About Enizagam
OSA Enizagam seeks to fill the existing void in nationally respected secondary-student-run literary publications. The journal’s editorial mission is to promote the literary arts by introducing high-caliber fiction and poetry to traditional and emerging readerships. Its content is comprised of submissions from writers living in the U.S. and beyond, as well as the winning and finalist entries of an annual contest: the OSA Enizagam Literary Awards in Poetry and Fiction.
Contest 2012
Enizagam is pleased to announce our Enizagam 2012 Literary Awards in Poetry and Fiction judges: Lemony Snicket, AKA Daniel Handler, and Nikki Giovanni.
Daniel Handler (2012 Ficton judge) is the author of the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events (under the pen name of Lemony Snicket), a collection of books for children, and three books for adults: Basic Eight (based on a true story of a teenaged girl who commits murder), Watch Your Mouth (a melodramatic satire of family life), and Adverbs. His recent work as Lemony Snicket includes 13 Words, a collaboration with Maira Kalman.
Nikki Giovanni (2012 Poetry judge) graduated with honors from Fisk University, her grandfather’s alma mater, in 1968; after graduating from Fisk, she attended the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. She published her first book of poetry, Black Feeling Black Talk, in 1968, and within the next year published a second book, thus launching her career as a writer. Early in her career she was dubbed the “Princess of Black Poetry,” and over the course of more than three decades of publishing and lecturing she has come to be called both a “National Treasure” and, most recently, one of Oprah Winfrey’s twenty-five “Living Legends.”
In addition to getting your work “blurbed” by these luminary authors, the 2012 Eniz awards offer two $500 prizes, and the chance to have a reading of your work broadcast online.
Check out our contest guidelines here: http://oakarts.submishmash.com/Submit. Can’t wait to read this year’s submissions!
Blurbs about your writing by luminary authors, two prizes of $1,000 and publication are awarded annually for a short story and a group of poems. OSA Enizagam seeks to fill the existing void in nationally respected secondary-student-run literary publications. The journal's editorial mission is to promote the literary arts by introducing high-caliber fiction and poetry to traditional and emerging readerships.
Submit 3-5 poems totaling no more than 10 pages, or a short story up to 6,000 words, online with $20 entry fee by March 15. Cover page must include name, address, phone, email, brief bio. No names elsewhere. Multiple/simultaneous submissions accepted. Add acknowledgments for previously published work. Notify EnizAwards@oakarts.org if an entry is accepted elsewhere. All finalists considered for publication. Reading of the winning pieces broadcast online. Work may be in any literary style as long as it hooks the reader by the eyes and does not let go.
OSA Enizagam website: http://enizagam.org
Judges:
Lemony Snicket, AKA Daniel Handler (2012 Ficton judge) is the author of the bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events, a collection of books for children, and three books for adults: Basic Eight (based on a true story of a teenaged girl who commits murder), Watch Your Mouth (a melodramatic satire of family life), and Adverbs. His recent work as Lemony Snicket includes 13 Words, a collaboration with Maira Kalman.
Nikki Giovanni (2012 Poetry judge) graduated with honors from Fisk University, her grandfather’s alma mater, in 1968; after graduating from Fisk, she attended the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. She published her first book of poetry, Black Feeling Black Talk, in 1968, and within the next year published a second book, thus launching her career as a writer. Early in her career she was dubbed the “Princess of Black Poetry,” and over the course of more than three decades of publishing and lecturing she has come to be called both a “National Treasure” and, most recently, one of Oprah Winfrey’s twenty-five “Living Legends.”
Fiction - $20.00
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Size limit: 6,000
Fiction submissions should consist of one short story up to 6,000 words long. Entries may be in any literary style, and address any subject, as long as they hook the reader by the eyes and do not let go. We do not publish novel excerpts.