Alligator Juniper National Writing Contest

A $10 entry fee gets you a chance at a $500 first prize for your fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and/or black and white fine arts photography. Make sure your entry is postmarked by October 1, 2007 for the Summer 2008 issue. Go to the Alligator Juniper website for complete contest guidelines.

Third Annual InnermoonLit Award for Best Short-Short Story

The deadline for this no-fee contest is September 1st, 2007 at 11:59 PM. The award for the winner is $100, 2nd place award is $50. Go to the InnermoonLit website for complete contest guidelines.

Critiquing Poetry

It's hard to be objective about your own work. Gwyneth Box has compiled these guidelines to help tighten up and strengthen your poetry before you submit it.

Love Poem Contest

There's no entry fee for this contest, the deadline's not until September 30, 2007, and the prize is $100 cash. So what's the catch? The submission must be a love poem, either serious or humorous, fictional or not, and the first letter of each line must spell out a word.

Interview with Literary Agent

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett has a great online interview series and recently spoke with New York literary agent Dorian Karchmar. The interview contains excellent insider information on how agents work, what it takes to get your work read. Take a listen to the interview here: Writers on Writing: Dorian Karchmar

Trying to Find an Agent?

Avoid the common pitfalls of finding an agent. Pay attention to these tips offered by writer and editor Natalie R. Collins and you're sure to make your path to getting published easier to follow.

"The Editor's Prize" Best Poem Contest

August 31, 2007 is the submission deadline for the Margie Review's Best Poem Contest. Grand Prize is $1000 and publication in Margie Volume 6. Margie will publish all 12 finalist poems. Submit an entry fee of $15 for 3 unpublished poems, each up to 60 lines in length. Additional poems may be submitted for $5 each.