PUB: Spokane Prize for Short Fiction

Spokane Prize for Short Fiction

Willow Springs Books invites submissions for the 10th annual Spokane Prize for Short Fiction: $2,000 plus publication by Willow Springs Books.

Submission deadline: March 15, 2010

 

Contest Information

Willow Springs Books is pleased to announce the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. Winner will receive publication plus a $2000 cash prize. To be considered for the prize, send a book-length manuscript (no less than 98 pages) of stories (no fewer than 3), an SASE for notification, and a $25 reading fee made out to "Willow Springs Books." We accept submissions between January 1st and March 15th.

All United States authors, regardless of publication history, are eligible. Manuscripts must contain page numbers and a table of contents. There is no maximum page count and stories may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, or limited edition volumes. Selected stories collections (stories previously published in books) will not be considered. Manuscripts will not be returned. Do not send novels.

Past judges have included Rick Bass, William Kittredge, Jess Walter, and John Keeble.

Recent winners:

  2009 Strange Weather, by Becky Hagenston

  2008 This Is Not Your City, by Caitlin Horrocks

  2007 Forgetting English, by Midge Raymond

  2006 The High Heart, by Joseph Bathanti

  2005 Woman in the Woods, by Ann Joslin Williams


Submission Guidelines

Here's a checklist for prize submission:

  • a book-length manuscript (no less than 98 pages) of at least three short stories
  • an SASE for notification
  • a cover letter including your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address, as well as a short bio
  • a $25 dollar reading fee made out to “Willow Springs Books” (check or money order only) for each manuscript entry
  • Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2010.
Please send entries to:

Willow Springs Books
c/o Inland NW Center for Writers
501 N Riverpoint Blvd, Suite 425
Spokane WA 99202

>http://willowsprings.ewu.edu/spokaneprize.php