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what to send:
Complete MS
looking for:
Short Story
specifically:
Literary
About This Market
Awarding $1,000 each in fiction and poetry and publication in the print issue of Mississippi Review
Annual contest awards prizes of $1,000 in fiction and in poetry. Winners and finalists will make up next winter's print issue of the national literary magazine Mississippi Review. Contest is open to all writers in English except current or former students or employees of The University of Southern Mississippi. Fiction entries should be 1000-5000 words. There is no limit on the number of entries you may submit. Entry fee is $15 per entry, payable to the Mississippi Review.
Each entrant will receive a copy of the prize issue. No manuscripts will be returned. Previously published work is ineligible. Contest opens April 1, 2010. Deadline is October 1, 2010.
Winners will be announced in late January and publication is scheduled for May next year. Entries should have "MR Prize," author name, address, phone, e-mail and title of work on page one.
