| Contest | Deadline |
| Evolve Beyond Violence Nonfiction Essay Award | 9/1/2008 |
| The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 2 | 9/15/2008 |
| Anderbo Poetry Prize | 9/15/2008 |
| The Green Rose Prize | 9/30/2008 |
| Glimmer Train's Fiction Open | 9/30/2008 |
| Contest | Deadline |
| Mid-American Review Sherwood Anderson Short Fiction Award | 10/1/2008 |
| Mid-American Review James Wright Poetry Award | 10/1/2008 |
| Mid-American Review Creative Nonfiction Award | 10/1/2008 |
| BWR Fourth-Ever Fiction and Poetry Contest | 10/1/2008 |
| The Black River Chapbook Competition (Fall) | 10/31/2008 |
| Glimmer Train's Family Matters | 10/31/2008 |
| New Issues Poetry Prize | 11/30/2008 |
| Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers | 11/30/2008 |
| Fifty For Fifty Reading Contest | 12/1/2008 |
| Prism Review Poetry Prize | 12/15/2008 |
| Glimmer Train's Fiction Open | 12/31/2008 |
| Toad Press International Chapbook Series | 12/31/2008 |
New South publishes previously unpublished literary and visual art promoting the work of emerging and established artists. New South holds no subject biases.