Tanka Contest Deadline: Oct. 30, 2009

Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts
8th Tanka Poetry Contest

Submission Period: Deadline: 10/30/09

Eligible Entry: unpublished tanka

Open to: high school students

Entry Fee: none indicated

Prize: 100 winners will receive a certificate, 10,000 yen in card for buying books, and a copy of the whole collection of winning poems

Tanka Contest Deadline: Oct. 10, 2009

Lyrical Passion Poetry Ezine
World Tanka Contest

Submission Period: Deadline: 10/10/09

Eligible Entry: previously unpublished tanka

Open to: No restrictions indicated

Entry Fee: $2/tanka or $7/5 tanka

Prize: 1st Place Prize - $ 120.00 (US) & Certificate
2nd $ 50.00
3rd $ 20.00

Student Poetry Contest Deadline: Dec. 10, 2009

Creative Communication
Poetry Contest

Submission Period: Deadline: 12/10/09

Eligible Entry: original poem of 21 lines or less

Open to: students in grades K-12 in the United States or Canada

Entry Fee: none indicated in the guidelines

Prize: $50 savings bond, publication in an anthology, a free copy of the anthology

Poetry & Fiction Contest Deadline: Feb. 15, 2010

Gertrude Press
Poetry and Fiction Chapbook Contest

Submission Period: 8/01/09 - 2/15/10

Eligible Entry: 16-20 pages of poetry or fiction, any subject matter

Open to: no restrictions indicated

Entry Fee: $15

Prize: $50 cash award50 complimentary copies of the chapbook

Poetry Chapbook Contest Deadline: Sept. 30,2009

Margie The Literary Magazine
"Auntie Anne" Poetry Book Award Contest

Submission Period: Deadline: 09/30/09

Eligible Entry: unpublished manuscript of 48-64 pages of poetry

Open to: no restrictions indicated

Entry Fee: $25

Prize: $1,000 plus 100 author copies of the book

Poem Contest Deadline: Sept. 30, 2009

Margie The American Journal of Poetry
The 8th Annual Poetry Contest

Submission Period: Deadline: 09/30/09

Eligible Entry: 3 unpublished poems, 60 lines of less for each poem

Open to: no restricitons indicated

Entry Fee: $15 for 3 poems; $5 for each additional poem

Prize: $1,000

Novel, Poem, and Short Story Contests Deadline: Nov. 30, 2009 (Sept. 30 for Novels)

Birmingham-Southern College
Hackney Literary Awards

Submission Period: Deadline: 11/30/09; 09/30/09 for novels

Eligible Entry: short stories- 5,000 words or less; poetry- 50 lines or less

Open to: writers in the United States

Entry Fee: novels- $25; short stories- $15; poetry- $10

Prize: national and state prizes
1st place: $600
2nd place: $400
3rd place: $250