Jerry Jazz Musician No Fee Fiction Contest

Deadline: September 30th, 2009

Website: http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=fictioncontest.html

Type: Contest

Entry Fee: No fee

Prize: $100

Looking for: Fiction that is original, previously unpublished work of approximately one - five thousand words.

Accepts: email submissions.

From their site:

Three times a year, Jerry Jazz Musician awards a writer who submits, in our opinion, the best original, previously unpublished work of approximately one - five thousand words. The winner will be announced via a special mailing of our Jerry Jazz Musician newsletter. Publishers, artists, musicians and interested readers are among those who subscribe to the newsletter. Additionally, the work will be published on the home page of Jerry Jazz Musician and featured there for at least four weeks.

The Jerry Jazz Musician reader has interests in music, social history, literature, politics, art, film and theatre, particularly that of the counter-culture of mid-twentieth century America. Your writing should appeal to a reader with these characteristics.

Writer Residency

Soapstone in Oregon is now accepting applications for 1 - 4 week residencies

From their site:

We will be accepting applications postmarked between July 1 and August 1, 2009 for residencies starting November 2009 to November 2010.

Information about our residency program can be found at www.soapstone.org.

Application forms can be downloaded at

www.soapstone.org/apply_pages/index.html.

Be sure to check out the link "Is Soapstone for You?"

Call for Poetry Book Submissions

Tupelo Press Open Submissions Month for Poetry

Deadline: July 31st, 2009

Website: www.tupelopress.org

Type: Poetry Book

Reading Fee: $25

Looking for: Book Length Poetry Collections, 48-90 pages

Accepts: Electronic Submissions

From their site:

Throughout July, Tupelo Press will hold open submissions for book-length poetry collections (48-90 pages). Aware of the current economy, we have reduced our reading fee from $35 to $25. We also now accept electronic submissions, which saves on photocopying and postage, via a special transfer site. This ensures correct formatting and provides automatic receipts and a log-in option to check the status of your manuscript. We will continue to accept submissions by postal mail as well.

Historically Tupelo Press has granted contracts each year to three to five poetry books submitted in July, for example Ted Deppe's ORPHEUS ON THE RED LINE, Karen An-hwei Lee's ARDOR, Mark Halliday's KEEP THIS FOREVER, Ellen Doré Watson's THIS SHARPENING, and Michael Chitwood's SPILL. Tupelo Press editors will read all manuscripts.

In addition to July's open submissions for poetry, fiction and nonfiction manuscripts are welcome year-round. Click here and scroll down to view the complete Submissions Guidelines for fiction and nonfiction.

See the Submissions tab on our website for complete guidelines.

Maternal Spark webzine seeks flash fiction from writing moms

Deadline: Ongoing

Type: Call for Submissions

Website: http://maternalspark.com/wp/?page_id=336

Looking for: Flash Fiction - No more than 500 words from moms or pregnant women only

Accepts: E-mail Submissions

From their site:

Maternal Spark is now accepting Flash Fiction submissions. Pieces should be no more than 500 words and must be a complete story from beginning to end with characters and a plot. Please note that while Maternal Spark is all about Creative Motherhood – your flash fiction can be about whatever topic you like. In fact, I encourage you to write about something other than Motherhood.

Please copy and paste your flash into the body of an email and send it to: heddy.e[at]gmail[dot]com

Include: Name, email address, link to your blog or website and short, 50 word bio.

Use the subject line “Flash Fiction“.

At this time, Maternal Spark is only accepting the writing of Moms. If you are not a mom (or pregnant) – I’m sorry you’ll have to try again later.

You will receive a response to your submission within 60 days. Please don’t worry about technical details too much. I’m really just looking for great stories.

I look forward to reading your work. Submit away!

The New York Songwriters Circle 2009 Songwriting Contest DL 10/1/09

Calling all songwriters!

Deadline: Submissions deadline is October 1st, 2009. All mail in submissions must be postmarked by September 23rd, 2009 to qualify.

Website: http://www.songwriters-circle.com/2009_about.htm

Type: Songwriting Contest

Submission Fee: $30 per one song submission / $50 per three song submission.

Prize: Over $25,000 in cash and prizes

From their site:

The New York Songwriters Circle | The 2009 Songwriting Contest: "With over $25,000 in cash and prizes, more opportunities and more great music then ever before we are excited to welcome you to the 2009 Songwriting Contest. With the most recent success of past winners Kate Voegele, Company Of Thieves and Mieka Pauley, we are once again on the search for the best songwriters out there today.

Submissions are now being accepted from songwriters worldwide in all musical genres. Whether submitting online or via mail, click here to submit your music.

All song submissions must be in English.

Our list of judges, prizes and sponsors is constantly growing so keep checking back for the latest updates.

All entrants receive a complimentary 6-month MoB membership to Broadjam.com (a $25 value)

Family Circle Fiction Writing Contest: DL Aug 31

http://www.parents.com/family-life/fitness/stress-relaxation/fiction-contest-winners/?page=12

Deadline: August 31st, 2009

Type: Contest

Reading Fee: None

Prize: One grand prize winner will receive $750, publication in Family Circle, a certificate for one online mediabistro.com course (valued at up to $610), and a one-year mediabistro.com AvantGuild membership ($49 value). Two runners-up will each receive $250 and a one-year
mediabistro.com AvantGuild membership ($49 value), and will have his or her story published on familycircle.com.

Looking for: Short fiction up to 2500 words

Accepts: Snail mail submissions

See the parents.com website for further details on the contest.

Juked fiction and poetry contest: DL Aug 31

http://www.juked.com/prize/

Deadline: August 31, 2009

Type: Contest

Entry Fee: $10 per entry. There is no limit on the number of entries you
may submit.

Prize: First prize for each genre: $500 and publication in our upcoming print issue, Juked #7.

Looking for: Previously unpublished fiction and poetry

Accepts: Simultaneous submissions are fine, but notify us immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere. Submit by Snail Mail or Email.

From their site:

Fiction: send one story per entry. There is no length requirement.

Poetry: send up to five poems (no more than ten pages total) per entry.

We are currently accepting entries for our 2009 JukedFiction and Poetry Prizes. Winners in each of the genres will receive $500 and publication in print issue #7. Our final judges this year are Dan Chaon (fiction) and Dora Malech (poetry). This year we will also accept electronic submissions to help everyone cut down on costs.

Current and former students of the judges are not eligible to compete.

Include a cover page with your name, address, e-mail, telephone number and the title(s) of your story or poems. Do not put your name anywhere else on the manuscript.

We will notify via e-mail;do not include an SASE.

Results will be announced in October 2009.

See website for more details on how to submit.