LITERAL LATTE ESSAY AWARDS

Details: http://www.literal-latte.com/contests.html

FIRST PRIZE: $1,000
SECOND: $300
THIRD: $200
GUIDELINES:

1. Send Unpublished Essays, 6,000 Word Max. All styles and subjects welcome.
2. Postmark By Sept 15, 2003.
3. Name, Address, Telephone Number--On Cover Page Only.
4. Include Self Addressed Stamped Envelope or Email Address for reply
5. Include $10 Reading Fee Per Essay OR, $15 Includes Fee For 1
Story, PLUS A 1Year Subscription ($25 international, international entries
must be in US dollars).
All Entries Considered For Publication

Include Check or Money Orders made out to Literal Latte
Or include Visa/MC/American Express Number & Expiration Date.
LITERAL LATTE ESSAY AWARDS, 61 EAST 8TH STREET, SUITE 240, NYC 10003

New York Stories Fiction Prize
2003 Submission Guidelines

New York Stories is offering $500 and publication for First Prize and $250
for Second Prize and consideration for publication in its Fiction Prize
Competition. The First Prize Winner will appear in the Winter 2003 issue. Second Prize
and five Honorable Mention winners will be cited as well. New York Stories
appears three times a year (Winter, Spring and Summer). This is our sixth annual
competition. Previous winners were D. Sulaitis for "Cave" (Spring 1999
issue), Susan Thomas for "Dangers of Descent" (Winter 2000,) Dylan Landis for
"Restitution" (Winter 2001), D. B. Wells "Leap" (Spring 2002) and Kevin Ching, "The
Prettiest Girl I've Ever Seen" (Summer 2003) Copies of any of our back issues
are available at $4.95 each. Stories may not exceed 6500 words. Each
submission should be accompanied by a separate, non-refundable check for $15 payable to
New York Stories. Manuscripts cannot be returned. Stories may not have been
published in, or accepted by, any other publication. Please include name,
address, phone number (and e-mail address, if available). Please write New York
Stories Fiction Prize on the outer envelope and the title page. Include an SASE
for contest results. If you would also like to pre-order a copy of the Winter
2004 issue at a special rate, add $5 to the submission fee. The deadline for
the submission is Sept 15, 2003. Send entries to: New York Stories Fiction Prize
English Dept, E-103
LaGuardia Community College/CUNY
31-10 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101

Springfield Writers' Guild 10th Annual Literary Awards
2003 Contest

The Springfield Writers' Guild invites all writers to enter their 2003
Writing Contest, for their 10th Annual Literary Awards. This year there are 16
categories, for both published and unpublished works.



Jim Stone Grand Prize Memorial Awards
1. Poetry - any subject, any form Limit: 50 lines
2. Fiction - any subject Limit: 1,500 words
3. Non-fiction - any subject Limit: 1,500 words
These first three categories compose the Jim Stone Grand Prize Memorial
Awards. Awards are $100 for first place in each category, and two honorable
mentions per category. All winners also receive a certificate. Entry fee for these
three categories is $2 per entry. Up to 3 entries each are allowed in categories
1, 2, and 3. Entries for these categories can be either published or
unpublished.

New Categories
4. Published Prose or Poetry - not self-published
5. Self-published prose or poetry
Categories 4 and 5 are brand new categories. Entries can be a single item, or
a book up to 100 pages long. Entry fees: $1 per entry. Unlimited entries are
allowed in either category.

Unpublished Prose
6. Short Story - any genre
7. Humor - any subject
8. Essay/Opinion Piece - any subject
9. Nostalgia/Reminiscence - any subject
10. Article - any subject
Categories 6 through 10 must be UNPUBLISHED. Maximum word count for each of
these categories is 1,000 words. Entry fee: $1 per entry. Unlimited entries
allowed in each category.

Unpublished Poetry
11. Rhyming - any subject, any style
12. Child's Verse - any style
13. Comic Verse - any subject, any style
14. Free Verse - any subject
15. Haiku - nature theme, standard 5-7-5 syllables
Categories 11 through 15 must be UNPUBLISHED. Maximum of one page for each
category. Entry fee: $1 per entry. Unlimited entries allowed in each category.

Photography
16. Photography - any subject, color or black and white
Category 16 is a new category. Entry fee is $1 per entry, with unlimited
entries allowed. Entries can be either published or unpublished.

AWARDS FOR CATEGORIES 4 through 16: $20 for 1st place, $10 for 2nd place, $5
for 3rd place, one honorable mention per category. All winners receive a
certificate.

ADDITIONAL CONTEST RULES
1. All entries must be the original work of the contestant. Do not enter the
same entry in more than one category. Note: No entrant will win more than one
award per category, regardless of the number of entries.

2. All manuscripts just be typed on 8 1/2 x 11" paper, standard manuscript
form with prose entries double-spaced and poetry single-spaced. All entries,
except Haiku, must have a title.
3. Place category name and number, and the number of words for prose entries,
in the upper left corner of the first page of each entry. Do NOT put your
name on the entry. Include a cover sheet with the category name and number, your
name, address and telephone number, the title of your piece, and the first
line of your entry.
4. Keep all originals. No copies of literary entries will be returned. No
entries/winners will be published.
5. Photograph Rules:
a. All photographs must be taken by the entrant.
b. Size: snapshot up to 8 x 10". Each photo must have a caption or title
written on the back. Do not put your name on the photo.
c. The digital enhancement of photos will not be allowed.
d. Include a cover sheet with entrant's name, address, telephone and/or
email, and list of title (s) or caption (s) of each photo entered. No limit of
entries. No photo will be returned without SASE with sufficient postage. Not
responsible for lost or damaged photos.
6. Winners will be announced and awards will be presented at the Springfield
Writers' Guild meeting on October 25, 2003 at the Heritage Cafeteria, 1364 E.
Battlefield, Springfield, MO. Winners not able to attend will be notified
during the first week of November.
7. DEADLINE. All entries must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2003.
SWG will not be responsible for misdirected or postage-due mail.
8. For a complete list of winners, include a SASE with your entry.
9. Mailing: Include a check or money order for entry fee (s) payable to
Springfield Writers' Guild.

Mail entries and check or money order to:
Mary West
1805 W. Calhoun
Springfield, MO 65802.
For any questions about the contest, email Mary West at <maryiwest@juno.com>.

Deadline is October 1, 2003 for all categories.
 

Recipes Wanted

Payment is $5 per recipe and one of the below e-books, plus byline. It's your chance to share a bit of your family history with others! We want original, new recipes and stories for our parent center!

Do you have a special story to go along with a family recipe? Keep it under 500 words, plus your family recipe. We want original, never before seen recipes.

We want FAST, FUN, HEALTHY recipes. Under 10 ingredients that can be put together in under 30 minutes and cooked within another 30 minutes.

No frying. No caffeine. No Chocolate. Not high in fats or cholesterol. Keep spices to a minimal. The more healthy, the better. Something that kids will actually eat!

Send essay and recipe in the body of an email.

dabblingmum@yahoo.com

Call for Submissions

The Monterey Bay Poetry Press is pleased to announce plans for an Anthology
of Monterey Bay Poetry to be published in the Spring of 2004. Deadline for
submissions is February 15, 2004. If you are a poet who has lived or continues to
live in the Monterey Bay Area, please submit 1-5 of your best poems
(previously published is fine) for possible inclusion to:

Anthology of Monterey Bay Poetry
Editor, Ryan Masters
140 18th Street
Pacific Grove, CA 93950

Thirteenth Annual Editors' Prize in Fiction & Essay and
the seventh annual Missouri Review
Larry Levis Editors' Prize in Poetry

$2,000 Fiction | $2,000 Poetry | $2,000 Essay

One winner and three finalists will be chosen in each category.
Winners will be published and finalists announced in the following spring's
issue of The Missouri Review.
Finalists in all categories will receive a minimum of $100, or consideration
for publication at regular rates.

Complete Guidelines
(No other information is needed to enter)

Page restrictions: 25 typed, double-spaced, for fiction and nonfiction.
Poetry entries can include any number of poems up to 10 pages. Each story or
essay constitutes one entry.

Entry fee: $15 for each entry (checks made payable to The Missouri Review).
Each fee entitles entrant to a one-year subscription to TMR, an extension of
a current subscription, or a gift subscription (a $7 savings from the regular
subscription price). Please indicate your choice and enclose a complete
address for subscriptions.

Entries must be clearly addressed to: Missouri Review Editors' Prize, 1507
Hillcrest Hall, UMC, Columbia, MO 65211. Outside of the envelope must be
marked "Fiction," "Essay," or "Poetry." Each entry in each category must be mailed
in a separate envelope.

Enclose an index card with author's name, address, and telephone number in
the left corner--and the work's title in the center of the card if fiction or
essay. This information should also be included on the first page of the
submission.

Entries must be previously unpublished and will not be returned. Enclose #10
SASE for announcement of winners only.

Deadline: Entries postmarked by 15 October 2003

Call for Memoirs by Latino/a Writers

Now seeking ambassadors of the heart, voyagers of the soul. Destination: a
collection of memoir essays written by high school and college-aged Latínos
and Latínas. Join us on a voyage to gather original, unpublished works that
reflect actual life experiences of the authors. These accounts will offer
insights and reflections to an audience of other young adults.

We are seeking essays rich with resonant, physical detail and firmly rooted
in a sense of both place and time. Use your words to illustrate an
important life story and become part of the new generation of Latíno voices
in America. We are looking for writers who can talk in tongues – speaking the languages of experience, dreams, disappointments, successes – to be published in a ground-breaking anthology telling how it is today in the post-Chicano Movement era.