Contests

Essay Contest from US Institute for Peace    Submission deadline:  Feb 1, 2012 

Theme: Governance, Corruption, and Conflict    Application available online

Clapboard House Annual Undergraduate Short Story and Poetry Contest     Submission deadline: CURRENTLY CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS

Rules and instructions are on magazine's website

Publications
(Magazines and anthologies specifically seeking work from undergraduate students)

The Blue Route     Reading period ends: CURRENTLY CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS
Rules and instructions are on magazine's website

Catfish Creek     Reading period: September 1-November 15
Rules and instructions are on magazine's website

Conifers     Reading period ends: Feb 20, 2011
Rules and instructions are on magazine's website

The North Central Review
Rules and instructions are on magazine's website

Sphere Literary Magazine
Rules and instructions are on magazine's website

ZAUM
Rules and instructions are on magazine's website

For more magazines accepting work, both from undergraduates and from everyone else, we highly recommend Duotrope's Digest .  We also recommend Absolute Write Water Cooler as a great resource for creative writers.