The 17th Annual Fiction, Poetry and
Creative Nonfiction Contest
Prize: $1,000 First Place for each category plus publication in Spring 2013
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. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of winners. Manuscripts will not be returned. We welcome submissions separate from the contest.
Deadline: November 1, 2012Guidelines:
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 Street
Sioux City, Iowa 51104-2100