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New South 2011 Contest Guidelines


Poetry Prize
First Place: $1000
Second Place: $250

Prose Prize
First Place: $1000
Second Place: $250


Deadline: All entries must be postmarked or submitted electronically to our online submission manager by March 4, 2011.
Reading Fee: $15.00


To Submit by Post Mail

Each post mail entry must include the following:

1) A check or money order (NO CASH) made payable to Georgia State University for fifteen dollars ($15). Entry fee includes a copy of the Summer 2011 issue, which will contain the winning entries.

2) A cover letter with a 3- to 4-line bio, title(s) of the work submitted, and your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address.


POETRY

  • Address poetry submissions to the Poetry Editor.
  • Poems must be typed.
  • Submit up to three (3) poems per $15 Reading Fee.
  • All poems must have name, address, phone, and e-mail appearing on each page.

PROSE

  • Address fiction submissions to the Fiction Editor.
  • Manuscripts must be typed.
  • Include name, address, phone, email, & word count on the first page of the manuscript only.
  • Non-fiction is welcomed and encouraged.
  • Submit one (1) short story or non-fiction piece per $15 Reading Fee.
  • Please limit your submission to 9,000 words.

Send work to the following address:
New South/Writing Contest
Campus Box 1894
Georgia State University
MSC 8R0322 Unit 8
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083


To Submit Online

New South will also accept online submissions for this year's contest. Please visit our page on Tell It Slant to submit.

Each online entry must include the following:

1) A reading fee of fifteen dollars ($15). Entry fee includes a copy of the Summer 2011 issue, which will contain the winning entries.

2) The submitter's contact info, including a mailing address so that we may send a copy of the Summer 2011 issue.

POETRY

  • Submit up to three (3) poems per document.

PROSE

  • Non-fiction is welcomed and encouraged.
  • Submit one (1) short story or non-fiction piece per $15 Reading Fee.
  • Please limit your submissions to 9,000 words.

While we take the greatest care in handling your entries, we assume no responsibility for lost or damaged manuscripts. Only unpublished work considered. Simultaneous submissions considered with notification. All rights revert to author after publication. Current students, staff, and faculty at Georgia State University are not eligible.

New South publishes quality literary art promoting the work of emerging and established writers. New South holds no subject biases. The staff will select the best work regardless of style or genre. The final round of judging will be anonymous (the names will be removed from the manuscripts before the final judges see them).


For questions ONLY (no submissions, please):

new_south@langate.gsu.edu

via review.gsu.edu