Deadline: June 1, 2012, Boston Review, Poetry Contest. A prize of $1,500 and publication in Boston Review is given annually for a poem or group of poems. Submit up to five poems totaling no more than 10 pages.  Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at www.bostonreview.net/about/contest/index.php

Deadline: June 1, 2012, Boulevard, Emerging Poets Contest. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Boulevard is given annually for a group of poems by a poet who has not published a poetry collection with a nationally distributed press. Submit three poems of any length. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at www.boulevardmagazine.org

Deadline: June 15, 2012, University of Akron Press, Akron Poetry Prize. A prize of $1,500 and publication by University of Akron Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages. Entry fee applies.  Visit the website for complete guidelines at www.uakron.edu/uapress/akron-poetry-prize

Deadline: June 15, 2012, Finishing Line Press, Open Chapbook Competition. A prize of $1,000 and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Submit a manuscript of up to 26 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at www.finishinglinepress.com

Deadline: June 15, 2012, Pulitzer Prizes, Prizes in Letters. Three prizes of $10,000 each are given annually to U.S. writers to honor books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the United States during the current year. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines at www.pulitzer.org

Deadline: June 15, 2012, Bitter Oleander Press, Library of Poetry Book Award. A prize of $1,000 and publication by Bitter Oleander Press will be given annually for a collection of poetry. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.bitteroleander.com/contest.html

Deadline: June 15, 2012, RopeWalk Press, Editor’s Fiction Chapbook Prize. A prize of $1,000, publication by RopeWalk Press. Submit a manuscript of up to 45 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at https://www.usi.edu/ropewalkpress/guidelines.pdf

Deadline: June 15, 2012, Salamander, Fiction Prize. A prize of $1,500 and publication in Salamander is given annually for a short story. Submit a story of up to 35 pages. Entry fee applies.  Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://salamandermag.org/contests/

Deadline: June 17, 2012, New Millennium Writings, New Millennium Awards. Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in New Millennium Writings and on the journal’s website are given twice yearly for a poem, a short story, a short short story, and an essay that have not appeared in a print publication. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than five pages, a short short story of up to 1,000 words, or a story or essay of up to 6,000 words. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/awards.php

Deadline: June 18, 2012, The New Guard, Knightville Poetry Contest. A prize of $1,000 and publication in the New Guard is given annually for a work of narrative or experimental poetry. Submit three poems of up to 300 lines each. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at www.newguardreview.com

Deadline: June 18, 2012, The New Guard, Machigonne Fiction Contest. A prize of $1,000 and publication in the New Guard is given annually for a work of literary or experimental fiction. Submit a work of fiction of up to 7,500 words. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at www.newguardreview.com

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Hidden River Arts, William Van Wert Fiction Award. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Hidden River Review is given annually for a short story or a novel excerpt. Submit up to 25 pages of fiction. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines at www.hiddenriverarts.com

Deadline: June 30, 2012, University of North Texas Press, Katherine Anne Porter Prize. A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of North Texas Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Submit a manuscript of 100 to 200 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://untpress.unt.edu/contest

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Pearl Editions, Pearl Poetry Prize. A prize of $1,000 and publication by Pearl Editions is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages. Entry fee applies.  Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.pearlmag.com/contests.html

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Glimmer Train Press, Fiction Open. A prize of $2,000 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given quarterly for a short story. Submit a story of up to 20,000 words. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Individual Artist Grants for Women. Grants of $500 to $1,500 each are given twice yearly to feminist writers who are citizens of the United States or Canada. Contest for poets and creative nonfiction writers (manuscript of up to 25 pages). Entry fee applies. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines at http://demingfund.org

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Red Hen Press, Short Story Award. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Los Angeles Review is given annually for a short story. Submit up to two stories of no more than 25 pages each. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at www.redhen.org

Deadline: June 30, 2012, National Poetry Review Press, Book Prize. A prize of $1,000 and publication by National Poetry Review Press will be given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 45 to 80 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://home.comcast.net/~sagecj/tnprbookprize.html

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Parlor Press, Free Verse Editions New Measure Poetry Prize. A prize of $1,000 and publication by Parlor Press in the Free Verse Editions series will be given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of at least 54 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at  http://www.parlorpress.com/newmeasureprize

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Carve Magazine, Raymond Carver Short Story Contest. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Carve Magazine is given annually for a short story. Submit a story of up to 6,000 words. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.carvezine.com/RCcontest.htm

Deadline: June 30, 2012, ABZ Press, First Book Prize. A prize of $1,000, publication by ABZ Press, and 50 author copies is given annually for a first poetry collection.  Submit a manuscript of 48 to 76 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://abzpress.sharepoint.com/Pages/2012PoetryPrizeContest.aspx

Deadline: June 30,2012, Barrow Street Press, Book Prize. A prize of $1,000 and publication by Barrow Street Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 70 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.barrowstreet.org

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Cider Press Review, Editors’ Prize Book Award. A prize of $1,000, publication by Cider Press Review, and 25 author copies will be given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://ciderpressreview.com/bookaward/

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Hunger Mountain, Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Hunger Mountain is given annually for a short story. Submit a story of up to 10,000 words. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.hungermtn.org/short-fiction-prize/

Deadline: June 30, 2012, Omnidawn Publishing First/Second Book Prize. A prize of $3,000, publication by Omnidawn Publishing, and 100 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of up to 140 pages. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.omnidawn.com/contest/poetry-contests.htm

Deadline: July 1, 2012, Wordstock, Short Fiction Competition. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Portland Monthly is given annually for a short story. The winner and ten finalists will also receive publication of their work in the Wordstock anthology. Submit a story of 1,500 to 3,000 words. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://bewordstock.org/short-fiction

Deadline: July 1, 2012, Comstock Review, Muriel Craft Bailey Award. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Comstock Review is given annually for a poem. Submit poems of up to 40 lines each. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.comstockreview.org

Deadline: July 1, 2012, Bellevue Literary Review, Prizes in Poetry and Prose. Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Bellevue Literary Review are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer for works about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://blr.med.nyu.edu/submissions/BLRPrizes/guidelines

Deadline: July 1, 2012, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award. A prize of $1,000 and publication on the foundation’s website is given annually for a poem. Submit two copies of up to three poems of no more than 30 lines each. Entry fee applies. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Deadline: July 2, 2012, Teachers & Writers Collaborative, Bechtel Prize. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Teachers & Writers is given annually for an essay that relates to creative writing education or literary studies. Submit an essay of up to 3,500 words. Entry fee applies.  Visit the website for complete guidelines at http://www.twc.org/publications/bechtel-prize