- love poem contest: Conceit Magazine
- multicategory literary contest: Soul-Making Literary Competition
- call for science poetry
- call for submissions: Tattoo Highway
- call for Latino/Latina writing: Quercus Review
- 21st Century Howlers: A New Generation Jazz and Blues Anthology
- call for submissions: Wicked Alice
- call for poems from writers in MS, AL, LA, TN or AR (Middle South US)
- story/nonfiction/poetry contest: Inland Empire CWC
- poetry and short story contest: Central Coast Writers
- Serena McDonald Kennedy Award
- Best of the Best Ebook Contest
- Exact Change Only
- Mattia Family International Poetry Competition
- The Writer's Center Emerging Writer Fellowships
- Hint Fiction
- West Branch
- Whitefish Review (Deadline 10/15/09)
- novelist sought: Anderbo.com
- The Front Range Review
- call for submissions: Chicagoland Poets
- poetry contest: Narrative Magazine
- first poetry book contest for women poets: Kore Press
- contest for poems in traditional form: Morton Marr Poetry Prize
- poetry contest for Illinois poets: Brooks Open Mic Awards
- essay contest: Real Simple
- horror fiction story contest: Garden State Horror Writers
- illinois emerging writers competition
- fiction contest: Esquire
- Poets & Writers Database of Small Presses and Publishers
- inspirational true stories sought: Kiwi Publishing
- poetry chapbook contest for Pennsylvania poets
- student (high school or college) essay contest: The Nation
- survivors of domestic abuse fiction anthology seeks submissions
- new online journal of women's poetry seeks submissions
- Upstart Magazine Seeking Poetry Submissions
- call for submissions: Inertia Magazine
- Snake Nation Press Contests
- submissions call: Stone's Throw Magazine
- online submissions call: Dossier Journal
- Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories Children’s Book Contest
- Readerjack.com Awards Listing Page
- fellowships for artists and writers: Vermont Studio Center
- haiku chapbook contest: Turtle Light Press
- call for submissions: The Other Journal
- Comedy Script Contest
- 2009 Philip Levine Poetry Book Prize
- 2009 Annual PWP Writing Contest
- Palabra
- *Room* magazine (for women writers)
- *The Southern Review*
- *The Georgia Review*
- *The Danforth Review*
- *Presence* Poetry Contest
- fiction and poetry contest: Juked
- 2009 Silver Screenwriting Competition Call For Submissions
- call for submissions: Sakura Review
- nonfiction book contest (social justice focus): Benu Press
- Hub City Project (Carolinas only)
- "silver lining" contest: Redbook and Adams Media
- call for submissions: Los Angeles Review
- contest in poetry and prose: Tiferet
- call for submissions: Platte Valley Review
- The Writer’s Travel Scholarship
- The Shine Journal Poetry Contest
- call for submissions: Inertia Magazine
- poetry reading series seeks applicants: Joaquin Miller Cabin Poetry Series
- competition for Washington, DC resident writers
- for South Carolina resident poets: SC Poetry Initiative
- A Midwest Novel Competition
- MoJo #2--Submissions wanted
- call for poems: protestpoems.org
- call for papers on African-American Literature: Street Cred
- Nonfiction Market: Black Warrior Review
- Call for Submissions: Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
- Dead of Winter Nonfiction Contest
- Call for Scripts, Screenplays: Horror, Comedy, Drama
- poetry chapbook contest (regional US south): Longleaf Press
- 95Notes Literary Magazine
- Poetry society of new hampshire
- Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship
- Blue Sky Project Artist-in-Residence Program
- call for submissions: Fifth Wednesday
- college fiction contest: Playboy
- contest for a second book by an African-American poet
- Call for African American Essays
- call for poetry submissions: Woodrow Hall Editions
- Call for Submissions for New Anthology
- POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE National Contests
- Short fiction contest: Write2Help.org
- 2009 BlueCat Screenplay Contest CALL FOR ENTRIES
- creative writing scholarships: Arkansas Tech University
- If Poetry Journal
- The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest
- Publish Your Letter to President Obama
- call for submissions: American Diversity Report
- call for submissions: River Poets Journal
- call for submissions: Shape of a Box - Spoken Word Artists
- call for submissions: Oregon Literary Review
- call for submissions: MO: Writings from the River
- Santa Clara Review Call for Submissions
- Poetry Cemetery
- Amoskeag Call for Submissions
- Stone’s Throw Magazine
- Switchgrass Books
- Call for Stories about Mom
- call for political poems: Protest Poems Org
- story call for an all-fiction issue: Green Mountains Review
- Collision Poetry & Creative Nonfiction Contest
- ouroboros review
- Black Magnolias Literary Journal
- Barry hannah fiction prize
- Memoir competition
- Glamour Magazine "My Real-Life Story" Essay Contest
- Los Angeles Theater Women's Festival
- List of Literary Magazines that accept poetry, fiction, etc.
- Glass woman prize
- multigenre writing contest: Springfield Writers' Guild
- poetry book contest (regional): Bear Star Press
- long story short
- local (st. louis,mo) poetry contest: Gitana Productions
- Christopher Isherwood Foundation Grants
- New York Mills Arts Retreat
- fiction contest: Writingsite.com
- Fort Bend Writers Guild Annual Contests
- 2009 Georgetown Review Contest
- fiction contest: Boston Review
- 12th annual zoetrope: All-story short fiction contest
- online journal seeks submissions: Terrain.org
- first book prize for women poets: Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize
- Freedom Tower Poetry Competition
- To Aspiring Authors!!!!
- 2008 Anderbo Poetry Prize
- anthology seeks writing by young women of color on war/violence
- first poetry chapbook contest: Tilt Press
- anthology seeks essays and memoirs (for black men)
- Call for Submissions: Poetics Noire
- Fiction Writers needed for online fiction magazine
- The Dzanc Prize