Contests.

Lee & Low Books, the award-winning publisher of multicultural children's books, announces it's third anffual New Voices Award. The contest is open to all writers of color who are U.S. residents and have not previously published a children's picture book. The winner will receive $1,000 and a standard publication contract. An honor award of $500 will also be given.

Submissions will be accepted through September 30, 2002, and winners will be notified by December 31, 2002. There is no submission fee and there is a limit of two submissions per writer. For official eligibility and submission information, visit the Lee & Low Books website at www. leeandlow, com and click on the link "New Voices Award," or call [phone].

Deadline for the Cave Canem Poetry Prize 2002 is quickly approaching. Cave Canem was founded in 1996 by award-winning poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady to promote the artistic development of emerging African-American poets. The contest is open to African-American poets and authors of chapbooks and self-published books who have not been published by a professional press. Manuscripts should indude 50-75 poems on numbered, unbound pages, and include a cover letter. Submissions for the prize are being accepted until May 15, 2002, and the winner will be notified by September 15, 2002.

The winner will receive $500 cash, publication from Graywolf Press in 2003, and 50 copies of the published book. This year's judge is award-winning poet Kevin Young. There is no submission fee. For more information call [phone] and press * 1, or e-mail: [e-mail]. Mail submissions to:

Cave Canem Foundation
P.O. Box 4286
Charlottesville, VA 22905-4286

* Electronic submissions not accepted.