** 2018 ABLE MUSE CONTESTS: *LAST DAY* Just a few Hours only only left before entry deadline to WRITE PRIZE (for poetry * flash fiction)! ** Final Judges: Marilyn Nelson, J. Allyn Rosser, Bret Lott - Go to:

http://www.ablemusepress.com/

** Less Than ONE WEEK Only to go before entry deadline for the WRITE PRIZE! ***

• ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE (Poetry & Fiction) - $500 prize each & publication
  Judges: J. Allyn Rosser - poetry; Bret Lott - fiction
  Deadline: March 15, 2018
  Read the guidelines & ENTER now!
  
  

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I'm pleased to announce the contest winners as chosen anonymously by the final contest judge - Charles Martin (for poetry book manuscript)--

Congratulations to winner Lorna Knowles Blake; runner-ups Catherine Chandler & Anna Evans; finalists Jacob M. Appel & Rosemerry Trommer; and all honorable mentions.

Read the complete details here.

Cheers,
...Alex

Dear Eratosphereans,

It's time for this year's Sonnet Bake-Off! It will run again with the previously tried and much popular and exciting twist of the double-blind--anonymous judging AND anonymous submissions.

*** TO ENTER :

1. To enter, please send one sonnet per person by email to . (Note: this is not a link, it's an email address--so, don't click on it. Type the email address as indicated into the

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More good news--the Pushcart Editorial Board personally wrote recently to request the additional nominations by Able Muse of “Please Touch,” by Meredith McCann (which is also available online, as linked), and "At the Grave of William Thompson," by William Thompson, both published in Able Muse, Summer 2015 (Volume 19, June 2015). Congratulations to Bill and Meredith!

Cheers,
...Alex