
25–34 pages (see line
limit per page) between
August 1–October 31.
Entry fee $30 includes
copy of winning
chapbook. Visit the
website for complete
guidelines, which must
be followed. Online
submission fee extra.
Kathleen Bryce Niles-
Overton, Comstock
Review founding editor,
will judge. Address: CR
Chapbook 2019, 4956 St.
John Dr., Syracuse, NY
13215. Website: www
.comstockreview.org.
Facebook: www
.facebook.com/pages/
comstock-review/18648
8898068352?ref=ts-219-.CONGRATULATIONS
to 2019’s First Pages
Prize winners: Sara
Johnson Allen first,
Sandra Jensen second,
Sarah Fuchs third,
Lori Jakiela and
Eleanor Roth honorary
mentions. Enter your
first 5 pages of fiction
or creative nonfiction
via Submittable. For
entry details and our
generous prize packages
for 2020, see www
.firstpagesprize.com.CONNECTICUT
River Review Poetry
Contest of the
Connecticut Poetry
Society (CPS). Fee $15
for up to 3 unpublished
poems; any form,
80-line limit. Submit via
connecticutriverreview
.submittable.com.
Opens August 1,
deadline September- Prizes: first: $400;
second: $100; third:
$50. Winning poems
published in Connecticut
River Review and posted
on CPS website. See
guidelines on Submit-
table and CPS website:
ctpoetry.net.
CROSSWINDS
Poetry Journal’s fifth
annual poetry contest
starts July 1! Awards
$1,000, $250, and
$100 for the winning
3 poems, plus 15
highlighted honorable
mentions. 100 poems
will be selected for ourCONTESTSC
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