PUB: New Millennium Writings Awards Competition

Now accepting online submissions for our Thirtieth Consecutive
New Millennium Awards for Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction.
$4,000 offered in Literary Grants and Awards, Plus Publication
$1,000 for best Poem, $1,000 for best Fiction, $1,000 for best Nonfiction, $1,000 for best Short-short Fiction
(Nonfiction includes humor, memoir, creative nonfiction, travel, opinion, essay, interview, features, investigative reporting, etc.)
Award Winners published in NMW and on this website
New Contest Added: Short-Short Fiction.
1,000 words maximum. $1000 prize, 20 finalists considered for publication. -->
To Apply, Follow these Guidelines:
  1. No restrictions as to style, content or number of submissions. Previously published pieces OK if online or under 5,000 print circulation.
  2. Winners and selected finalists—including all poetry finalists—will be published in our 2010 issue and/or on-line.
  3. Send any time between now and midnight, June 17, 2010 .
  4. Simultaneous & multiple submissions welcome.
  5. Each Fiction or Nonfiction is a separate entry and should total no more than 6,000 words, except for the Short-Short Fiction Award, which should total no more than 1,000 words. (Nonfiction includes essays, profiles, memoirs, interviews, creative nonfiction, travel, humor, etc.)
  6. Each Poetry entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed five pages total. All 20 poetry finalists will be published.
  7. Cover letter or title page NOT required if entering online, as contact information is automatically provided upon completion of submission.
  8. Include a $17 fee to cover purchase of the book in which winners appear and related expenses.
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Apply Online:
  • Each entry must be in a separate file (up to 3 poems in a file for poetry). Many file formats are accepted. Payment will be by credit card or echeck through PayPal.
  • Include cover letter in the same file with each entry.
  • Entry file to upload: Select category... Short-short fiction Fiction Nonfiction Poetry
or  Apply Offline:
  • Manuscripts are not returned. Send a business-size SASE (or an IRC if outside the U.S.) for a list of winners or await your book.
  • Include $17 check payable to New Millennium Writings to cover purchase of the book in which winners appear and related expenses.
  • Send to "NMW," Room M2, PO Box 2463, Knoxville, TN 37901. Entries should be postmarked on or before June 17, 2010.

Winners of NMW Awards are showcased along with interviews, profiles and tributes to writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Khaled Hosseini, J. D. Salinger, Julia Glass, Shel Silverstein, George Garrett, Ken Kesey, John Updike, Lee Smith, Cormac McCarthy, Lucille Clifton, Shelby Foote, Paul West, Norman Mailer, Sharyn McCrumb, William Kennedy and tributes to writers for the ages, including Faulkner, Hemingway, Dickinson, Keats, Percy, Warren and others; also prize-winning stories, poems and articles, plus humor, graphic arts and writing advice. Color cover/ 208 pages. See our FAQ page for additional information.

Thanks for your interest and, to those of you who have already applied, thanks for your patience. Feel free to apply more than once.

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