NEO•GRIOT

Writing Contest

The 2012 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
with guest judge Maile Meloy

The winning submission, selected by Maile Meloy, will be read as part of the Selected Shorts performance at Symphony Space on June 6, 2012. The story will be recorded for possible later broadcast as part of the public radio series.  The winner will also receive $1000 and a free 10-week creative writing class with Gotham Writers’ Workshop.  The entry fee is $25.

 

Story requirements

Submit a single short story that centers around a single object or addresses the theme “Objects of Desire.”
If objects could talk, what stories they would tell? Historical, religious, beloved, passed along, cast aside — every object tells a story.

Your story must have a title.

Make sure your name and contact information appear on every page of your story. If you are submitting online, this information needs to appear on every page of the attached Word document. Include page numbers.

Your story must be no more than 2 double-spaced typed pages in length (Times New Roman, 12pt font).

Your story must be unpublished.

Deadline

All submissions must be received by March 2, 2012. To be specific, online submissions must be submitted by 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Mailed submissions must arrive with the day’s mail. (Entries postmarked on March 2 will NOT be accepted.)  Make check payable to Symphony Space, Inc.

Click Here to Submit Your Story or Send Your Entry to:

Selected Shorts Contest
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
New York, NY 10025

If you have any additional questions contact: shorts@symphonyspace.org

The Prize
The winner will receive: $1000; two tickets to the June 6, 2012 Selected Shorts at Symphony Space, when the prize winning story will be read and recorded for possible broadcast; 10-week creative writing class with Gotham Writers’ Workshop. (Prize does not include transportation to or from NYC or the event.)

About Maile Meloy
Maile Meloy (www.mailemeloy.com) is the award-winning author of the short story collections Both Way Is the Only Way I Want It and Half in Love and the novels Liars and Saints and A Family Daughter. Her newest book, The Apothecary, is for young readers.