Poets & Writers – September 2019

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197 POETS & WRITERS
January 3, 2020. Entry
fee $10. Submit at www
.brickhousebooks.com
C&R PRESS IS
pleased to announce our
$1,000 prizes in fiction,
poetry, and creative
nonfiction and memoir
are open. Winners,
runners-up, and a short-
list are announced in
January 2020. Winners
receive the prize and
publication. All manu-
scripts are considered
for publication. Authors
are invited to read at
our spring AWP and
summer and fall New
York City events. C&R
Press publishes a range
of work from a variety
of voices. Website:
http://www.crpress.org.
CALLING ALL
gifted fiction writers!
Lilith Magazine—inde-
pendent, Jewish, &
frankly feminist—seeks
relationships/family/
domestic life, published
in the last 3 years. No
self-nominations. We
appreciate tax-deduct-
ible donations, as well,
for this crowd-funded
award. Details: https://
fundrazr.com/ninariggs
poetryfoundation or
http://www.cavewallpress.com
or send SASE to Cave
Wall Press, P.O. Box
29546, Greensboro, NC
27429-9546.
THE ANNUAL RATTLE
Chapbook Prize
offers $2,000 for a
chapbook (up to 36
pages), plus 500 author
copies, and distribu-
tion to Rattle’s 7,000+
subscribers. Entry
fee of $20 includes a
1-year subscription to
the magazine. Dead-
line: January 15. For
guidelines and to read
past winners, visit our
website: http://www.rattle
.com/chapbooks.
publication for best
unpublished poem,
story, and creative
nonfiction essay.
Submit 1 story, 1
essay, or 3 poems
with $20. All entrants
receive magazine. No
manuscripts returned.
Contest reading time:
August 1–November 1.
Name/address on cover
sheet only. Open to all
writers. Submit online
or snail mail. SASE
required. Briar Cliff
Review Contest, 3303
Rebecca St., Sioux City,
IA 51104. Website: www
.bcreview.org.
BRICKHOUSE
Books, Inc. announces
the Wicked Woman
Poetry Prize. Publica-
tion plus $250 for the
winning full-length
(42–64 pp.) manuscript
about a unique woman
(or women). Enter
September 1, 2019, to
for Reed Magazine: Issue
153. General submis-
sions are free. Our 4
tributed contests award
$1,000. Submissions
open June 1–November

1. Let your voice be
   heard: http://www.reedmag
   .org/submit.

BELLINGHAM

Review’s annual

contests for fiction,

poetry, and nonfiction

are open December 1

to March 15. $1,000

first-place prizes. $20

entry fee. General

submissions are open

September 15 to

December 1. Bellingham

Review is dedicated

to offering continual

support to our authors.

See complete submis-

sion guidelines at

bhreview.org.

BRIAR CLIFF REVIEW

poetry, fiction, and

creative nonfiction

contest. $1,000 and

Deadline: October 1.

Website: https://the

poetsbillow.org/poetry

-awards.

BAUHAN

publishing’s Monad-

nock Essay Collec-

tion Prize open for

submissions. Prize:

book-length collection

of essays, $1,000, book

publication with our

Fall 2020 titles. Entry

fee: $25. Postmark/

submission deadline:

January 31, 2020.

Check website for judge

announcement as well

as submission guide-

lines: http://www.bauhan

publishing.com/the

-monadnock-essay

-collection-prize.

BE PART OF A

152-year legacy! Cali-

fornia’s oldest literary

journal is seeking

original works of

fiction, nonfiction,

poetry, and visual art

THE ARKANSAS

International Emerging

Writer’s Prize, $1,000

plus publication, is

open to fiction from

writers who haven’t yet

published a book-length

manuscript. Entry fee

($20) includes a 1-year

subscription to The

Arkansas International,

and all submissions

will be considered for

publication. Deadline:

October 13. Judge:

Sigrid Nunez. Full

guidelines: http://www.arkint

.org/prize.

THE ATLANTIS

Award is given for

the best poem. The

winning poet receives

$300, publication, and

will be featured in an

interview on The Poet’s

Billow website. Finalists

may be published. We

nominate for Pushcart

Prize, Best of the Web,

and Best New Poets.