PUB: New Millennium Writings Awards Competition Entry
New Millennium Writings is now accepting submissions
for our Thirty-first Consecutive Awards for Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction.
Writing competition winners will be published in NMW and on this website.
$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.

 

To apply follow these guidelines

  1. No restrictions as to style, content or number of submissions. Enter as often as you like.
  2. Send between now and midnight of November 17, 2010 (postmark OK).
  3. Simultaneous & multiple submissions welcome. Previously published material welcome if under 5,000-circulation or if previously published online only.
  4. Each fiction or nonfiction piece is counted as a separate entry, and should total no more than 6,000 words except Short-Short Fiction (no more than 1,000 words).
  5. Each poetry entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed five pages total per entry. All poetry Honorable Mentions will be published.
  6. Save cover sheet or letter with the submission you'll be uploading and send as one file. Should you forget to include such covers, however, it's OK, as contact information is automatically forwarded to us when you pay online.
Cover sheet or letter is not required if entering online, as contact information is automatically forwarded to us when you pay. If including such a cover or letter, however, save it to the submission you'll be uploading and send as one file. -->
  • Payment is $17 per submission in order to cover our many expenses and reserve your book.
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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
    How to 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 our many expenses and reserve your book.
    • Include cover letter or title page with name, address, phone and email address.
    • Send to "NMW," Room M2, PO Box 2463, Knoxville, TN 37901. Entries should be postmarked on or before November 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.

     

    via newmillenniumwritings.com