Deadlines: June 08: April 2008 Archives

UBC print journal Lake (BC) invites submissions of personal essay, lyric essay, narrative essay, and memoir for their Creative Non-fiction Contest. Prize: $250 plus publication in Issue #3. Theme: Pines. Length: 2500 words max. Entry fee: $20 (includes subscription). Deadline: June 1, 2008. More details...

Cahoots Magazine (SK) seeks submissions for upcoming themed issues: Spirit (June 1, 2008), Plugged in (September 1, 2008) and World (November 15, 2008). Accepts poetry, lifewriting, plays, fiction, nonfiction and queries for short and longer features. More details...

Entries of unpublished rhyming poems (30 lines max) are now being accepted for this Ontario Poetry Society contest. Open to Canadian poets. First prize: $100; additional prizes available. Entry fee: $5; additional poems $2 each. Deadline: June 30, 2008. More details...

The Bridport Prize (UK) is accepting poems and short stories for its annual contest. First prize in each category: £5000; additional prizes available. Open to international entrants. Poems: 42 lines max. Fiction: 5000 words max. Entry fee: US$12 or €10 per poem or story. Deadline: June 30, 2008. More details...