Poets & Writers – September 2019

LITMAG’S VIRGINIA

Woolf Award for Short

Fiction: first prize:

$3,500, publication

& agency review.

Deadline: December

15. Entry fee: $20.
    // LitMag’s Anton
    Chekhov Award for
    Flash Fiction: First
    prize: $1,250, publica-
    tion & agency review.
    Deadline: October


16. Entry fee: $16. All
    entries will be consid-
    ered for publication.
    Guidelines: www
    .litmag.com.

THE MICHIGAN

Quarterly Review’s

$2,000 Lawrence Prize

in fiction is awarded

annually to a story

published in the journal

that year. All stories

accepted for publica-

tion will be passed on

to a judge as finalists.

No additional fee

beyond submission.

The 2019 winner will

be announced in April

2020. Website: www
      .michiganquarterly
      review.com.

THE MIGHTY RIVER

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

.semopress.com/events/

mighty-river-contest.

NEW RIVERS PRESS

Many Voices Project

Award. Two prizes

of publication and

$1,000 each for book-

length manuscripts by

emerging writers, 1 in

poetry and 1 in prose.

Submit full-length,

unpublished manu-

scripts of fiction,

creative nonfiction, and

poetry September 1–

December 31, 2019,

with $25 entry fee.

Submit online at

https://newriverspress

.submittable.com/

submit.

NILSEN PRIZE FOR

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

.semopress.com/

events/nilsen-prize.

ON THE PREMISES

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

http://www.onthepremises

.com.

PATRICIA DOBLER

Poetry Award 2019:

Open to women writers

over the age of 40

living in the U.S. who

haven’t published a

full-length book of

poetry, fiction, or

nonfiction (chapbooks

excluded). Winner

receives $1,000; publi-

cation in Voices from the

Attic; round-trip travel,

lodging, and reading at

Carlow University in

Pittsburgh with final

judge. Poems must be

unpublished, up to 75

lines; up to 2 poems,

any style, per submis-

sion ($20 fee). Post-

marked by October 1.

For complete rules, call

(412) 578-6346, e-mail

sewilliams412@carlow

.edu, or visit www

.carlow.edu.

POETRY BOOK

Award for North

American Writers and

Publishers. The Poetry

Society of Virginia

announces the 2020

PSV North American

Poetry Book Award

for books, in English,

published in 2019.

Submissions from

authors and publishers

welcome. Submission

period: October 15,

2019–January 15, 2020.

For full details, see

website: https://poetry

societyofvirginia.org/

annual-book-award.

PRINCEMERE

Poetry Prize. $300 for

winning poem, $200

divided among runners-

up. $5 fee for 3 unpub-

lished poems. Deadline:

September 16. Submit

online at Submittable

(princemerepoetryprize

.submittable.com).

Paper submissions

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