Competition

Three Prizes for a memoir essay or personal story: $1000, $350 and $150

All winners will be considered for publication by Quarterly West

Judge: Teresa Jordan

Entry fee: $20 per submission

Deadline: March 20, 2011

Manuscripts of up to 7,500 words or 20 pages (double-spaced 12 point type) must be submitted electronically through the Writers @ Work web site.

Guidelines:

1. Writers who have not yet published a book-length volume of original work with a national press in the applicable genre may submit work for the competition.

2. Only unpublished work may be submitted. Work will be considered published if it has appeared in any print journal or literary magazine or has appeared in an electronic magazine or journal. Posting work on personal websites is not considered publishing. Please do not submit work from chapbooks or work published by a vanity press. Self-published work (such as a collection of stories, poems, essays, or novel that you print for limited distribution) is acceptable.

3. The competitions are designed to serve emerging writers. Writers who have been published in five or more print or electronic journals or literary magazines in any closely related genres may not submit work for the fellowship competition.

4. Current or former students who have studied with judges in an accredited degree-granting program or institution are not eligible for the competition.

5. Previous winners are not eligible in the genre in which they have won.

6. Board members are prohibited from submitting manuscripts during their tenure on the board.

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