7th Annual ACCENTI Writing Contest
Contest Rules
Topic
The topic is open. Any type of entry that meets the submission criteria below is eligible. Multiple entries welcome.
Submission Criteria
• The contest is open to prose works.
• Entries can be fiction, non-fiction or creative non-fiction.
• Entries must be previously unpublished and not under consideration by any other publication.
• Entries must be original and not a translation of a previously published work.
• Maximum length: 2000 words.
• IMPORTANT: No poetry, plays, reviews, and scholarly essays. No footnotes and endnotes. No pseudonyms.• Submissions must be in Word or txt format.
• No email or fax submissions.Language
• Submissions must be in English.
• Submissions can be an English translation of the author's unpublished original work in another language.Participants
The contest is open to all writers, established and emerging, worldwide.Entry Fee
$20.00 per entry, non-refundable.Deadline
Postmarked on or before February 7, 2012.Judging
Blind judging.Announcement of Results
Winners will be contacted in Spring 2012, and their names will subsequently be posted on Accenti Online.Prizes
• Top prize: $1000.00 (CDN) and publication in Accenti.
• Second Prize: $250.00 (CDN) and publication in Accenti.
• Third Prize: $100.00 (CDN) and publication in Accenti.
How to Submit
Each submission must be accompanied by a duly completed entry form and entry fee.Click HERE to submit online.
Click HERE to submit by mail.
Questions
If you have any questions, please write to: accenti@accenti.ca