Contest

Creative Writing Contest: $1,000 Prize and Publication

Finalist Judge: TBD (Guest Author)

Mason’s Road will award a $1,000 prize to the best piece of creative writing published in Issue #3, and will include the following genres:

• Fiction
• Creative Non-Fiction
• Poetry
• Drama

Our acclaimed guest judge (TBD) will anonymously judge the 10 finalists selected by our readers in each genre. While there will undoubtedly be finalists in each genre, we will only award one prize. For Issue #3, we are looking for submissions that engage us in considering the opportunities and complexities of “arc”— the rise and fall of dramatic tension, whether subtle or steep, upward or downward, singular or recurrent, that draws the reader in (and keeps him or her there).

• 10 Contest Finalists will be notified by the managing editor by e-mail.
• The Contest Winner will be notified by the managing editor by e-mail, invited to read their award-winning work at our next Mason’s Road event, and will be awarded the $1,000 prize at the event; if s/he is unable to attend, the check will be sent by mail.
• Please note the Submission Guidelines and reading period, as they apply to the contest as well.
• For any questions regarding the contest please contact Managing Editor Tess Brown at ManagingEditorTess@Gmail.com.

You do not need to enter our contest to be considered for publication in Mason’s Road; however, only contest candidates will be considered for the $1,000 prize, focusing on our writing craft theme for this issue.

To enter the contest:

1) Please post a comment on your favorite published piece in Mason’s Road – the current or past issue – and/or make a posting on our blog regarding any element of the writing craft.

2) Go to our Submissions Manager to pay the $15 reading fee through PayPal and then upload your submission.

Submit by May 1, 2011

Best of Luck! Thank you!