Upcoming Contests

From "The Latinidad Newsletter" published by Marcela Landres:

PEN EMERGING VOICES ROSENTHAL FELLOWSHIPS: Deadline: September 7. Six to 10 fellowships of $1,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from minority, immigrant, or underserved communities. Emerging Voices is an intensive eight-month program involving writers in the early stages of their literary careers. For more information, please visit http://penusa.org/go

SHORT STORY COLLECTION PRIZE: Deadline: August 29. A prize of $1,000 and publication by the University of North Texas Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. For guidelines, visit http://web3.unt.edu/untpress/potential_authors.cfm#subkap

CREATIVE NONFICTION PRIZE: Deadline: September 10. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Hunger Mountain is given annually for a work of creative nonfiction. For guidelines, visit http://www.tui.edu/hungermtn/nonfiction.asp

PERSONAL ESSAY AWARD: Deadline: September 15. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Literal Latte is given annually for a personal essay. For guidelines, visit http://www.literal-latte.com/contest_new.html#essay