Saturday, September 25, 2021

Writing Competition: Arkansas International Emerging Writer's Prize in Fiction

Entries for the Emerging Writer's Prize in Fiction should be a single prose work not exceeding 7,500 words. Entrants may submit more than once, but each new entry must be accompanied by a separate $20 entry fee.

Contest Guidelines:

- Open to writers who haven’t yet published a full-length book, and who have no book forthcoming before May 1, 2020. Writers with chapbooks are allowed. Writers with a self-published book with a print run under 500 copies are allowed.
- All work will be considered for inclusion in the print magazine.
- Only previously unpublished work will be considered.
- The contest will be judged blindly, so please DO NOT include your cover letter, your name, or any contact information in your uploaded document.
- Submit your double-spaced work as a single .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
- Close friends of the judge, as well as anyone recently affiliated with the University of Arkansas, which includes those who have studied or worked there within the past 4 years, are ineligible.
- $20 entry fee includes an issue of The Arkansas International (free to current subscribers).

Deadline: October 25, 2021

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