Short Fiction Competition for Emerging Writers: Boulevard

$1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.

Rules

• All entries must be submitted online by December 31, 2016 by midnight CT.

• Entry fee is $16 for each individual story, with no limit per author, and includes a one-year subscription.

• Manuscripts should be typed and double spaced.

• Cover sheets are not necessary.

• Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously accepted or published work is ineligible.

• We accept works up to 8,000 words.

• All entries will be considered for publication and for payment at our regular rates.

• Entries will be judged by the editors of Boulevard.

• No one editorially or financially affiliated with Boulevard can enter the contest.

• The winning story will be first announced on the website, traditionally during June, though occasionally earlier, and then published in the Fall 2017 or Spring 2018 issue of Boulevard.

For more information, please visit our website.

Submit entries here.