Contest for October 1st
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 - Contest
This is from the American Literary Review’s website:
2010 Literary awards
Contest Guidelines
Please note that we do not accept submissions via email.
- Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Spring 2011 issue of the American Literary Review will be given for a poem, a short story, and an essay.
- Submit up to three poems, a short story of up to 8,000 words, or an essay of
up to 6,500 words with a $15 entry fee by October 1, 2010. Entries submitted after this deadline will be returned unread.
- Include a cover page with author’s name, title(s), address, and phone number.
Do not include any identifying information on subsequent pages except for the
title of the work.
- Enclose a $15.00 reading fee (includes subscription) and a SASE for contest
results. Multiple entries are acceptable; however each entry must be accompanied
by a reading fee. (Note: only the initial entry fee includes a subscription.
Subsequent entry fees go to contest costs only and will not extend the subscription.)
- Short Fiction: One work of fiction per entry ($15), limit 8,000 words per work.
- Creative Nonfiction: One work per entry fee, limit 6,500 words per work.
- Poetry: Entry fee covers up to three poems (i.e. one to three poems would
require an entry fee of $15; four to six poems would be $30, and so on).
- Label entries according to contest genre and mail to ALR’s regular submission address:For example: American Literary Review Short Fiction Contest
P.O. Box 311307
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203-1307