MVP Project 2010
The Many Voices Project is the distinguished annual competition (since 1981) to find new and emerging writers. (An emerging writer has not published more than two books of creative writing with a commercial, university, or national small press.)Our 2010 submission period is September 15 - November 1 (postmark), 2010. This year, there is a $20 entry fee to enter this book-length competition; there is also a required entry form, available HERE. Both the Prose Prize and the Poetry Prize this year are national prizes. The two winning manuscripts will be published in Fall 2012; each author receives a $1,000 honorarium and a standard book contract. All of our books are distributed nationally by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution.
Finalist Judges have not yet been announced. Recent judges include Jack Driscoll, John Dufresne, Leif Enger, Alice Friman, Richard Hoffman, Ann Hood, Antonya Nelson, Ron Rindo, Lee Ann Roripaugh, Charles Simic, Joyce Sutphen, and Tim Seibles.
2010 MVP Submission Guidelines:
General
• Submit between Sept. 15 and Nov. 1, 2010.
• Submissions MUST include an entry form, available HERE.
• Include a $20 entry fee for each manuscript, made out to New Rivers Press.
• Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for confirmation of receipt of ms. (optional)
• Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for result notification. (optional)
• Simultaneous submissions are fine, but notify NRP immediately of acceptance elsewhere. (If you fail to give such notification and your manuscript is selected, your signature on the entry form gives NRP permission to proceed with publication.)
• You may acknowledge individual poems, stories, and other pieces published in magazines, anthologies, or elsewhere, but such acknowledgments or your name can not appear in the manuscript itself, since judging is blind.
• Notify NRP in writing of address or telephone number changes.
• MSS. will be recycled.Manuscript Preparation
• You may submit more than one manuscript, but only if there is no overlap in content.
• Send complete manuscript in a plain manila folder. We do not accept electronic submissions for the MVP Competition.
• Manuscript must be word processed on 8.5" x 11" paper, one-sided.
• Manuscript pages must be numbered.
• Include a cover sheet with name, address, and manuscript title.
• DO NOT include your name, address or acknowledgments on the manuscript pages; the judging is blind.Poetry Specs
• Any eligible writer writing in English is eligible.
• Manuscript length: 50-80 pages.
• Single-spaced.
• No more than one poem per page.Prose & Creative Nonfiction Specs
• Any eligible writer writing in English is eligible.
• Manuscript length: short stories and novellas (or a combination thereof), or personal essays: 100-200 pages. Novels and memoirs: up to 400 pages.
• Double-spaced.
Mailing Address
Submit your manuscript, entry form, and entry fee to:
New Rivers Press MVP Competition 1104 Seventh Avenue South Moorhead, MN 56563
