Writing Competition: 2012 International Literary Awards

2012 International Literary Awards Guidelines

Here are basic guidelines for the 2012 International Literary Awards competition.
2012 Awards Over $4,000 in prizes!

Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award for a single short story up to 5000 words
Judge: Kate Bernheimer

Rita Dove Poetry Award for a poem up to 100 lines (up to two poems per submission, any style)

Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award for a single piece of creative nonfiction, including personal essay and memoir, up to 5000 words

Judge: Sigrid Nunez

The winner in each genre will receive $1,200. The two honorable mentions in each genre will receive $150.
Competition Rules and Requirements

All entries should be mailed to
Amy Knox Brown
Director of the Salem College Center for Women Writers
601 South Church Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101.

Competitions are open to both women and men who write in English except Salem Academy and College employees and students. All submissions must be unpublished. Postmark deadline: February 3, 2012. Winners will be announced by May 15, 2012. The author's name and address must not appear on the manuscript.

For each entry, you must include all of the following:

--three clean typed copies of your manuscript (double space all prose entries)
--one cover sheet per entry with your name, address, telephone number, email, the genre in which you're submitting (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry), word count (for nonfiction and fiction)/ line count (for poetry), and the title of the work(s)
--a check/money order for the $15 (in US dollars) reading fee per submission, made out to the Salem College International Literary Awards; and an optional SASE for notification of winners.

For further information, visit www.salem.edu/go/cww; or email:

cww(at)salem.edu (replace (at) with @);

or contact Amy Knox Brown,
Director of the Salem College Center for Women Writers
601 South Church Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101.

No phone calls, please.