Writing Contest

Torrey House Press (THP) seeks fiction and literary nonfiction from writers with a passion for the environment, issues, people, history, and cultures of the Colorado Plateau and the West. We consider literary works from both published and unpublished writers. Contest winners receive cash prizes in addition to having their work published in THP’s annual journal.

Competitions:

Fall 2011: Creative Literary Nonfiction (2,000 to 10,000 words)
First Prize: $1,000
Deadline: September 30, 2011 (extended)

Contest submissions must be original and not previously published. Please, no stories written for children for contest entries. Double space your submissions and use a 12-point font, with numbered pages that include the title of the piece as a header.  Do not put your name and contact information in the document containing your entry.  There will be a place to enter your name and contact information separately.

The entry fee is $25 per submission and is non-refundable. You are welcome to enter more than one piece; each will be considered a separate submission and must be accompanied by the $25 fee.

Please use our submission manager here to pay and submit:
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Contact us at mail@torreyhouse.com if you have any problems with submitting.

Submissions to multiple publishers are accepted and encouraged as long as you let us know. However, please contact us at mail@torreyhouse.com so we can immediately withdraw your work upon its acceptance elsewhere.

When we accept a submission, we are purchasing first-publication rights. Once we’ve published your story, you are free to include it in your own collection. Winners will be contacted within six weeks of the deadline. First prize is $1000, second prize is $250, and third prize is $100, and all three winning works will be published in the Torrey House Press annual journal. Honorable Mentions may not be published but will be noted in the journal. In addition, if we read something that raises the hair on our arms, we may ask for more! We may solicit a short synopsis of a novel with the first three chapters or 50 pages, whichever is longer, and something about yourself so we can see if your writing fits the literary needs of Torrey House Press. See Publishing Your Work.