Contests

River Styx presents The Founders Award Original Poetry Contest for St. Louis Area High School Students

Winner will receive $150 and the opportunity to participate in a public reading at River Styx's Annual Literary Feast and Fundraiser on May 3 at Duff's in the Central West End.

Submissions should be mailed to:

River Styx Founders Award
3547 Olive Street, Suite 107
St. Louis MO 63103

Deadline to receieve submissions is April 23, 2010.

Entrants may include up to five original poems on separate pieces of paper. Poems should be titled and should not include the student's name on the poem itself. On a separate cover sheet, please include student poet's name and title(s) of submissions, the poet's age, grade, school, address, phone number, and e-mail.

Winners will be announced in the last week of April.

Fourth Annual Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction Contest

Submit your best micro-fiction and compete to win a $1,500 First Prize plus one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer!

Rules:
500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry.
$20 entry fee also buys one year subscription to River Styx.
Include name and address on cover letter only.
Entrants notified by S.A.S.E.
Winners published in our April issue.
River Styx editors will select winners.
All stories considered for publication.
Send stories and S.A.S.E. by December 31st to:

River Styx's Schlafly Beer Micro-fiction Contest
3547 Olive Street, Suite 107
St. Louis, MO  63103

River Styx
2010 International Poetry Contest

$1500 First Prize

Send up to three poems, not more than 14 pages.
All entrants will be notified by S.A.S.E.
$20 reading fee includes a one-year subscription (3 issues).
Include name and address on cover letter only.

2010 judge: Maxine Kumin.
Winner published in Fall issue.
All poems will be considered for publication.

Postmark poems by May 31st to:

River Styx Poetry Contest
3527 Olive Street, Suite 107
St. Louis, MO 63103-1014