Writing Contests

Here are a few the writing contests you can enter this spring.

2005 Pilgrimage Writing Award seeks true stories of hope in the midst of challenging times.
Cash prize
2,500 words max
$15 reading/entry fee
Deadline: July 1
For guidelines, go to:
http://pilgrimagepress.org/award.html


Middle English Literary Group of Tennessee seeks novellas for their annual contest.
40,000 words max
Cash prizes
$35 entry fee
Deadline: October 31
For guidelines, go to:
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Emiddleenglish/id1.html

FLASH US IN YOUR BRIEFS!
www.LongStoryShort.us
Do you have an excellent story anguishing in your files begging to be noticed? Dust it off, smooth its wrinkles, give it a final tweak and send it to Long Story Short -it might be worth a chunk of change! The topic? We'll leave that to you, creative soul that you are. Fiction, non-fiction, funny, sad, romantic--we'll read them all. Brevity is a virtue, and we intend to reward the best of the briefs with $50! Make it your best! Knock our shorts off. The deadline is April 25, and getting closer every day. Don't miss out, don't be the only one in your neighborhood not to enter. Get that story in the e-mail today! You'd be amazed at the relatively small number of entries most contests receive-- yours just might win! Follow the submission guidelines on our web site http://www.LongStoryShort.us and you could find your name and story published for all to see and revere. We'll also publish your bio and an interview with you. You'll be famous! Now who wouldn't want that?

The MFA Program in Creative Writing at California State University, Fresno, announces the 2005 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry. Winner receives $1500 prize and publication by Anhinga Press. Philip Levine will be the final judge.
Entry fee is $25.00
Deadline: September 15, 2005
For details go to
www.csufresno.edu/crwr for details,
or email
levineprize@listserv.csufresno.edu .