NEO•GRIOT

2010 Literary awards

Contest Guidelines

    Please note that we do not accept submissions via email.   

• Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Spring 2011 issue of the American Literary Review will be given for a poem, a short story, and an essay.
• Submit up to three poems, a short story of up to 8,000 words, or an essay of
  up to 6,500 words with a $15 entry fee by October 1, 2010. Entries submitted after this deadline will be returned unread.
• Include a cover page with author's name, title(s), address, and phone number.
  Do not include any identifying information on subsequent pages except for the
  title of the work.
• Enclose a $15.00 reading fee (includes subscription) and a SASE for contest
  results. Multiple entries are acceptable; however each entry must be accompanied
  by a reading fee. (Note: only the initial entry fee includes a subscription.
  Subsequent entry fees go to contest costs only and will not extend the subscription.)
• Short Fiction: One work of fiction per entry ($15), limit 8,000 words per work.
• Creative Nonfiction: One work per entry fee, limit 6,500 words per work.
• Poetry: Entry fee covers up to three poems (i.e. one to three poems would
  require an entry fee of $15; four to six poems would be $30, and so on).
• Label entries according to contest genre and mail to ALR's regular submission address:

  
  For example: American Literary Review Short Fiction Contest
                      P.O. Box 311307
                      University of North Texas
                      Denton, TX 76203-1307