PUB: The Briar Cliff Review

The 16th Annual Fiction, Poetry and

Creative Nonfiction Contest

 

$1000 First Place for each category

plus publication in Spring 2012


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: November 1, 2011

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