Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Writing Competition: Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments

Terrain.org 4th Annual Contests in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built + Natural Environments is a triannual journal of place-based literature, publishing online since 1998. We are pleased to announce our 4th Annual Contests in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry, judged by Teague Bohlen, Kathryn Miles, and John Daniel, respectively.

The entry fee is $10 with a prize of $250 for the winner in each genre, plus publication. All submissions are considered for publication.

The contest theme is Elemental, to match our 34th issue, which launches on October 15, 2013. Though the contest and issue have a theme, we have a very liberal interpretation of the theme and encourage you first and foremost to submit your best work.

The contest submission period ends September 1, 2013. Winners will be announced on or before October 1, 2013.

You may submit up to three entries (at $10/entry) in any or all genres:

Poetry
Submit 3-5 poems, or one long poem (5+ pages), per entry. Combine all poems into a single document. For poetry, we are seeking not just the best poem, but the best set of 3-5 poems or the best long poem, with the hopes of awarding our prizes to poetry sets rather than individual, shorter poems, when possible. No maximum lines per poem. Poems must contain only the poem title(s) and poem(s) without the author name or contact information.

Fiction
Submit one story, up to 6,000 words total, per entry. Stories must contain only the story title and story itself without the author name or contact information.

Nonfiction
Submit one essay or article, up to 6,000 words total, per entry. Essays must contain only the essay title and essay itself without the author name or contact information. We will consider all nonfiction, but are most interested in creative nonfiction, including personal essays, lyric essays, memoir, and other literary forms.

View full guidelines and submit and pay online here before September 1.

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