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  Date / Time: 7/10/2009 12:32 AM UTC

  Contest For Writers, Poets and Others! Enter! Enter! Enter!
  

  Here are some great contest to enter!
  
  First Annual Poetry Contest
  Contest is open to all poets. Entries must be previously unpublished, and must not have been chosen as a winner, finalist or honorable mention in another contest
  Start Date: 6/30/09
  End Date: 7/18/09
  Prize: Up to $3300 in cash prizes
  narrativemagazine.com/poetry
  info@narrativemagazine.com
  Entry Fee: $20
  Finalist will be announced by Sep 15 2009
  Must submitt online at the website
  
  
  American Book Review Innovative Fiction Contest
  
  Contest is open to any writer of english who is a citizen of the U.S and who has not previously been published with fiction collection 2. Submissions may include a collection of short stories, one or more novellas or a novel.
  Start Date: 7/18/09
  End Date: 8/15/09
  Prize: $1000
  Address: American Book Review School Of Arts and Sciences
  3007 N. Ben Wilson
  Victoria, TX 77901
  Tele: (361) 570-4848
  Entry Fee: $25
  americanbookreview@uhv.edu
  Submitt either two copies of the manuscript, or one hard copy and one word file of the manuscript on a labeled cd.
  Submissions submitted by mail
  
  
  New Esquire Fiction Writing Contest
  
  This contest is open to all. The winning story will be published in a future issue of the magazine.
  Start Date: 5/1/09
  End Date: 8/1/09
  Prize: $2500
  Address: 300 west 57th st. 21st floor
  New York, NY 10019
  Entry Fee: N/A
  Reg Link: esquiresubmissions.com
  Your story cannot exceed 4000 words. You must write on these titles:
  1. Twenty-ten; 2. An Insurrection; 3. Never, ever bring this up again
  Must submitt electronically
  
  
  International Mystery Writers Festival Contest
  
  Dubbed the "Angie Awards" named after award winning star Angela Lansbury
  Start Date: 6/24/09
  End Date: 8/30/09
  Entry Fee: N/A
  Prize: $20,000 in prizes+Prestigeous Angie Award
  Contact: Kimberly Johnson
  www.newmysteries.org/submission
  sales@newmysteries.org
  Address: 101 Davies Street, Owensboro, KY 42302
  Festival Dates: June 17-27 2010
  Finalist will be notified Jan 2010 with national press coverage
  Must mail in submission
  
  
  Hackney Literary Awards
  
  Open to writers nationwide. Presented each year by the Birmingham-Southern College.
  Start Date: 6/27/09
  End Date: 9/30/09
  Prize: $5000 in prizes
  Entry Fee: $10,$15,$25
  Address: Hackney Literary Awards
  Birmingham Southern College
  P.O. Box 549066
  Birmingham, AL 35254
  www.bsc.edu/event/hackney
  hackneyawards@bsu.edu
  Must mail in submission
  
  
  Bad Kitty Contest
  
  Open to all writers published or unpublished
  Start Date: 9/1/09
  End Date: 11/1/09
  Entry Fee: $15
  Address: The Book Ladies, 541 Main St, Suite 101, Corona, CA 92880
  www.ivrwa.org/contest07.html
  badkittycontest@hotmail.com
  Final manuscript should be between 15k and 16k. All genres accepted.
  Jan 2010 finalist will be notified
  Feb 1 2010 Full manuscript required
  Mar 1 2010 Contest winner announced
  Submissions submitted by mail
  
  
  17th Annunal Boston Review Short Fiction Contest
  
  All writers eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student or close personal friend of a judge.
  Start Date: 5/29/09
  End Date: 10/1/09
  Prize: $1500
  Entry Fee: $20 US citizens
  Entry Fee: $30 International submissions
  Address: Short Story Contest
  35 Medford St Suite 302
  Somerville, MA 02143
  Tele: 617-591-0505
  Reg Link: www.bostonreview.net/submissions
  Email: review@bostonreview.net
  Stories must not exceed 4000 words, must be unpublished
  Entrants will recieve a year subscription to the boston review begining summer 2010.
  Winner will be announced May/June 2010 on the Boston Review website
  Submissions submitted by mail
  
  
  
  
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