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tion. Submit by online submission manager
only. Contact: Bellevue Literary Review.
212-263-3973. [email protected]
blr.med.nyu.edu

P BENJAMIN SALTMAN POETRY
AWARD Recognizes a previously unpub-
lished collection of poetry. A 48-page mini-
mum, 96-page maximum. Submit through
online submission manager. Deadline: Oct.

31. Entry fee: $25 per submission. Prize:
    $3,000 and publication by Red Hen Press.
    Contact: Attn: Benjamin Saltman Award,
    Red Hen Press, P.O. Box 40820, Pasadena,
    CA 91114. 626-356-4760.
    redhen.org/awards-2/bsa

F P BLACK RIVER CHAPBOOK COM-
PETITION Semiannual contest for unpub-
lished chapbooks of poems or fiction 16-36
pages long. Submit via online submission
manager. Deadline: May 31 for spring, Oct.
31 for fall. Entry fee: $15. Prizes: Publica-
tion, $500, and 10 copies of the chapbook.
Contact: Black Lawrence Press.
[email protected]
blacklawrence.com

P BOSTON REVIEW ANNUAL
POETRY CONTEST Submit up to five
unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages
total, by regular mail or online submission
manager. Simultaneous submissions not
accepted. Entry fee includes three-issue sub-
scription. Deadline: May 31. Entry fee: $20.
Prize: $1,500 and publication in Boston
Review. Contact: Poetry Contest, Boston
Review, P.O. Box 425786, Cambridge, MA

2142. [email protected]
      bostonreview.net/contests

F P THE BRIDPORT PRIZE Enter your
previously unpublished poem, short story, or
flash fiction. Poems up to 42 lines, short sto-
ries under 5,000 words, and flash fiction
under 250 words. Open to anyone age 16 and
older. See website for proper formatting.
Deadline: May 31. Entry fee: £9 for flash fic-
tion, £10 for each poem, £12 per short story.
Prizes: Short stories and poetry:
£5,000/£1,000/£500 and 10 £100 prizes; flash
fiction: £1,000/£500/£250 and three £100

prizes. Contact: The Bridport Prize, Bridport

Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset,

DT6 3NR, UK. Kate Wilson, Bridport Prize

administrator: [email protected]

bridportprize.org.uk

P BRITTINGHAM AND FELIX POLLAK

POETRY PRIZES Awarded annually to the

two best book-length manuscripts of origi-

nal poetry submitted in an open competi-

tion. Submissions are considered for both

prizes. Submit manuscripts between 50 and

90 pages. Deadline: Sept. 15. Entry fee: $28

per entry. Prizes: $1,000 and publication to

each winner. Contact: Brittingham and Pol-

lak Poetry Prizes, c/o Ronald Wallace, UW

Press Poetry Series Editor, Dept. of English,

600 N. Park St., University of Wisconsin,

Madison, WI 53706. [email protected]

uwpress.wisc.edu/poetryguide.html

F N CHANTICLEER BOOK REVIEWS

AWARDS Genre writing competitions for

fiction and nonfiction featuring more than a

dozen separate themes. Novels must be at

least 50,000 words in length. Books may be

published, unpublished, indie, or traditional.

Deadline: Varies depending on award.

Entry fee: $99 for most categories. Prizes:

First-place winners receive a prize package

and marketing package; grand prize genre

winners receive $200; one overall grand

prize winner receives $1,000. Grand prize

winners announced at Chanticleer Awards

Gala. Contact: Chanticleer Book Reviews.

[email protected] chantireviews.com

F THE CLAYMORE AWARD Submit the

first 50 pages of an unpublished mystery or

thriller manuscript of any subgenre. Affili-

ated with the Killer Nashville conference.

Deadline: April 1. Entry fee: $40. Receive a

critique of a 50-page manuscript for an addi-

tional $100. Prizes: Over $3,000 in prizes,

plus possible book advance, agent representa-

tion, and movie deal. Contact: Killer Nash-

ville Award, P.O. Box 680759, Franklin, TN

37068. 615-599-4032. killernashville.com

F THE CLAYMORE AWARD Awarded to

the best debut novel set in the American

South and published between Jan. 1 2019 -

May 15, 2020. Deadline: May 15. Entry fee:

$35. Prizes: $5,000 and a free glass of wine at

Crook's Corner restaurant for a year. Con-

tact: [email protected]

crookscornerbookprize.com

P DANCING POETRY CONTEST

Hosted by Artists Embassy International.

Forty lines maximum each poem. No limit

on number of entries. The grand prize-win-

ning poems will be “danced” at the Dancing

Poetry Festival in San Francisco. Deadline:

April 15. Entry fee: One poem for $5 or

three poems for $10. Prizes: All winners will

receive a ticket to the Dancing Poetry Festi-

val. Three grand-prize winners: $100 each.

Six first-prize winners: $50 each. Twelve sec-

ond-prize winners: $25 each. Thirty third-

prize winners: $10 each. Contact: AEI

Contest Chair Judy Cheung. 704 Brigham

Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95404.

dancingpoetry.com/dpfpoetrycontestrules.html

F DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE

Open to writers who have published a book-

length collection of fiction or at least three

short stories or novellas in commercial mag-

azines or literary journals. Eligible submis-

sions include a manuscript of short stories;

two or more novellas (a novella may com-

prise a maximum of 130 double-spaced

typed pages); or a combination of one or

more novellas and short stories. All must be

between 150 and 300 pages. Deadline: June

30. Entry fee: None. Prize: $15,000 and
    publication by the University of Pittsburgh
    Press. Contact: Drue Heinz Literature Prize,
    University of Pittsburgh Press, 7500 Thomas
    Blvd., 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
    [email protected] upress.pitt.edu

F E.M. KOEPPEL SHORT FICTION

AWARD Submit unpublished fiction in any

style or with any theme. Maximum length of

3,000 words. Send manuscript via regular

mail only. Deadline: April 30. Entry fee:

$15 for a single story, $10 for each addi-

tional. Prizes: $1,100 for first place and

additional $100 to the editors’ choices. All

winners are eligible to be published on

writecorner.com and for inclusion in the

permanent website anthology. Additional