Allegheny Review: Undergraduate Writing, Contest Deadline Dec. 15

The Allegheny Review, now going into its 25th year of publication, is one of America's few nationwide literary magazines dedicated exclusively to undergraduate works of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and artwork. Published annually, the periodical showcases some of the best literature the nation's undergraduates have to offer.
Awards: The Allegheny Review Literature Awards – $250 is awarded to the best entry in poetry & prose. Literature finalists will be judged by Marilyn Chin and Christina Milletti, visiting authors participating in Allegheny’s “Single Voice” reading series.
Contributors: Currently enrolled undergraduate students only.
Genre Guidelines: Fiction – not to exceed 20 pages, double-spaced; Poetry – up to 5 poems; Creative Non-fiction – not to exceed 20 pages, double-spaced; Artwork – no limit on number of pieces submitted
Submission Information: All submissions must be postmarked no later than December 15th each year. Late submissions will be held until the following year, provided that the author will still be an undergraduate. A $5 entry fee is required, which covers a one-year subscription. Please make checks payable to The Allegheny Review. If you would like to send in more than one genre, please send separately with an additional entry fee. All literary work must be submitted in typed hard copy. Artwork may be on disk (minimum resolution of 300) or in a format that permits scanning. E-mail entries and simultaneous submissions are not accepted. Include a cover letter containing name, address, school attending, year in attendance, and e-mail address as well as pertinent experience and previous publications. A short bio paragraph is also helpful. Send a SASE for correspondence. Artwork can be returned, but not manuscripts. Those not published will be recycled.
Send Submissions to:
The Allegheny Review
Allegheny College, Box 32
Meadville, PA 16335
Ordering Information:To purchase a copy of the 2006 issue or to reserve a copy of the 2007 issue, send $4 to the above address. Please make checks payable to The Allegheny Review.Back issues, excluding 1985, can be purchased for a discounted rate of $3. Questions? For more information, please inquire at the address above or e-mail the editors at review@allegheny.edu.Information can be found on the official website, http://review.allegheny.edu, as well.

AWP Creative Writing Conference: Feb. 2007 in Atlanta!

As some of you know, we are lucky to have the national conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs being held in Atlanta in Feb. 28- March 3, 2007. If you have not been, this is a wonderful opportunity to catch readings and workshops, talk with writers of all levels and wander through a great book fair. This is the biggest annual national event of creative writing, and they're expecting about 5,000 people. You should be one of them!
Planned events include a poetry extravaganza (not sure exactly what that is!) and featured readings by John Barth, Anne Beattie, C.D. Wright, Charles Wright, Tayari Jones, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Martone, and many others. The Georgia Review's 60th anniversary poetry reading features readings by Albert Goldbarth, Rita Dove, Paul Zimmer and Kevin Young.
The important stuff: a very reasonable registration rate for the whole conference is $35, but to get this rate you have to register before Nov. 15. After that it's $40, and $45 on-site registration. This doesn't include lodging, so you might want to start checking around for people to crash with. Or maybe the creative writing club will help organize?
For more information and registration, check out www.awpwriter.org.