To celebrate the 50th anniversary of City Lights and the reading of Howl, the folks at Plan B Press are happy to announce their Beat Aesthetics Short Fiction contest. The Philadelpha-based small press is offering 50 printed copies of the winning manuscript, a small cash prize and a “Beat Generation Care Package” to the selected author. To sweeten the pot even further, Beat writer/jazz performer/filmmaker ruth weiss will write the foreward for the published manuscript. (Deadline is September 30, 2005/Word limit: 5000. There is an entry fee. For more details, see contest rules.)