Poets & Writers – July-August 2019

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111 POETS & WRITERS

heartpoetry

Award: $500, publica-

tion in HEART 14.

Honorable mentions

published. $10 covers

3 unpublished poems,

reserves copy of

HEART 14. Visit

website to view past

issues, style preferred,

guidelines, and bio of

judge, John Williams.

Deadline: postmark

August 31. Submit

online at www

.nostalgiapress.com

or mail to Nostalgia

Press, 115 Randazzo Ct.,

Elloree, SC 29047.

indianareview

and IU Press are

reading short story

collections for the 2020

Blue Light Books Prize.

Submit a manuscript

between 35–45k words

($20 reading fee) by

October 31. Win

$2,000, publication with

winner invited, expenses
paid, to read winning
entry at the Louisville
Conference on Litera-
ture and Culture held in
February at the Univer-
sity of Louisville. Fee:
$25. Deadline: October

15. Details: louisville
    .edu/english.

congratulations
to the 2018 winners of
the Brighthorse Prize:
Kavita Jindal (novel),
Mara Adamitz Scrupe
(poetry), and Barbara de
la Cuesta (short fiction).
Brighthorse Books will
again award $1,000 and
publication for the best
novel, poetry collection,
and short fiction collec-
tion. Deadline: August

16. To learn more:
    http://brighthorse
    books.com. To submit:
    https://brighthorse
    books.submittable.com/
    submit.

awarded $1,000, publi-

cation, and 10 copies.

Simultaneous submis-

sions acceptable. Robert

Cording to judge.

Website: www

.graysonbooks.com.

headmistress

Press, publisher

of LBT+ poetry,

announces our fifth

annual Charlotte Mew

Chapbook Contest.

Judge is Robin Becker.

Prize of $300. Submis-

sions welcomed from

lesbians, bi/trans

women, Two Spirit,

genderqueer, and non-

binary poets. Submit

May 4 to July 4. Sliding

scale, fee waived if

requested. Details at

https://headmistress

press.blogspot.com/

2017/07/2019-charlotte

-mew-chapbook-contest

.html.

dzancbooksis

seeking innovative

literary fiction in the

form of novels, short

story collections, and

novellas. Contests open

March 1, including the

annual Prize for Fiction,

awarding a $5,000

advance and publica-

tion. $25 reading fee

per submission. Open

March 1–September 30.

Details at dzancbooks

.org.

thegrayson

Books Poetry Prize,

open to all poets writing

in English, is accepting

submissions. Submit

50–80 pages, including

title page and contents,

by August 15. Elec-

tronic submissions only

at https://grayson

books.submittable.com/

submit. No contact info

on manuscript. Entry

fee $25. Winner will be

June 1 for a chance to

win $1,000, print publi-

cation, and an online

feature. For full guide-

lines, please visit www

.creamcityreview.org/

contests.

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 our

annual spring contest

issue. Crosswinds is

pleased to announce

that Richard Blanco,

Presidential Inaugural

Poet and recipient

of numerous literary

awards, will be the

judge for this year’s

contest. For guidelines,

visit crosswindspoetry

.com.

thecrazyshorts!

Contest: From July 1

to July 31, Crazyhorse

will accept entries for

our annual short-short

fiction contest. Submit

3 short-shorts of up to

500 words each through

our website: crazyhorse

.cofc.edu. First place

wins $1,000 and publi-

cation; 3 runners-up

will be announced. All

entries will be consid-

ered for publication; the

$15 entry fee includes

a subscription to

Crazyhorse. Website:

http://crazyhorse.cofc

.edu/crazyshorts.

creamcity

Review is excited to

announce the 2019

Summer Prizes in

Fiction and Poetry!

Send up to 4 poems

or a short story up to

9,000 words starting