Here is a contest for either unpublished or self-published novels. The first round is a 300 word pitch due before February 7th. Grand prize is a $15,000 publishing contest. Two categories General Fiction or Young Adult Fiction. Might just send my novel that way. It’ll do good to work on my pitch anyway.
This is relatively short notice, but the Writer’s Digest Poetry Contest is accepting entries until December 20, 2007. Poems can be in any form as long as they are under 32 lines long. $10 entry fee for your initial poem, $5 each additional. You can enter online if you pay by credit card. First place is $500. Also if your poems have been published anywhere, including your personal website, they are disqualified from entry.
Full rules and details are located on the contest page.
I think I’m going to see if I can’t dig one up to submit or write a new one, even if poetry is not my forte.