• The Bridge http://thebridgejournal.com
  The Bridge is a fine arts journal published by Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts


• Nerve House http://www.onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/nervehouse.html
  Nerve House is a quarterly publication based out of Milwaukee publishing moving and provocative work not normally represented in mainstream publications.


• Qwerty http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/QWERTY/
  Querty is published 2 to 3 times per year by the English department at the University of New Brunswick, accepting unconventional literary work and artwork.


• Columbia Journal http://www.columbiajournal.org/submit.htm
  Columbia Journal is accepting submissions year round, with issues being released in October and April. Submissions for April issue will be accepted till February, and October submissions will be accepted until August.


• Communique http://www.communiquejournal.org/standing/call.html
  The Communique is published 3 times a year. The advent issue deadline is in October, the Easter issue deadline is February, and the feast of transfiguration issue deadline is in June.


• Tea Party Magazine
  Previously published works and works forthcoming else where cannot be considered. 3 poems per entry by mail, include name, address, phone number, e-mail, titles and where you heard about the contest. Your name should only appear in the cover letter. Entry fee is $15 and the postmark deadline is Friday Nov 30, 2008. Send too:
  
  Attn: Poetry Contest
  Tea Party Magazine
  San Francisco CA 94114


• American Kennel Club 22nd Annual Fiction Contest http://www.akc.org/pubs/fictioncontest/
  Open to anyone but American Kennel Club and their immediate family. Original, unpublished stories with a limit of one per entry. May be any subject but must feature either an AKC-registrable breed or a breed listed in the miscellaneous class. Maximum of 2,000 words. Deadline postmarked by January 31, 2008. See website for more details.


• 2008 New Woman's Voices Chapbook Competition
  Open to women who have never before published a full length Poetry collection. entries should be Chapbook-length poetry collections of up to 26 pages, plus bio, acknowledgments, SASE and cover letter with $15 fee. Postmark deadline is Feb 15, 2008. Send to:
  
  2008 NEW WOMEN'S VOICES
  CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
  Finishing Line Press
  P O Box 1626
  Georgetown, KY 40324
  


• Eighth Annual Elixir Press Poetry Awards Guidelines: http://www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html#book  
Open to all poets writing in English. Send manuscripts typed on one side of a piece of standard paper only. Send A business size SASE for reply only manuscripts cannot be returned. see website for further details. Postmark deadline is Oct 31, 2007.


• Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers http://www.richardburgin.net/1boulevardsfcontest.htm
Open to writers who have not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press. Postmark deadline is Dec 15, 2007. See website for more details.


• The William Richey Short Story Contest http://yemasseejournal.org/contests.html
Entry Fee - $10 1 previously unpublished story of up to 10,000 words (please double-space pages). Postmark deadline is Nov 15 annually. See website for more details.


• In The Telling www.cinnamonpress.com
They are looking for poems that tell any kind of story old or new. E-mail up to four unpublished poems with a maximum of 50 lines each. Must be in a single attatchments to both editors. See website for further details. Postmark deadline is March 31, 2008 (the link is broken at the moment however if you enter in the website into your url address box it should work. I will fix the problem soon.)


• River Styx Schlafly Beer Micro-Fiction Contest http://www.riverstyx.org/contestguidelines.html
A prize of $1500, two cases of Schlafly beer, and publication in River Styx is given annually for the best micro-fiction story. 500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry. $20 entry fee. Postmark deadline is Dec 31, 2007. See Website for more details.


• 2008 College Contest: Marginalia http://www.western.edu/marginalia/contest.php
open ONLY to full-time college students, at both undergraduate and graduate levels. we are seeking creative writing, both poetry and prose, based on DERIVED TEXT. Postmark deadline is March 15, 2008. See website for further details.


• Crab Creek Review
invites you to submit your original, unpublished fiction of 3,000 words or less to our first annual Fiction Contest. Please include a $10 check (made payable to Crab Creek Review), a SASE, and a cover letter with your name, address, telephone number, email address, and the title of your piece. No name on your story itself. Postmark deadline is Noc 30, 2007. Mail to:

Crab Creek Review Fiction Contest
PO Box 85088
Seattle, WA 98145


• The 2008 Third Coast Fiction and Drama Award http://www.wmich.edu/~thirdcst/Contests_homepage.htm
Open to all writers unassociated with the judges or Third Coast. Any previously unpublished short story or standalone novel or novella excerpt of up to 9,000 words is eligible for the fiction contest; any previously unpublished short play or standalone excerpt totaling no more than 20 pages is eligible for the contest. Entry fee: $15 per manuscript. Postmark deadline is Oct 15, 2007. See website for more details.


• About the Whitebird Chapbook Series http://www.wingspress.com/Titles/Whitebird_chapbook_contest.html
submit 30 pages of poetry to "Whitebird Chapbook Series". Include a separate biographical note, a title page with name and address, SASE for notification (mss will not be returned), and $15 reading fee. Submit between step 1 and oct 31. See website for further details.


• Announcing the Blue Earth Review's 5th Annual Flash Fiction Contest http://www.mnsu.edu/blueearth/
Send us your brightest, boldest flash fiction - the only requirement is that each entry is 600 words or less. Reading fee is $5 for up to three entries. Postmark deadline is Dec 1, 2007. See website for more details.


• Call for Writers http://web.mac.com/computermedic/WriteOn2/World_AIDS_Day_Writing_Contest.html
World AIDS Day: A Day With Art Poems, Plays, Short Stories relating to AIDS Each category will have a first, second and third place winner. Maximum length: Poems: 3 pages Short Stories: 5 pages Plays: 7 pages You may enter as many times as you like. E-mail or postmarked deadline of Oct 15, 2007.


• THE 2007 WASHINGTON SQUARE COMPETITION http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/page/wsr
Submit up to 3 poems (6 pages total) or one short story (up to 20 pages). Include cover sheet with name and title of work(s) submitted, address, email, and phone. Do not put your name on individual pages of the manuscript. Multiple entries require separate reading fees. Postmarked dead line of Oct 15, 2007. See website for more details.

About the Yahara Journal
The Yahara Journal is a fine arts publication that showcases the literary and artistic works of the students of Madison Area Technical College. Compiled and edited by a student staff, the Yahara Journal is produced in the spring semester. The publication is funded by the Student Activities Board, which allocates money received from student activities fees. The opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent those of the MATC administration, faculty, staff or student body. Voices is a e-zine published once per semester; all submissions to Voices are also considered for publication in the Yahara Journal.

Our Mission

The Yahara Journal will support learning and creativity at MATC through the publication of a print journal and the sponsorship of events and activities that facilitate growth in writing and visual arts.

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