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SUBMISSIONS
Submitting work to Carpe Articulum is a four-step process.

1. Review the appropriate Deadlines, Guidelines and Rules of Entry for your submission.

2. If you have not previously submitted work to Carpe Articulum, you must REGISTER with us prior to submitting your work. Once you are registered with us, you do not need to do so again in order to submit your works and may skip to the next step for all future submissions.

3. SUBMIT your work.

4. Submit the appropriate Reading or Entry Fee via PayPal pull-down menu below. Within PayPal, be sure to click the “Add special instructions to the seller” link and include YOUR NAME and THE NAME OF YOUR SUBMISSION. A PayPal account is not required in order to use PayPal. Submissions are not considered or complete until payment has been made.

Please Select Your Entry Type
Novella Entry $25.00 Essay Non-Fiction $25.00 Short Fiction $20.00 Poetry $20.00 Photography $20.00 Screenwriting $29.00

DEADLINES
These dates are ANNUAL, REVOLVING deadlines

SHORT FICTION……..MAR 30, SEPT 30
POETRY…………………MAR 30, SEPT 30
NOVELLA…………….. JAN 7
ESSAY/NON-FICT……JAN 7, AUG 30
PHOTOGRAPHY……. AUG 30

If deadlines are missed, the piece will automatically be entered into the next contest cycle for that particular genre.

GENERAL RULES OF ENTRY

  1. All contests are void where prohibited by law.
  2. All contests are open to the public over the age of 18. International submissions accepted  and encouraged. For publication in the English Version of CALR, participant must have work translated into English. All rules apply.
  3. All work must be original, and by submitting the pieces, author gives rights to the Carpe Articulum Literary Review to print the piece and to use it on the web or other media. All rights revert back to the author. See website for release and terms information. We want authors to become well known, and have no desire to encumber work. We do however, reserve the right to use it.
  4. Multiple entries are accepted.
  5. Previously printed work is acceptable as long as the circulation did not exceed 2,000 copies of a magazine, newspaper, book or other printed media. Previously printed authors are permitted.
  6. Two Cover Sheets must be included: One with author’s contact information, including name, address, telephone number, email, entry title and contest name. The second must contain the contest name and working TITLE of the piece ONLY. Absolutely no author name may be included on the work itself (unless it is a painting) or the piece(s) will be disqualified.
  7. No manuscripts will be returned, see winner’s announcements in the magazine or on the website.
  8. Electronic entries are accepted and encouraged, as long as all guidelines are observed, and entry fee accompanies its submission, ear-marked for the work’s title and author. Send electronic entries in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx file extension) through the email address: Editor-in-Chief@CarpeArticulum.com
  9. If no suitable winner can be found by contests’ end, the judges may invoke the right to  extend the contest date slightly, in order to find enough appropriate work material. However, all contests will be awarded the funds allocated by the end of the extension date.
  10. All reader’s fees are non-refundable, and work is non-returnable. Please see to it that you are NOT sending us your only copy.
  11. All reader fees can be paid online via PayPal, OR by check or money order payable to: CARPE ARTICULUM LITERARY REVIEW. Entries can be sent via regular or special mail to:
    The Carpe Verbum Contest / [write short fiction, novella, etc. here]
    PO Box 409
    Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034
  12. All Submissions MUST be postmarked by the deadline in order to be considered for that genre. We get a lot of work in, and in order to give it the proper attention, appropriate time allowances must be made. THE EARLIER, THE BETTER. If for any reason you feel you may have omitted an important piece of information, or may have inadvertently made an error in putting your package together, feel free to contact us and we will do our best to straighten out the issue. We sincerely want all worthy authors to get their due recognition and will in no way arbitrarily disqualify a participant for a slight oversight. International submissions welcome.

GUIDELINES FOR SHORT FICTION
Submissions must not exceed 25 pages double-spaced. Submissions must not be less than a 12 pt. nor larger than a 14 pt. of a typically used font.

Reading Fee  $20

AWARDS
FIRST =  $1,250 / SECOND =  $300 / THIRD =  $200

Each additional entry in this SAME category, $10, not to exceed 5 total submissions

GUIDELINES FOR NOVELLAS
Eligible submissions must be of a single novella. May be a self-contained portion of a larger book, but must be a complete work in and of itself. May be comprised of up to 150 double-spaced typed pages; other than length, all Short Fiction guidelines apply. Submissions must not be less than a 12 pt. nor larger than a 14 pt. size of a typically used font.

Stories or novellas previously published are eligible, as long as the publication did not exceed 2,000 copies.

Reading Fee $25

AWARDS
FIRST =  $1,000 / SECOND =  $300 / THIRD = $200
Each additional entry in this SAME category, $10, not to exceed 5 total submissions.

GUIDELINES FOR POETRY
Not to exceed three pages per poem.

Not to include more than three poems per entry.

Reading Fee $20 (for 3 poems)

AWARDS
FIRST = $400 / SECOND = $200 / THIRD = $100
Each additional poem entry in this SAME category, $10 each, not to exceed 5 total submissions.

GUIDELINES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY (JOHN & EVA KEENER AWARD)
Work can include up to 3 black and white or colour photographs.

Work must not be digitally altered beyond very basic touch up,  (i.e. no inserts of fire-breathing dragons over the White House).

Work must not be pornographic (sexually explicit) in nature.

Work must be provided between the sizes of 3×5 to 11×13.

Work must be available in jpeg and PDF format, preferably 300 dpi.

ENTRY FEE  $20

AWARDS
FIRST = $400 / SECOND = $200 / THIRD = $100
Each additional entry in this SAME category, $10, not to exceed 5 total submissions.

GUIDELINES FOR CARPE VERBUM ESSAY/NON-FICTION AWARD
See GUIDELINES FOR SHORT FICTION

Reading Fee $20

AWARDS
FIRST = $300 / SECOND = $200 / THIRD = $100
Each additional entry in this SAME category, $10, not to exceed 5 total submissions.

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