Classes, Contests, Workshops

ONGOING
Greensboro School of Creativity classes and workshops (various topics)
900 16th St, Greensboro, NC
www.greensboroschoolofcreativity.org  

ONGOING through December 2011
Writers on the Net various classes
Creative Non-fiction and the Personal Essay, Picture Book Workshop, Writing Short Story, Travel Writing, Write from Your Spirit, Autobiography, Exploring the Publishing Frontier, Introduction to Poetry, Writing the First Novel, and more!
Click here for more information 

ONGOING Third Wednesday, 7:30 pm
Men's notebook writers group
924 Carr St, Greensboro
Contact Don Gaston (dgaston1@triad.rr.com) for details.

January 21, North Carolina Poetry Society Winter Meeting
Afternoon worksops with Lola Haskins and Kevin Watson
Weymouth Center, Southern Pines
www.ncpoetrysociety.org

March 17,  22nd Southern Writers Symposium
Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St. Fayetteville, NC
For more information: bjernigan@methodist.edu

April 15,  1:30-3:30 p.m.
Katherine Soniat will conduct a workshop sponsored by the NC Poetry Society on how to write poem about place/travel that include personal experience.
Limited to 25; registration deadline is Apr.1st.
Fees: $15 to NCPS members; $25 to non-members.  Send payment to Grace Ocasio, 7800 Meadowdale Lane, Charlotte, NC 28212.

Contests

Deadline: December 22
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA CONTESTS
Reading fee: $5-20
Prize: $250-2500 plus publication. Individual poem, chapbook, full length poetry manuscript. Sponsor: Poetry Society of America, 15 Gramercy Park, New York, NY 10003.
Details: http://www.society.org/psa/awards/annual/individual/

Deadline: December 22.
ROBERT H. WINNER MEMORIAL AWARD
Reading fee: $15 for 10 short poems, 20 pages max.
Top Prize: $2500. Sponsor: Poetry Society of America, 15 Gramercy Park, New York, NY 10003. Details: http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/individual/
Top Prize: $2500. Sponsor: Poetry Society of America, 15 Gramercy Park, New York, NY 10003. Details: http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/individual/

Deadline: December 30 
MERIDIAN EDITORS' PRIZE 
Reading fee: $8 /story or 4 poems
 Prize: $1000. Sponsor: Meridian, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400145, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4145.
Details: http://readmeridian.org/?page_id=47  
  
Deadline:  December 31 
TUPELO PRESS DORSET PRIZE  
Reading fee: $28. Length: manuscript-48-88 pages.
Prize: $3,000.  
Sponsor: Tupelo Press, P.O. Box 539, Dorset, Vermont 05251.  
Details: http://www.tupelopresorg/dorset.php

Deadline: December 31 
Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers
Prize: $1500 plus publication. Short fiction, no length limit. Sponsor: Boulevard Journal, PMB 325, 6614 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117.
  
Deadline: December 31.
Pavement Saw Press Chapbook Award
Reading fee: $15 (snail mail), $21(e-mail).   
Prize: $500 plus publication and 50 copies. Poetry chapbook, 32 pages max. Sponsor: Pavement Saw Press, P.O. Box 6291, Columbus, OH 43206.  
Details: http://www.pavementsaw.org/pages/chapcontest.htm 

Deadline: December 31.  
Tampa Review Prize for Poetry
Reading fee: $20/entry.  
Prize: $1000 plus royalties.
Poetry manuscript. 48 pages minimum, 60-100 pages preferred. Sponsor: University of Tampa Press, 401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33606-1490.
Details: http://tampareview.ut.edu/tr_prize.html  
  
Deadline: December 31
Cream City Review prizes for fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction.
Reading fee: $15/ story or 3-5 poems.  
Prize: $1000 Sponsor: Cream City Review (The), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of English, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201. 
Details: http://www.creamcityreview.org/submit/#contests

Deadline: December 31. 
H. E. FRANCIS AWARD SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Reading fee: $15/story. Prize: $1000. Short fiction, 5000 words max. Sponsor: University of Alabama-Huntsville, Department of English, Huntsville, AL 35899.  
Details: http://www.uah.edu/colleges/liberal/english/hefranciscontest/

Deadline: December 31.
KURT VONNEGUT FICTION PRIZE
Reading fee: $18/story. Prize: $1000/100/50 plus publication. Short fiction, 7000 words max. Sponsor: North American Review, University of Iowa, 1222 West 27th Street, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0516.
Details: http://webdelsol.com/NorthAmReview/NAR/NAR/%Vonnegut20Fiction%20Prize.html
(Contest guides dated. Contact before submitting 

Deadline: January 1, 2012 
L. RON HUBBARD'S WRITERS OF THE FUTURE CONTEST
Reading fee: Free.  
Prize: $1000/750/500 plus publication and trip to award ceremony in Seattle.
Short fiction, 17,000 words max. Theme: sci-fi, fantasy or horror. Sponsor: Author
Services, Inc., P.O. Box 1630, Los Angeles, CA 90078.
Details: http://www.writersofthefuture.com/contest-rules  

Deadline: January 2
GLIMMER TRAIN PRESS FICTION OPEN
Reading fee: $20/story.
Prize: $2000/1000/600 plus publication. Short fiction, 20,000 words max. Sponsor: Glimmer Train Press, Inc., 1211 NW Glisan Street, Suite 207, Portland, OR 97209. Details: http://www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html 

Deadline: January 14.
COLORADO PRIZE FOR POETRY
Reading fee: $25/entry.
Prize: $1500 plus publication. Poetry manuscript, 40-100 pages. Sponsor: Center for Literary Publishing, Department of English, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
Details:
http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-prize-for-poetry/
 
Deadline: January 15
Winston-Salem Writers, Winston -Salem, is accepting entries for its 10-minute play contest. Three winning entries will have their play read before an audience during a staged reading in spring 2012, and will receive feedback from the audience and readers. Entries must be original and unpublished with no more than five characters. Entry fee applies.
For more information: http://www.wswriters.org/

Deadline January 15, 2012
G.S. Sharat Prize for Short Fiction
John Ciardi Prize for Poetry
For book length collections
Submission Fee: $25 for each contest
Prize:  $1000 and publication
www.umkc.edu/bkmk/poetry.html

Deadline: January 15.
LEVIS READING POETRY PRIZE
Reading fee: FREE. Length: published book/ 48 pages or more. Prize: $1500. This is for an author's 1st or 2nd book of poetry and can be entered by the author. Sponsor: VCU Dept. of English, P.O. Box 842005, Richmond, VA 23284-2005, Details: http://www.has.vcu.edu/eng/resources/levis_prize/levis_prize.htm
 
Deadline: January 15.
William Matthews Poetry Prize
Reading fee: $20. Length: 1-3 poems, any length, theme, style. Prize: $1000/250. Sponsor: Asheville Poetry Review, PO Box 7086, Asheville, NC 28802. Details: http://www.ashevillepoetryreview.com/ 
  
Deadline: January 16
N.C. Writers Network Rose Post Creative Nonfiction contest.
Fee: $10 for NCWN members; $12 to non-members. 
Prizes:  $300, $200, $100
Submissions should be  mailed to:North Carolina Writers' Network,Attn: Rose Post Competition, PO Box 21591,Winston-Salem, NC27120. Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers' Network. Winners will be announced in March. Visit www.ncwriters.org for complete guidelines.

Deadline: January 30, 2012
2012 Fish Anthology
Fee: $20
Award: $2,800 / Best 10 published in 2012 Fish Anthology
Judge is David Shields, author of Reality Hunger. Online submission; for more information visit website.

Deadline: January 30.  
THOMAS WOLFE FICTION PRIZE
Reading fee: $25 ($15 for members).
Prize: $1000. Short fiction, 12 double-spaced pages max. Sponsor: North Carolina Writers Network, c/o Davidson College, P.O. Box 7096, Davidson, NC 28035.
Details: http://www.ncwriters.org/programs-and-services/competitions/26-thomas-wolfe-fiction-prize

Deadline: January 31
Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award
Submit 48-84 pages of poetry.
Fee: $22 ($27 and receive copy of winning book)
Prize: $1000 and 50 copies of book
 www.mainstreetrag.com/PoBkCont.html 

Deadline January 31, 2012
Poetry of the Sacred-The Merton Institute
Send one poem no more than 100 lines
Fee: $15
Prizes: $500; 3 honorable mentions of $100
www.mertoninstitute.org

Deadline: January 31. 
Grayson Books Poetry Chapbook Competition
Reading fee: $15/entry.
Prize: $500 plus 50 copies. Poetry chapbook, 16-24 pages. Sponsor: Grayson Books, P.O. Box 270549, West Hartford, CT 06127.
Details: http://www.graysonbooks.com

Deadline: February 1, 2012
The Charlotte Writers' Club is accepting submissions for the Anthony Abbott Undergraduate Poetry Competition For North Carolina full-time or part-time undergraduate students.
www.charlottewritersclub.org

Deadline Feburary 1, 2012
North Carolina Poetry Society contests
Submit one poem per category
Guidelines and submission fees vary.
Prizes: Various
www.ncpoetrysociety.org

Deadline February 29, 2012 (Postmark)
2012 McCloy-Mystery Writers of America Scholarship Competition
Prizes: 2 writers receive up to $500 each for tuition and fees for writing courses, workshops, seminars or other live (not online) programs.
Chaired by WGOT member Chris Roerden
Entry fee: none

www.mysterywriters.org (click "McCloy" in the sidebar)

Deadline March 31st, 2012
The 2012 Press 53 Open Awards is open for entries in the following categories:
-- Poetry (submit 3 poems to be judged and published as a group. Three poems equal one entry. 10 pages max. No word count needed.)
-- Flash Fiction (fiction up to 1500 words)
-- Short Story (fiction of 1501-5000 words)
-- Creative Nonfiction (up to 5000 words)
-- Novella (fiction of 12,000 to 25,000 words

http://www.press53.com/OpenAwards_2012.html

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