2011 International Literary Awards Guidelines

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2011 International Literary Awards Guidelines More than $4,000 in prizes!

2011 International Literary Awards Guidelines

More than $4,000 in prizes!

Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award for a single short story up to 5000 words

Judge: Michael Parker

 

Rita Dove Poetry Award for a poem up to 100 lines (up to two poems per submission, any style)

Judge: Allison Joseph

 

Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award for a single piece of creative nonfiction, including personal essay and memoir, up to 5000 words

Judge: Meghan Daum

 

The winner in each genre will receive $1,200. The two honorable mentions in each genre will receive $150.

 Competition Rules and Requirements:

 --All entries should be mailed to Amy Knox Brown, Director of the Salem College Center for Women Writers, 601 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.

--Competitions are open to both women and men who write in English except Salem Academy and College employees and students.

--All submissions must be unpublished. Postmark deadline: February 10, 2011. Winners will be announced by May 16, 2011.

--The author’s name and address must not appear on the manuscript.

--For each entry, you must include all of the following: three clean typed copies of your manuscript (double space all prose entries); one cover sheet per entry with your name, address, telephone number, email, the genre in which you’re submitting (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry), word count (for nonfiction and fiction)/ line count (for poetry), and the title of the work(s); a check/money order for the $15 (in US dollars) reading fee per submission, made out to the Salem College International Literary Awards; and an optional SASE for notification of winners.

For further information, visit www.salem.edu/go/cww; or email cww@salem.edu; or contact Amy Knox Brown, Director of the Salem College Center for Women Writers, 601 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.  No phone calls, please.  

 We congratulate our 2010 winners: Sharon May, Lisa K. Buchanan and Gregory Loselle.