2013 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize
We invite you to enter the 2013 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize. Please read the following submission guidelines carefully and let us know if you have any questions.
As with all our submissions, we highly recommend reading a copy of the magazine to better understand what we are looking for. The 2012 Short Story Prize winning story “Stories My Mother Told Me” by Nahal Suzanne Jamir, selected by judge Walter Wangerin, Jr., appears in Ruminate’s Issue 23: The Stories We Tell. You can purchase a PDF copy of Issue 23 ($5) here.
Guidelines:
- The submission deadline for the short story contest is midnight October 15th, 2012.
- The entry fee is $15 (includes a free copy of the Spring 2013 Issue).
- You may submit one short story per contest entry and it must be 5500 words or less. There is no limit on the number of entries per person.
- $1000 will be awarded to the winner and publication in the Spring 2013 Issue will be awarded to the winning story and runner-up story.
- A blind reading of all entries will be conducted by a panel of RUMINATE readers, who will select 8 short stories as finalists.
- Close friends and students (current & former) of the finalist judge are not eligible to compete. Nor are close friends or family of the Ruminate staff.
- All submissions must be submitted via our online submission form below. We will not accept mail or email submissions. We do not accept previously published entries.
- You may pay online below or mail your payment.
- Winners will be announced in the Spring Issue, March 2013.
- We will be notifying all entrants of submission status in mid-January, 2013.
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Please remove your name, bio, and any contact info from the file that you submit.
Please Note: Ruminate adheres to the following Contest Code of Ethics, as adopted by the Council of Literary Presses and Magazines, of which Ruminate is a proud member: “CLMP’s community of independent literary publishers believes that ethical contests serve our shared goal: to connect writers and readers by publishing exceptional writing. We believe that intent to act ethically, clarity of guidelines, and transparency of process form the foundation of an ethical contest. To that end, we agree to 1) conduct our contests as ethically as possible and to address any unethical behavior on the part of our readers, judges, or editors; 2) to provide clear and specific contest guidelines — defining conflict of interest for all parties involved; and 3) to make the mechanics of our selection process available to the public. This Code recognizes that different contest models produce different results, but that each model can be run ethically. We have adopted this Code to reinforce our integrity and dedication as a publishing community and to ensure that our contests contribute to a vibrant literary heritage.”
Ruminate Magazine sponsors four annual writing contests: our art contest, poetry contest, short story contest, and nonfiction contest. We are one of the only Christian-minded literary magazines to sponsor short story contests, poetry contests, and nonfiction contests, and art contests. And while our contests–just like our magazine–are not defined as Christian poetry contests or Christian fiction contests or Christian essay contests, we do strive to provide a forum for the conversation between art and faith to exist and continue. Past winners from the Ruminate Magazine writing contests have been recognized by Poets & Writers Magazine and have received notable mention awards in The Best American Short Stories anthology and Best American Essays anthology. Past finalist judges of our contests include Bret Lott, David James Duncan, Luci Shaw, Vito Aiuto, Greg Wolfe, Al Haley, Stephanie G’Schwind, and Leif Enger. It is our hope our writing contests provide a significant venue for our talented contributors to receive the support and recognition they deserve.
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