CONTESTS
MACHIGONNE FICTION CONTEST: $1,000 for an exceptional work of literary or experimental fiction. Submit 2,500-5,000 words of prose. Novel excerpts welcomed. JUDGE: Good for the Jews author DEBRA SPARK. Deadline: September 13th, 2010
KNIGHTVILLE POETRY CONTEST: $1,000 for an exceptional work of narrative or experimental poetry. Submit up to 70 lines per poem. Three poems per entry. JUDGE: Former U.S. Poet Laureate DONALD HALL. Deadline: October 4th, 2010
GUIDELINES: Include a short biography with your submission and tell us your genre. The submissions manager will guide you. Submissions should be .doc format, double-spaced, pages numbered. Include your name on each page.
SUBMISSION FEE: $10 for either contest. Selected finalists will be published in the 2011 inaugural issue of THE NEW GUARD. Other selected finalists not published in the hard copy will be published online.
Simultaneous submissions accepted. We require notification upon publication elsewhere. Please note we are accepting contest entries in fiction and poetry only.
