Deadlines: March 09

RHYTHM Poetry Magazine (NS), Atlantic Canada's venue for metrical and formal poetry, seeks unpublished metrical verse for its upcoming Spring/Summer 2009 issue. Deadline: March 31, 2009. More details...

The Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors Association invites entries for its 10th annual "Ten Stories High" Short Story Competition. First prize: $300. The top ten finalists will be published in "Ten Stories High" anthology. Open to all Ontario residents. Stories can be of any genre but must be previously unpublished, 1000-3000 words. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: March 31, 2009. More details...

Print and online journal Vallum: contemporary poetry (QC) is seeking poetry, essays, and interviews for their next issue. Theme: Luck. Deadline: March 1, 2009 for poetry; April 30, 2009 for essays, reviews, art and interviews. More details...

Entries are invited for the 2009 Bristol Short Story Prize (UK). First prize: £500 plus £150 Waterstone's gift card; 19 other prizes available. Open to international writers. Length: 3000 words max. Winning 20 stories will be published in the 2009 Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology. Entry fee: £7. Deadline: March 31, 2009. More details...

UPSTREET (US) seeks submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry for their fifth issue. Distributed in U.S. and Canada. Payment: copies. Deadline: March 1, 2009. More details...