This is a great opportunity for new and experienced writers alike. It's a brand new contest, not heavily advertised due to budget constraints. Could you help me spread the word? Deadline is October 1, just a few weeks away!
Bobbi Buchanan, editor
NewSoutherner.com
375 Wood Valley Lane
Louisville, KY 40299
502-239-3438
New Southerner Literary Contest
$200 prizes for poetry, fiction and nonfiction
Three prizes of $200 each and publication in New Southerner will be awarded for works of poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction.
* 5,000 word limit for prose
* 50 line limit for poetry
* Entry Fee: $10 per entry; checks should be made payable to Swallowtail Press
* Multiple entries accepted
* Postmark deadline: October 1, 2008
Final judges:
(Cecilia Woloch, photo by Mark Savage--ceciliawoloch.com)
Nonfiction — Kathryn Eastburn (author of A Sacred Feast and Simon Says)
Poetry — Erin Keane (author of The Gravity Soundtrack and The One-Hit Wonders) and Cecilia Woloch (author of Tsigan and Late)
Fiction — Silas House (author of The Coal Tattoo and Clay's Quilt)
(Silas House--silashouse.com)
All work must be typed on standard-sized paper. No manuscript will be returned; for acknowledgement of receipt, include self-addressed, stamped postcard with submission.
Send two copies—one with the author’s name, address, phone number and optional e-mail address in the upper right-hand corrner, the other with no author information. Include separate title page for each entry indicating title of work, category, author’s name, address and phone number.
Entries must be the author’s original, unpublished work and should be appropriate for publication in New Southerner, an independent journal dedicated to promoting self-sufficient living, environmental stewardship and support for local economies. For more information, see our submission guidelines online at newsoutherner.com/aboutus.htm.
Winners will be contacted by telephone and/or e-mail by the end of November. Winning entries will be published in the winter issue of New Southerner, scheduled for release Dec. 10. Judges may choose to award honorable mentions in each category.
Entries and entry fees made payable to SWALLOWTAIL PRESS should be mailed to:
New Southerner Literary Contest
375 Wood Valley Lane
Louisville, KY 40299
Questions regarding entries should be directed to bobbibuchanan@newsoutherner.com.
2 comments:
This is only part of what I read today on your wonderful blog. Thank goodness there's an occasional serious writer--poet or not--who dares sentiment. Thank you for the information (all discouraging, unfortunately) about the rampant, even obscene development that will soon match my old Berkshires locale with unfettered and unregarded use of land and resources. I have to ask, how many golf courses can we use? Seriously!
Katherine, keep it up. I'm getting tired. If it weren't for Senior Women Web I wouldn't have any readers these days. And I'm not good at advocacy, I fear. Excelsior!
Joan
PS -- I see you have more help than you need from the canines. Mine comes from a big white cat. The dog is a gentleman. ;-)
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