Subject: New FENCE contest: win a free trip with SUMMER LITERARY SEMINARS

Dear friend of FENCE,

Summer Literary Seminars (SLS: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www

.http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://sumlitsem.org) is announcing its annual 2009 unified (SLS-Italy, Lithuania, Kenya) literary contest, held this year in affiliation with Fence Magazine. Contest winners in the categories of fiction and poetry will have their work published in Fence, as well as the participating literary journals in Canada, Russia, Kenya, Italy, and Lithuania. Additionally, they will have the choice of attending (airfare, tuition, and housing included) any one of the SLS-09 programs — in Vasto, Abruzzo, Italy (May 15-30); Vilnius-Nida, Lithuania (July 20-August 4); or Nairobi-Lamu, Kenya (December). Contest Deadline: February 28, 2009.

Poetry Judge: Ann Lauterbach

Fiction Judge: Lynne Tillman.

Second-place winners will receive a full tuition waiver for the program of their choice, and third-place winners will receive a 50% tuition discount. A number of select contest participants, based on the overall strength of their work, will be offered tuition scholarships, as well, applicable to the SLS-09 programs. The complete guidelines for the 2009 contests are as follows:

-One short story or novel excerpt, maximum 25 pages per entry.

-No more than three poems per entry.

-Only previously unpublished work can be submitted.

Reading fee: $15 US. Entries can be submitted electronically, to: SLS Fiction Poetry Contest sls.contest@gmail.com. A $15 US reading fee must accompany each entry. Multiple entries are permissible, as long as they are accompanied by separate reading fees. Fees can paid paid online, via Paypal. Go to: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://sumlitsem.org/kenya/payments.aspx Online submissions and payments are much preferred, but if you would rather submit the hard copy and pay by check, the addresses are:

Entries from the US and other countries: Summer Literary Seminars Literary Contest PO Box 16 Brooklyn, NY 11222

From Canada: Summer Literary Seminars Literary Contest English Department Concordia University 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 Canada

-Include your complete contact information (address, telephone, email address) on the manuscript. Entries are not judged blind.

-All entrants will be notified of the winners in the spring by email.

-Cover letters are not required.

-Previous First-Place winners may not re-enter.

Do not hesitate to contact SLS with any questions, by e-mail: sls@http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://sumlitsem.org, or mike@http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://sumlitsem.org or by telephone: (514) 848-2424×4632.

Coal Hill is currently sponsoring a chapbook contest for its winter issue. I’d like to encourage any of you interested in submitting a chapbook, to check us out at www.coalhillreview.com and note the  guidelines. We’ll be considering single poems again for our spring issue.  The reading period for that will be after Jan. 1.  

–Coal Hill Review is an online journal and subsidiary imprint of Autumn House Press.

*Phoebe—A Journal of Literature and Art* announces its annual winter contests: The Winter Fiction Contest & The Greg Grummer Poetry Award *$1000 Prize and Publication* Entries must be postmarked December 1st, 2008 and must include a $15 reading fee. Fiction Judge: Benjamin Percy Poetry Judge: Bin Ramke Check our website: http://phoebejournal.com/?page_id=4<http://www.gmu.edu/pubs/phoebe/contests.htm>for more information on submission guidelines!

Dear Friends: *Lumina*, Sarah Lawrence College’s graduate literary journal of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, is accepting submissions for its 2009 issue and poetry contest, judged by Ilya Kaminsky. Deadline: November 15, 2008. For more information, visit slc.edu/lumina. Thank you for your attention. – the Lumina staff

ENTER TO WIN <https://narrativemagazine.com/2008-fall-fiction-contest> *Open to short stories, short shorts, and novel excerpts.* – First Place $3,000 – Second Place $1,500 – Third Place $750 – and ten finalists will each receive $100 – All entries will be considered for publication *Entry deadline: November 30.* STORY OF THE WEEK <http://narrativemagazine.com/node/280> | NARRATIVE PRIZE<http://narrativemagazine.com/narrative-prize>| ABOUT US <http://narrativemagazine.com/about-narrative> | A Nonprofit Publication of Narrative Press If you would like to leave our announcement list, you may do so here<http://narrativemagazine.com/unsubscribe?mail=pmk8@psu.edu&id=5787921660bc7816908081025d485d9d> .

Greetings from Lettre Sauvage! We are a small, family-run letterpress printing studio based in Santa Paula, California. We specialize in printing fine, limited edition broadsides, prints, and chapbooks and we have collaborated on work with writers such as Stephen Dunn, Anne Carson, Mark Irwin, Benjamin Jackson and Bill Rector. Our work has been included in the libraries of the University of Michigan, Brown University, the Getty Research Institute, UCLA Special Collections, and Electio Editions. This year we are hosting our first poetry contest. We ask that you kindly share the announcement for the contest with your faculty and students. If you have any questions about the contest or anything else, please feel free to contact us at info@lettresauvage.com. Warm regards, Fiona, Genevieve and Cameron FIRST ANNUAL LETTRE SAUVAGE POETRY CONTEST Judged by Mark Irwin, four-time Pushcart Prize winner and author of seven poetry collections, including White City, Bright Hunger, Tall If, and others. FIRST PRIZE Limited edition of 100 chapbooks Letterpress printed on fine paper SECOND PRIZE Limited edition of 75 broadsides A poem or excerpt selected by the judge Letterpress printed on fine paper SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Entries may include one collection of poems or a single longer poem. Limit 10-13 pages. $10 entry fee. For submissions or inquiries please e-mail info@lettresauvage.com. Deadline is November 1, 2008. Prizes will be announced February 13, 2009. Author retains rights to their work. Lettre Sauvage retains rights to book design. Visit Lettre Sauvage Editions for a sampling of our publications. ( www.lettresauvage.com) If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe <http://cts.vresp.com/u?5a4c7a0eb8/91725ca561/155295f>Lettre Sauvage 1310 Forest Drive Santa Paula, California 93060 Read <http://www.verticalresponse.com/content/pm_policy.html> the VerticalResponse marketing policy. <http://www.verticalresponse.com/landing/?mm/5a4c7a0eb8>

Call for Submissions Fiction Weekly is designed and dedicated to offering readers the best in new fiction 52 times a year. Our contributors come from a wide variety of backgrounds and include both established and previously unpublished authors. Fiction Weekly offers writers the opportunity to have their work showcased on the site for one week and featured on the homepage for three months. Unlike the majority of journals, Fiction Weekly accepts submissions via email, reads year round, and responds to submissions within 30 days. For more details, please visit us online. www.fictionweekly.com When people ask what you’ve been reading, we want to be the answer.

September is the month! — Don’t forget to submit your manuscript for The Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award in Poetry and The 2009 Charles B. Wheeler Prize! You are welcome to submit your manuscript for the 2009 Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award during the month of September, 2008. Each year, The Ohio State University Press and The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, assembles a readers’ committee of OSU poets and a final judge to select one full-length poetry manuscript for publication by OSU Press. The winner of this contest also receives The Charles B. Wheeler Prize, a $3,000 cash prize made possible by the generosity of the family of the late Professor Emeritus of the English Department. To qualify, manuscripts must be at least 48 typed pages of original poetry be postmarked during the month of September. Entries postmarked after September 30 will not be accepted. have two title pages: your name and other identifying information should appear on only one. As all identifying material is removed before manuscripts are passed to the Readers, your name should not appear anywhere in the body of the manuscript. Clear photocopies are acceptable. Manuscripts must be previously unpublished, but some or all of the poems in a collection may have appeared in periodicals, chapbooks, or anthologies. These publications must be identified on an acknowledgments page. Your manuscript should be accompanied by a nonrefundable handling fee of $25.00 (U.S. dollars) for each manuscript you submit. Check or money order should be payable to The Ohio State University. To receive confirmation that your manuscript has been received, please include a stamped, self-addressed postcard; to receive notification of Contest results, please include a stamped, self-addressed business envelope. OSU Press assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged manuscripts. Manuscripts cannot be returned. All entrants receive a one-year subscription (two issues) to The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University. The winning entry will be announced on the OSU Press web site by the end of January, 2009. For further information about the Contest, past winners, and rules for submission, please visit The Ohio State University Press web site: http://www.ohiostatepress.org/index.htm?/books/series%20pages/poetry.html 2007 Winner: Mark Svenvold, Empire Burlesque 2008 Winner: Andrew Grace, Shadeland Mail your submissions to: The Poetry Editor The Ohio State University Press 180 Pressey Hall 1070 Carmack Road Columbus OH 43210-1002

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