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| Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry | Updated August 05th, 2008 |
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The Kathyrn A. Morton Prize in Poetry includes a $2,000 cash award, publication of a full-length collection of poetry, and a standard royalty contract. Kathryn A. Morton was a published author and devotee of fine literature, especially poetry. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.A. from Stanford University, where she studied with Yvor Winters. See below for page requirements. Also, please note our entry fee ($25). Contest is open to any writer of English who is a citizen of the United States. Employees and board members of Sarabande Books, Inc. are not eligible. Individual poems from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines, chapbooks of less than 48 pages, or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. To avoid conflict of interest, students in a degree-granting program or close friends of a judge are ineligible to enter the contest in the genre for which their friend or teacher is serving as judge. Please submit one copy of the manuscript and our required entry form. Manuscripts must be: Anonymous—the author's name or address must not appear anywhere on the manuscript (your title page should contain the title only). A minimum of 48 pages of poetry. Typed on standard white paper, one side of the page only. Paginated consecutively with a table of contents and acknowledgements page (a list of publications in which poems from the manuscript have appeared). Submission of more that one manuscript is permissible if each manuscript is accompanied by an entry form and handling fee. Once submitted, manuscripts cannot be altered. Winner will be given the opportunity to make changes before publication. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but Sarabande Books must be notified immediately if manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Finalists will be asked to send additional copies of the work. Sarabande Books will consider all finalists for publication. Winner will be notified in early July. All manuscripts must be accompanied by our entry form which contains all the necessary identifying information. Do not send your manuscript without this form. There is a $25 handling fee, check made payable to Sarabande Books, Inc. Manuscripts must be postmarked between and including January 1 and February 15. Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for notification that manuscript has been received. Include a self-addressed, stamped, regular business-sized envelope for contest results. send: Complete MS looking for: Poetry specifically: Literary |
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| The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction | Updated August 05th, 2008 |
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The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction includes a $2,000 cash award, publication of a collection of short stories, novellas, or a short novel, and a standard royalty contract. Also, please note entry fee ($25). Contest is open to any writer of English who is a citizen of the United States. Employees and board members of Sarabande Books, Inc. are not eligible. Submissions may include a collection of short stories, one or more novellas, or a short novel. All manuscripts are required to be a minimum of 150 pages and are not to exceed 250 pages. Works that have previously appeared in magazines or in anthologies may be included. Translations and previously self-published collections are not eligible. To avoid conflict of interest, students in a degree-granting program or close friends of a judge are ineligible to enter the contest in the genre for which their friend or teacher is serving as judge. Please submit one copy of the manuscript and required entry form. Manuscript must be: Anonymous—the author's name or address must not appear anywhere on the manuscript (your title page should contain the title only). Between 150-250 pages. Typed on standard white paper, one side of the page only. Paginated consecutively with a table of contents and acknowledgements page (a list of publications in which stories or sections of the manuscript appeared). Bound with a spring clip or placed in a plain file folder. No paper clips or staples, please. Also, please keep the following in mind: Retain a copy of your manuscript. Cannot return manuscripts.Submission of more that one manuscript is permissible if each manuscript is accompanied by an entry form and handling fee. Once submitted, manuscripts cannot be altered. Winner will be given the opportunity to make changes before publication. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but Sarabande Books must be notified immediately if manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Finalists will be asked to send additional copies of the work. Winner will be notified in early July. Sarabande Books will consider all finalists for publication. All manuscripts must be accompanied by our entry form which contains all the necessary identifying information. Do not send your manuscript without this form. There is a $25 handling fee, check made payable to Sarabande Books, Inc. Manuscripts must be postmarked between and including January 1 and February 15. Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for notification that manuscript has been received. Include a self-addressed, stamped, regular business-sized envelope for contest results. Please send your manuscript in a plain or padded envelope. No boxes please. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story specifically: Literary |
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| Carolina Wren Press Doris Bakwin Award | Updated July 10th, 2008 |
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A prize of $2,000 and publication by Carolina Wren Press is given biennially for a collection of short stories, a novel, or a memoir by a woman. Submit two copies of a manuscript of 150 to 500 pages with a $20 entry fee by December 1. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Memoir |
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| Carolina Wren Press Doris Bakwin Award | Updated July 10th, 2008 |
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A prize of $2,000 and publication by Carolina Wren Press is given biennially for a collection of short stories, a novel, or a memoir by a woman. Submit two copies of a manuscript of 150 to 500 pages with a $20 entry fee by December 1, 2007. send: Complete MS looking for: Novel specifically: Literary |
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| The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction | Updated August 05th, 2008 |
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The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction includes a $2,000 cash award, publication of a collection of short stories, novellas, or a short novel, and a standard royalty contract. Also, please note entry fee ($25). Contest is open to any writer of English who is a citizen of the United States. Employees and board members of Sarabande Books, Inc. are not eligible. Submissions may include a collection of short stories, one or more novellas, or a short novel. All manuscripts are required to be a minimum of 150 pages and are not to exceed 250 pages. Works that have previously appeared in magazines or in anthologies may be included. Translations and previously self-published collections are not eligible. To avoid conflict of interest, students in a degree-granting program or close friends of a judge are ineligible to enter the contest in the genre for which their friend or teacher is serving as judge. Please submit one copy of the manuscript and required entry form. Manuscript must be: Anonymous—the author's name or address must not appear anywhere on the manuscript (your title page should contain the title only). Between 150-250 pages. Typed on standard white paper, one side of the page only. Paginated consecutively with a table of contents and acknowledgements page (a list of publications in which stories or sections of the manuscript appeared). Bound with a spring clip or placed in a plain file folder. No paper clips or staples, please. Also, please keep the following in mind: Retain a copy of your manuscript. Cannot return manuscripts.Submission of more that one manuscript is permissible if each manuscript is accompanied by an entry form and handling fee. Once submitted, manuscripts cannot be altered. Winner will be given the opportunity to make changes before publication. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but Sarabande Books must be notified immediately if manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Finalists will be asked to send additional copies of the work. Winner will be notified in early July. Sarabande Books will consider all finalists for publication. All manuscripts must be accompanied by our entry form which contains all the necessary identifying information. Do not send your manuscript without this form. There is a $25 handling fee, check made payable to Sarabande Books, Inc. Manuscripts must be postmarked between and including January 1 and February 15. Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for notification that manuscript has been received. Include a self-addressed, stamped, regular business-sized envelope for contest results. Please send your manuscript in a plain or padded envelope. No boxes please. send: Complete MS looking for: Novel specifically: Literary |
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| BOA Editions, LTD. | Updated November 16th, 2008 |
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The A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize is awarded to honor a poet's first book, while also honoring the late founder of BOA Editions, Ltd., a not-for-profit publishing house of poetry and poetry in translation. WINNER RECEIVES: A $1,500 Honorarium, paid in March 2009, and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. in March, 2010, in The A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series. Send one copy of the manuscript, entry form, and the $25 entry fee, to BOA Editions, Ltd., between August 1, and November 30, 2008 send: Complete MS looking for: Poetry |
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| Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize | Updated August 03rd, 2008 |
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Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize is awarding $1250 to a manuscript of poetry. Manuscript must be an original work of poetry written in English. Manuscript must be at least 48 pages in length (not including foreword material). Author’s name and contact information must not appear on manuscript. Manuscript must be single-sided, and securely bound with a binder clip only. Please include a separate cover sheet containing author’s name, title of manuscript, and contact information (including email address, street address, and phone number). Please include a check for $25 payable to Saturnalia Books. Entries without checks or with checks that are returned for insufficient funds will be immediately withdrawn. Manuscripts will be accepted during the month of April only (or postmarked by April 30). Former students who have studied "poetry writing" with the judge are ineligible to enter. Friends and family of the judge are also ineligible. Notification will be sent to your e-mail address. Do not include a self addressed stamped envelope (sase) unless you do not have an email address. If you do, it will be discarded. Contest winner will be announced in July. Please do not contact Saturnalia Books regarding your submission status before August 1. send: Complete MS looking for: Poetry specifically: Literary |
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| Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize | Updated July 15th, 2008 |
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Del Sol Press announces the Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize for the best short story, either published (in a periodical) or unpublished, 2000-8000 words. Judges invite contest submissions from both emerging and established writers. In keeping with the philosophy of Web del Sol, contest is only interested in the very best fiction, regardless of source or type. Our judge for the this year of the competition will be Pulitzer winning author Robert Olen Butler. The top ten finalist stories will be published in book form in Spring/Summer 2008. Finalists will be invited to submit book-length manuscripts for consideration by Del Sol Press. Winner Receives: A $1,200 honorarium, paid in February 2008, publication in a Spring/Summer 2008 Del Sol Press anthology, and 20 copies of the anthology that features their story. Eligibility: Writers who are at least 18 years of age and who live inside or outside the United States. Translations are not eligible; stories must be in English. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable (as long as you let us know immediately if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, in which case it must be withdrawn unless it will be published before April 2008). Multiple submissions are fine; include a separate reading fee with each. Employees, volunteers and board members of Web del Sol, or their partners or spouses, or their immediate families, or immediate family of the judge are not eligible. Deadline (postmark): November 1, 2007. Stories must be between 2000 and 8000 words. $16.00 contest fee for the first story (includes a copy of the anthology when it is published if you send a 8x10" first-class SASE with $5.00 postage); $5.00 for each additional story (doesn't include another copy of the book). Please make checks out to Web Del Sol. Include two cover pages: one with your contact information (phone, email, address, where the story has been published if it has been previously published), and one with the title of your submission (minus your name). Your name should not appear on the manuscript itself. Manuscripts are read anonymously. Type or word-process on standard white paper, on one side of the page only. Paginate consecutively. Staple or paper clip/binder clip, or put it in a separate folder with your name on the outside of the folder. Judges will consider unpublished stories as well as stories that have appeared in periodicals (not if they have appeared as part of a story collection, however), provided that the author can obtain reprint rights. Include a stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of receipt of manuscript if you want notification. Please keep a copy of your entry. Manuscripts not selected for publication will be recycled. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story specifically: Literary |
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| Del Sol Press Poetry Prize | Updated July 20th, 2008 |
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Deadline for the next (2007) contest is: January 15, 2008. We invite contest submissions from both emerging and established poets, published or unpublished. In keeping with the philosophy of Web del Sol, we are only interested in the very best poetry, regardless of source or type. The top ten finalist manuscripts will be considered for publication. Winner Receives: A $1,200 Honorarium, paid in March 2008, book publication by Del Sol Press in fall, 2008, in "The Annual Del Sol Press Poetry Series"; and 20 copies of the winning book. Eligibility: Poets who are at least 18 years of age and who live inside or outside the United States. Translations are eligible. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable (as long as you let us know immediately if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere). Individual poems from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines, journals, anthologies, chapbooks, or self-published books, but must be submitted in manuscript form. Published books in poetry or other genres do not disqualify contestants from entering this contest. Employees, volunteers and board members of Web del Sol, or their partners or spouses, or their immediate families; or immediate family, friends or former students of the judge are not eligible. Competition Guidelines Deadline (postmark): January 15, 2008. 50 to 100 typed manuscript pages, each poem starts on a new page. $24.00 contest fee (includes a copy of the winning book when it is published if you send a 8x10" SASE--Note: Include sufficient postage for a paperback book of 100 pages or copy will not be sent); please make checks out to Web Del Sol. Include two cover pages: one with your contact information (phone, email, address), and one with the title of your collection (minus your name). Your name should not appear on the manuscript itself. Type or word-process on standard white paper, on one side of the page only. Paginate consecutively with a table of contents. Bind with a binder clip (no paperclips, please). Attach publications acknowledgments if any. Include a stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of receipt of manuscript. Please keep a copy of your entry. Manuscripts not selected for publication will be recycled. Multiple submissions are fine; include a separate reading fee with each. send: Complete MS looking for: Poetry |
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| Diagram Chapbook Contest | Updated October 10th, 2008 |
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A prize of $1,000, publication by New Michigan Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a chapbook-length collection of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or mixed-genre work. All entries will be considered for publication. Submit a manuscript of 18 to 44 pages with a $15 entry fee by April 1. send: Complete MS looking for: Poetry |
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