Call for manuscripts
Postmark or Upload Deadline: Aug. 31, 2011 (Firm)
Contest does not accept work previously published or having received awards in other
competitions. Notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.Win cash, publication, and recognition!
$100 first place winners, $75 second, and $50 third Plus publication in the Seven Hills Review
Contest Categories
Short Story 2,500 word maximum, any genre. Short Storyjudge: Mark Mustian Creative Nonfiction 2,500 word maximum. Submissions in this genre could include (but are not limited to) memoir, food or travel writing, personal essays, new journalism, biography, nonfiction stories, and nature writing. The emphasis in creative nonfiction is on factually true yet elegant literary expression. Creative Nonfiction judge: D.K. Roberts Children’s Picture Books for ages 4-8, with 2,500 word maximum. (Note: We offer children’s chapter book competition in alternate years.) Children’s Picture Books judge: Boots Hensel Flash Fiction 500 word maximum, any genre. Flash Fiction judge: Philip Deaver
Top Tips for Improving Your Chances in the Seven Hills Contest
It's your choice! Submit online or by snail mail.
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- Submission title should be in upper left corner of your manuscript and page number in upper right corner of each page.
- Author’s name is not to appear on manuscript pages.
- Fee of $17 per submission, nonmembers. $12 TWA members with paid dues. Pay by credit card on a secure server. Your credidt card information is not stored.
- You will receive an acknowledgment email that your manuscript is in the system.
- A list of winners will be sent to all entrants via email and posted on the TWA Web site by Nov. 30, 2011.
Snail Mail Submission Guidelines
- Submit three double-spaced copies, typed on one side of 8 1/2 by 11 paper.
- Submission title should be in upper left corner and page number in upper right corner of each page.
- Author’s name is not to appear on manuscript pages or on any materials attached to it.
- Also send completed Seven Hills Cover Sheet.
- Fee of $17 per submission, nonmembers. $12 TWA members with paid dues.Enclose check or money order, please.
- Manuscripts will not be returned or retained.
- A list of winners will be sent to all entrants via email and posted on the TWA Web site by Nov. 30, 2011.
Mail contest materials to
TWA Seven Hills Contest (category of entry)
P.O. Box 3428, Tallahassee, FL 32315
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