PUB: The Briar Cliff Review

The Fifteenth Annual Fiction, Poetry
and Creative Nonfiction Contest

 

The Briar Cliff Review

Submit to an award-winning magazine

Member of Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)

2002 Gold Crown Award
2000 Pacemaker Award
1999 Gold Crown Award
1998 Gold Crown Award
1997 Silver Crown Award
1995 Pacemaker Award
1994 Gold Crown Award
1993 Gold Crown Award
 1992 Silver Crown Award

Fifteenth Annual

Fiction, Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Contest

$1000 First Place for each category

Plus Publication in Spring 2011

Entries will be judged by the Editors of The Briar Cliff Review.
$20 entry fee per story/creative nonfiction piece or three poems.
Omit author’s name on manuscript.

Deadline: Nov. 1, 2010

       Guidelines:       

  • Short story/creative nonfiction word limit up to 6,000.

  • Short stories and creative nonfiction should be typed, double-spaced, 8 1/2 x 11.

  • Poetry should be single-spaced, 8 1/2 x 11.

  • No more than one poem per page.

  • Send cover sheet with title/s, author’s name, address and email. Title but no name on manuscript.

  • Winning pieces are accepted on the basis of first-time rights.

  • Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but notify us  immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.

  • Previous year’s winner is ineligible.

  • All entrants receive a copy of the magazine with winning entries. The magazine costs $15 a copy.

 

Send entries to:

Tricia Currans-Sheehan, Editor
The Briar Cliff Review
Fiction, Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Contest
3303 Rebecca St.
 Sioux City, IA  51104-2100
 www.briarcliff.edu/bcreview
via briarcliff.edu