cream city review sponsors three annual contests judged by established writers: the A. David Schwartz Fiction Prize (sponsored by Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops); the Beau Boudreaux Poetry Prize; and the David B. Saunders Prize for Creative Nonfiction. Past judges include Gordon Weaver, Susan Firer, Beth Ann Fennelly, Ron Rindo, Caroline Knox, and Allison Joseph.

This year's judges (for reading period through December 1, 2007): A. Manette Ansay (Creative Nonfiction); Josh Bell (Poetry); Michael Martone (Fiction).

Reading period: year round.

Deadline for current year's contest: December 1.

Fee: $15/story (no longer than 30 pages) or 3-5 poems, payable to Cream City Review

Prize: $1,000.00 plus publication.

Address your submission to one of the following:

The A. David Schwartz Fiction Prize
The Beau Boudreaux Poetry Prize
or The David B. Saunders Award for Creative Nonfiction

and send your entry to:
cream city review; Dept. of English,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413,
Milwaukee, WI 53201

Submissions must be typed, double-spaced, and include the author's name and address plus an SASE (for results only). Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as cream city review is notified in the event the manuscript is accepted elsewhere. The reading fee, however, is non-refundable.