Short Story Contest Judged by Susan Minot
H.O.W. Journal is hosting its first short story contest to be judged by acclaimed author Susan Minot.
Guidelines:
- The contest is open to all writers and all themes
- The word limit is 12,000.
- We do consider unpublished novel excerpts if they feel like complete stories.
- It's fine to submit more than one story.
- Manuscripts should be submitted with a cover note listing the author's name, address, phone number, and email; names should not appear on the stories themselves.
- All submissions should be clearly typed manuscripts, double-spaced on 8 1/2 x 11 inch white paper, one side only.
- Submissions will not be returned.
- No simultaneous or previously published work.
Awards:
- 1st Place - $1000 and publication in H.O.W. Journal
- 2nd Place - $300 and publication in H.O.W. Journal
- 3rd Place - $100 and publication in H.O.W. Journal
Reading Fee per story
- $20.00
Send your submissions and reading fee (a check payable to H.O.W. Journal) to:
H.O.W. Journal
Short Story Contest
12 Desbrosses Street
New York, NY, 10013Submissions must be received in the H.O.W. offices by May 15th, 2010.
We look forward to reading your stories!
The Judge: Susan Minot
Susan Minot's first novel Monkeys was published in a dozen countries and received the Prix Femina Étranger in France. She is the author of Lust and Other Stories, Folly: A Novel, Poems 4 A.M., Rapture and Evening, which has been sold around the world and was made into a film for which Minot co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Cunningham. She also wrote the screenplay for Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty.
About H.O.W. Journal
H.O.W. Journal is an art & literary journal that publishes an eclectic mix of today's prominent writers and artists alongside upcoming talents with an effort to raise money and awareness for the approximately 163 million children throughout the world that have been orphaned. The publication features works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry as well as visual arts.
