Friday, March 26, 2010

Haiku Poetry Contest

HAIKI NOW! CONTEST 2010
http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/contest/haiku-now-contest-2010/#submit

Deadline: March 31, 2010. No fee.
You may enter up to one unpublished poem in each category: traditional, contemporary, innovative.

First-prize winners in each category receive $100. Honorable mentions receive $25. All winning poems will be featured on The Haiku Foundation web site and permanently archived.

The web site has sample poems for the three categories. Submit via online submission only using the links embedded in the How to Submit section of the guidelines.

Monday, March 15, 2010

RAY BRADBURY CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST
http://www.waukeganpl.org/programs/bradcontest.html
http://www.waukeganpl.org/programs/2010rbflyer.pdf

Deadline: postmarked by March 19, 2010. (No e-mail submissions.)
No fee, but a limit of one entry per individual
Categories: Creative writing (poems, essays, short stories), visual arts, multimedia

The three categories are divided into separate ones for high school students and adults, and Illinois residents and non-residents for a total of twelve categories. Creative writing entries may be no longer than two pages.

The theme for this year's contest is the relationship between life and death. The non-Illinois resident winner in each of the twelve categories receives $100. The Illinois resident winners receive $200.

The winning entries will be announced April 14.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Carteret Writers Contest Closes March 9, 2010

Hope you sent your submissions in. Cash prizes for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, flash, and children's. http://www.carteretwriters.org

Monday, March 1, 2010

F.I.S.H.

Yesterday I attended the final performance in the world premier run of F.I.S.H. in New Bern. Leslie Tall Manning, a former member of Carteret Writers, wrote the story line to link the songs written by Andrea and Phil Owens.

It was very well done, combining humor and philosophy. "We fish are upheld and supported on all sides. We lean confidently and harmoniously upon our element. We move in all dimensions, and whatever course we take, the mighty waters out of reverence for our virtue change shape accordingly." Isak Dinesan, "The Diver"