Quarterly Events Calendar Spring 2013 Revised 03/19/13 February 1, 2012 February 15, 2013 February 15, 2013 February 16, 2013 February 28, 2013 February 28, 2013 Reading Period Beings Tar River Poetry http://tarriverpoetry.com/submit.html SCCC Creative Writing Awards for College Writers Undergraduate Students Information and Submission to: http://thecwfestivalatsccc.wordpress.com/the-sccc-creative-writingawards-for-college-writers/ Reading Period Begins 2013 Mason s Road Literary Award Theme: Characterization Accepts fiction, creative nonfiction, drama (stage or screen), art, craft essays, and audio drama. http://www.masonsroad.com/about-2/submission-guidelines/ Ruminate VanderMey Nonfiction Prize http://www.ruminatemagazine.com/submit/contests/ Summer Literary Seminars Fiction and Poetry Contest (Accepts unpublished fiction and poetry from the chance to win cash and/or a paid trip to the Summer Literary Seminar of the winner s choice). http://sumlitsem.org/contest.html#guidelines AWP 2012 Award Series Accepts poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and novels. http://www.awpwriter.org/contests/series.htm The Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition http://www.atlantareview.com/page6.html The Pinch Literary Journal Literary Awards in Fiction (5,000 word maximum) and Poetry http://www.thepinchjournal.com/contest-2/guidelines/
Sawtooth Poetry Prize Accepts unpublished books of poetry. http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu/contest.htm March 2, 2013 March 7, 2013 March 8, 2013 March 8, 2013 St. Petersburg Review Poetry Contest http://www.stpetersburgreview.com/events.html Stony Brook $1,000 Short Fiction Prize Accepts original fiction work (no more than 7,500 words) by currently enrolled undergraduate students. http://www.stonybrook.edu Upstreet Literary Magazine. Creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry http://www.upstreet-mag.org/guideline_layers.html Genesis Contest for American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) Adult or young adult fiction novels. Must be submitted by 3:00pm CST. http://www.acfw.com/genesis Jonathan Odell at Lemuria Books The Healing Signing: 5:00pm Reading: 5:30pm http://www.lemuriabooks.com/ Creative Writing Department Movie Night Showing: Stranger than Fiction Belhaven University Student Center Theatre 7:30pm Sponsored by the Student Leadership Team (SLTP) Augusta Scattergood at Lemuria Books Glory Be Signing: 4:00pm http://www.lemuriabooks.com/ The Cedarville Review Accepts fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography. http://people.cedarville.edu/stuorg/review/
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts 2012 Gulf Coast Prizes in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/ Jabberwock Review Nancy D. Hargrove Editor s Prize for Poetry http://www.jabberwock.org.msstate.edu/ College-Church Partnership Award The Presbyterian Review Graduating senior essays on the subject: How my education at a PC(USA) church-related college has shaped my faith and equipped me for significant service and leadership. Submit: Essay (>750 words) and résumé to jhaberer@presoutlook.org. Also send hardcopy to: Editor, The Presbyterian Outlook, 1 N. Fifth St., Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219. www.pres-outlook.org The Missouri Review Annual Audio Literary Competition Accepts high-quality recordings of poets, fiction writers, essayists, and audio documentaries on any subject. http://www.missourireview.com/audiovisual/submissions/ s The Southeast Review World s Best Short Story Contest (Up to 500 words) The Southeast Review Poetry Contest The Southeast Review Narrative Nonfiction Contest (Up to 6,000 words) http://southeastreview.org/contests.html Tar River Poetry http://tarriverpoetry.com/submit.html Thoreau s Rooster: Journal of Undergraduate Creative Nonfiction http://www1.assumption.edu/programs/english/stupubs/rooster/ welcome.html
The Pinch Literary Awards in Fiction and Poetry http://www.thepinchjournal.com/contest/ March 17-20, 2013 March 20-24, 2013 March 28-30, 2013 April 1, 2013 April 27, 2013 May 1, 2013 Oxford Conference for the Book At University of Mississippi Oxford, MS http://oxfordconferenceforthebook.com/ 26 th Annual Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival at Hotel Monteleone New Orleans, LA http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/index.php Southern Literary Festival at Liscomb University Colombus, GA http://southernliteraryfestival.com/ Matt Clark Prize in Fiction, Poetry and Creative Nonfiction NDR (New Delta Review) Accepts previously unpublished: prose (up to 6,000 words), or maximum of five poems. http://ndrmag.org/ River Styx 2012 International Poetry Contest http://www.riverstyx.org/contests Yemassee Pocataligo Poetry Contest http://yemasseejournalonline.org/ Reading Period Begins The MacGuffin 17th Annual National Poet Hunt Contest http://www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/ Experience Poetry in Vicksburg, MS http://www.mississippiwritersguild.com/ Sonora Review Nonfiction Essay Contest and Flash Fiction Contest http://sonorareview.com/contest/
Additional Event Calendars: Jackson Free Press http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/events/ The Clarion-Ledger http://www.clarionledger.com