The 2010 Joy Harjo Poetry Award
& the Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award:
**First Prize in each genre: $1250 and publication in CUTTHROAT**
**Second Prize in each genre: $250 and publication in CUTTHROAT. **
All finalists are acknowledged in CUTTHROAT and considered for publication. Winners are announced in POETS & WRITERS, WINNING WRITERS and the AWP Chronicle.
Our 2010 JUDGES are:
MARVIN BELL - Joy Harjo Poetry Prize
LORIAN HEMINGWAY - Rick DeMarinis Short Fiction Prize
Submit up to three unpublished poems (100 line limit for each) or one unpublished short story (5000 word limit), any subject, any style, postmarked between July 15 and October 15, 2010. Winners announced in late December 2010. Author name must not appear on any manuscript page. Include a cover cover sheet with name, address, phone, email, genre and title(s) submitted. Writer MUST include a SASE for announcement of
winners or submission will not be read.
A stamped postcard for receipt of ms. is optional. All manuscripts must be in 12 point
Mail manuscripts to:
CUTTHROAT Literary Award
(specify genre)
P.O. Box 2414
Durango, CO 81302
Fiction submissions must be double-spaced. All manuscripts are recycled. Writers may submit as often as they wish. Simultaneous
submissions accepted as long as author informs us immediately should a piece be accepted elsewhere.
submissions accepted as long as author informs us immediately should a piece be accepted elsewhere.
There is a $15.00 nonrefundable reading fee per submission (one story or three
poems). Make checks payable to Raven's Word Writers Center.
poems). Make checks payable to Raven's Word Writers Center.
No relatives of or employees of CUTTHROAT, no friends or students of the judges are eligible for these prizes. No stories or poems that have been previously published or have won contests are eligible. No friends, relatives or students of judges nor CUTTHROAT staff are eligible for prizes.