IU Press, and read at
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Reading. Visit our
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guidelines: https://
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prizes/blue-light-books.theinternational
Lawrence Durrell
Society announces
the 2019 White Mice
Poetry Contest. Submit
1–3 poems focusing on
“the heavens” (celestial
bodies, dark matter,
etc.), literal or figura-
tive. No entry fee.
Deadline: October 1.
For further informa-
tion, go to www
.lawrencedurrell.org
and click on “Poetry
Contest.”kallistogaia
Press’ Summer Writing
Contests: Winner of
the Chester B. HimesMemorial Short Fiction
Prize receives $1,000.
Michael Noll will judge.
Julia Darling Memorial
Poetry Prize receives
$1,000. Natalia Trevino
will judge. $20 to enter.
A portion of proceeds
support medical
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Poetry Awards. 25th
anniversary year. Win
$1,500 in prizes and
publication. For tastes,
guidelines, and to
submit delicious, mind-
stimulating words, see
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Got poems?! Submit at
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send to 200 E. 10th St.,
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Chekhov Award for
Flash Fiction. First
prize: $1,250 plus
publication in LitMag;
agency review. Three
finalists: $100 each. All
entries will be consid-
ered for publication.
Deadline: October 1.
Entry fee: $16. Guide-
lines at http://www.litmag
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Short Story Contest.
$1,000, publication in
Big Muddy. Best short
story, any theme. $20
fee includes copy of Big
Muddy with winning
story. Submit through
our Submittable page.
Deadline: October 1.
Guidelines at www
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mighty-river-contest.naugatuckriver
Review, a print journal
of narrative poetry,
announces our 11th
narrative poetry
contest. Open for
submissions July 1
through September- $20 submission fee.
All winners and final-
ists will be published
in the Winter 2020
issue. Website: http://
naugatuckriverreview
.com.
nilsenprizefor
a First Novel. Winner
receives $2,000, publi-
cation, and distribution.
Authors must not have
previously published a
full-length fiction book.
Deadline: November 1.
$30 fee. Enter through
our Submittable page.
Full guidelines on our
website at: www
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events/nilsen-prize.onthepremises
is an online fiction
magazine entering its
12th year. We feature
newer and/or relatively
unknown writers who
write creative, compel-
ling, well-crafted
stories that use our
contest premises well.
We are open to authors
from any country if
their stories are written
in English. Winning
entries in no-fee short
story contests launched
each December and
June are published in
On The Premises. Each
contest challenges
writers to produce a
great story based on
a broad premise that
we supply. Winning
stories are published
in individual magazine
issues each April and
October and pay up
to $220. We also hold
no-fee “mini-contests”4 times a year in April,
May, October, and
November. Winning
mini-contest entries
are published on our
website and pay up
to $25. OTP does not
charge fees for entering
its contests. To learn
more about OTP, write
to questions@onthe
premises.com or visit
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.com.theorison
Anthology Awards offer
$500 and publication
for individual works
of fiction, poetry, and
nonfiction. The Orison
Anthology is an annual
collection of the finest
spiritually engaged
writing. 2019 judges:
Nina McConigley
(fiction), Kaveh Akbar
(poetry), Stephanie
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