Let's just dive right in:
Robert Frost Poetry Festival Haiku Contest: Accepts 3-line haiku, 17 syllables or less. Entry fee of $10 covers three haiku. There will be prizes of $100/$50/$25, plus two Honorable Mentions. Postmark deadline is March 23rd.
Poets Contest Corner Poetry Competition: An online fledgling poetry contest. There will be a $200 top prize, plus two $50 runner up prizes. Submit up to 3 poems per $5 entry fee (unpublished poems only). Deadline is Feb 28th, and the winners will be posted the next week. It doesn't look like the judges want haiku or tanka, judging from the poll posted below the guidelines, but be sure to check it out and let them know what you think.
Words Magazine Short Story Competition: This page lists all of the magazine's 2009 contests. The current contest closes March 30th, and the theme is "Murder." There is no entry fee and a top prize of £100. No simultaneous submissions, but you can send as many entries (up to 2000 words each) as you want by email. The guidelines don't mention whether the stories have to be unpublished or not.
I've had so little time to write or even submit here lately. I'm really starting to feel some frustration. I hope I'll have a bit of time next week, although the first half of it will be full of grading.
ReplyDeletegrading - yuck. doesn't sound too fun. you should definitely make time for something lighter, like writing or submitting.
ReplyDeleteterm papers
the professor jots a poem
in red ink
greg,
ReplyDeletejust wanted to drop off this senryu...
new girlfriend
the slow rotations of
a merry-go-round
ed
nice one, Ed -- thanks! just opened the new Modern Haiku and was disappointed not to see your name in it....
ReplyDeletegreg,
ReplyDeletethe most recent published material of mine is a haibun titled
"portfolio," in the current issue of simply haiku.
ed
unemployment
office
the
frayed
borders
of
an
american
flag
greg,
ReplyDeletethe most recent published material of mine is a haibun titled
"portfolio," in the current issue of simply haiku.
ed
unemployment
office
the
frayed
borders
of
an
american
flag
Ed - I like "unemployment office," that one's going in my list of favorite haikus. and "portfolio" is good, too... awesome juxtaposition between the harvest moon and empty cupboard.
ReplyDeletegreg,
ReplyDeletea senryu for my uncle who passed on earlier this week.
ed
bookie's
funeral
we
place
bets
on
who's
next
well, one more...
ReplyDeletegambler's
wake
the
caterer
pays
his
debt
my uncle won the catering company from the guy in a high stakes poker game. then, he hired the guy to work for him. my uncle was a pro.
Ed,
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for your loss. he sounds like he would have been an interesting guy to know.