CT Review Contests

Info below on poetry, essay, and fiction contests.

CSU/Connecticut Review LESLIE LEEDS POETRY CONTEST&
LEO CONNELLAN POETRY CONTEST

DEADLINE: Postmarked by December 7, 2007

Poems submitted will be considered for both contests. An individual poem can win only one contest and the winning poems will be published in the Spring/ 2008 Connecticut Review.
To enter the contests, you must be currently enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student at SCSU, ECSU, WCSU or CCSU.
1. Submit two typed copies of up to five poems. The poems will be judged individually and not as a group.
2. Each poem can have no more than 34 lines (excluding title, but including stanza break). Line count must be on the top of both copies of each poem to have it considered.
3. One copy of each poem should have name, address, e-mail, phone number, school and current ACADEMIC STATUS. One copy should have no name or information. It will be sent to the national judge.
6. Include a cover letter with a brief biography that can be used for the Contributor's Notes if you win.
7. Your work will not be returned. Include a sase for results.
Send work to: Connecticut Review/ Leeds & Connellan Contests
Attention: Lisa Siedlarz, Managing Editor
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, Ct. 06515
Tony Morris, poet and professor at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Editor of Southern Poetry Review and President of the Georgia Poetry Society will judge both contests. He's published two books of poetry as well as articles and stories in national journals. He has a PhD in creative writing from Florida State University.

CSU/Connecticut Review ESSAY CONTEST & FICTION CONTEST

DEADLINE: Postmarked by December 7, 2007

An ESSAY and a SHORT STORY will be published in the Spring/ 2008 Connecticut Review. To enter one or both of the contests, you must currently be enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate at ECSU, CCSU, SCSU, or WCSU.
1. These are two separate contests. You can send an entry to both.
2. The essay can be creative non-fiction, scholarly or personal.
3. Submit contest entries in different envelopes- label with type.
1. Do not exceed 2500 words or your entry will not be considered. Word count must be on each copy.
2. For each contest, submit two typed copies of the work. Both copies should have the name of the contest. (Fiction or Essay) One copy should have your name, address, phone number, e-mail, name of school and current academic status. One copy should have no name or information. It will be sent to the national judge. Staple the named copy and the anonymous copy separately.
3. Include a cover letter with a brief biography that can be used for the Contributor's Notes if you win.
4. Your work will not be returned. Include a sase for results.
Send work to: Connecticut Review Essay Contest (or) Fiction Contest
Attention: Lisa Siedlarz, Managing Editor
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, Ct. 06515
Tony Morris, poet and professor at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Editor of Southern Poetry Review and President of the Georgia Poetry Society will judge both contests. He's published two books of poetry as well as articles and stories in national journals. He has a PhD in creative writing from Florida State University.