Note: See website or teacher for entry blanks and rules for submission.

Scholastic Writing Awards	1-1-08	Fee required	Scholastic Writing Awards PO Box 517 New York, NY 10013	http://www.scholastic.com/artandwritingawards/enter.htm Categories: Humor, 600-3000 words Personal essay/memoir, 750-3000 words Poetry, 50-200 lines Science Fiction/Fantasy, 600-3000 words Short Short Story, 600-1300 words Short Story, 1300-3000 words Portfolio, 3-8 works, no more than 50 pages
UIC poetry contest		no charge	UIC Poetry Contest University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Academic Affairs, MC 103 Room 2731 University Hall 601 South Morgan Street Chicago, Illinois 60607	http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/poetry/indexP.htm one poem, fewer than 25 lines CURRENTLY 2005 INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THINGS TEND TO BE THE SAME YEAR AFTER YEAR—IF THEY HAVE A CONTEST
Columbia College	1-11-08	no charge	Chris Rice, Randy Albers Director Young Author Awards 2005 Fiction Writing Department Columbia College Chicago 600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605 312-344-7611	Fiction and creative non-fiction (fact-based story-telling) 2500 words; two entries per category; short plays Enclose signed entry form http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Fiction_Writing/YA/Entry_Form.pdf
IATE	1-31-08	no charge		http://www.english.ilstu.edu/iate/poetry_prose_contest.shtml
Speak Up Press	9-30-04	no charge	Speak Up Press P.O. Box 100506 Denver, CO 80250	http://www.speakuppress.org/ Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays—fewer than 5000 words
Hollins University	12-01-07	no charge	Nancy Thorp Memorial Poetry Prizes Hollins University P. O. Box 9677 Roanoke, VA 24020-1677	http://www.hollins.edu/undergrad/english/thorp/thorp.htm Poems by young women—no more than 2
Northlight Theatre Academy	???	Cash prize and full production	Ms. Rosie Forrest Literary Manager, Northlight Theatre Attn:  Playwriting Competition 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60077	847-679-9501  ext. 3705
Claremont Review	ongoing?	Cash	The Claremont Review 4980 Wesley Road Victoria, BC V8Y 1Y9 Canada	http://www.theclaremontreview.ca/submit.htm
Creative Communication	3 times a year	Cash	Poets Contest – Grades K-12 Creative Communication 1488 N 200 W Logan UT 84341	http://www.poeticpower.com/usacontest.html Poetry, k-12, with age group categories
River of Words	2-15	no charge	River of Words^® · 2547 Eighth Street, 13B · Berkeley, CA 94710 USA	http://www.riverofwords.org/contest/index.html
Hollins University	12-01	cash prizes	Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest	Open to SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR GIRLS only. http://www.hollins.edu/undergrad/english/thorp/thorp.htm
Union League Civic and Arts Foundation	6-02-08	$1000 to the winner	312-692-2379 civicandarts@aol.com	This is a local contest, so it’s a good one. Submission rules are a bit of a pain. http://civicandarts.org/htmls/pdf/creative.writing_08.pdf Poems, 5-25 lines