2012 RAYMOND CARVER
SHORT STORY CONTEST
Bridget Boland, author of the forthcoming book The DoulaCarve is pleased to announced Bridget Boland as this year’s guest judge for the 13th annual Raymond Carver Short Story Contest.
Bridget Boland is a Dallas-based writer whose work has appeared in Conde Nast Women’s Sports and Fitness, YogaChicago, and The Essential Chicago. Her debut novel, The Doula, will be published by Simon and Schuster in September 2012.
Ms. Boland teaches writing classes on fiction and memoir, coaches other writers, and offers seminars on yoga, energetics and writing as life process tools. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a JD from Loyola University of Chicago, and is the recipient of five residencies at The Ragdale Foundation for Writers and Artists.
FROM THE EDITOR
The Editor is blogging about the contest: check out all the Raymond Carver contest posts and learn more about the contest, past winners, and what makes a winning story stand out.
GUIDELINES
Dates, Fees, and Prizes
Submission Dates: May 1-June 30, 2012.
Winners announced September 1, 2012.
Entry Fees: $17 online / $15 mailed, per entry.
Prizes: Top 3 prizes determined by guest judge. 2 Editor’s Choice determined by Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor.
1st place - $1000
2nd place - $750
3rd place - $500
Two Editor’s Choice - $250 eachAll winners published in the Fall 2012 issue on September 15, 2012. All winners are considered for representation by the Rees Literary Agency.
Eligibility
Open to U.S. and international, but stories must be in English.
No genre fiction; literary fiction only.
There is no limit to the number of entries one may submit.
Stories must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions accepted if notified promptly that story is accepted elsewhere.
We ask that winners of the previous year’s Raymond Carver Short Story Contest do not enter.
Formatting
Word count limit: no minimum, max 6000.
Please do your best to format submissions as follows:
-double spaced
-at least 1” margins
-ONLY story title and page numbers (no author info) in headerCover Letter/Page
If submitting online: no cover page in the uploaded document; Submishmash provides a place for cover letters/bios in a form that is blind to readers and editors until the completion of readings.
If submitting by mail: cover page with ONLY story title, name, address, phone number, email, and word count. This will be removed and catalogued before stories are given to readers and editors.
For additional questions about the contest, please email the editor at contest@carvezine.com.
SUBMIT NOW
Submit online or mail with check or money order (payable to Carve Magazine) to:
Carve Magazine
Raymond Carver Contest
PO Box 701510
Dallas, TX 75370
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