Last Call for Poetry Contest

Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 

Last Call!

Contest closes September 30 at midnight Eastern Standard time. 

 They're awarding $1,500 to the best poem in any style, 

and $1,500 to the best poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. 

10 honorable mentions will receive $100 each. 

Submit published or unpublished work. 

The top 12 poems will be published online.

For more information and to submit:

Here's The Link

Good Luck & Happy Writing

The Lascaux Review Poetry Contest

The Lascaux Prize in Poetry

Deadline: September 30 Entry Fee: $10 (up to 5 poems, any length) Prizes: Winner receives $1000, a bronze medallion, and publication in The Lascaux Review.             The winner and all finalists will be published in the 2018 Lascaux Prize Anthology. For more information, and to submit your entry, visit: http://lascauxreview.com/contests/ More open contests at The Lascaux Review include: Short fiction---closes 30 November  Novels---closes 31 December  Collected Poetry---closes 31 January

Detroit Working Writers Annual Conference

One Community, Many Voices

To be held at Michigan State University Management Education Center

811 W. Square Lake Troy, Michigan

Saturday, September 16 | 8AM to 4:30PM

Keynote Speaker: Weam Namou, award winning author of 12 books.

Speakers and panelists include: David James, Liz King, Linda K. Sienkiewicz, Kelly Fordon, Deneen Troupe-Buitrago, and Weam Namou.

For more information and to register, click here.

Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers

This contest is open ONLY to writers who haven't had any fiction appear, nor scheduled to appear, in a publication with a circulation over 5000. Entries may have previously appeared in an online publication, but not in print. Most entries are 1000 to 5000 words, but any length up to 12,000 words is okay.

Deadline: October 31
                 Glimmer Train contests have a one week grace period.

Reading Fee: $18

Prizes:
         1st Place: $2500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, 10 copies
         2nd Place: $500 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies)
         3rd Place: $300 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies)

Glimmer Train New Writer Award