Saturday, December 30, 2023

Writing Competition: Bill Hickok Humor Award

I-70 Review offers the Bill Hickok Humor Award for a single unpublished poem. Alice Friman will judge. Winner will receive $1,000. Winning poem will appear in the 2024 issue of I-70 Review. Submit one to three unpublished poems with a $15 entry fee to:

i70review@gmail.com

Please follow our regular submissions guidelines when putting together your entry.

Reading period is January 1 to Feb 28. Do not submit before January 1. All submissions will be eligible for publication in I-70 Review.

The Humor Award was created and funded by the N.W. Dible Foundation in honor of Bill Hickok, past president of the Foundation.

Please follow these guidelines:

Type your name, last name first followed by first name (Doe_John), in the subject area of the email and as the title of the attachment.

Submit all poems or prose in a single Microsoft Word document as one attachment with one poem per page in Georgia font (10 pt.) please.

Please do not capitalize all the letters in your titles.

Include a bio of fewer than 100 words in Georgia font (10 pt.) at the end of your document.

Please single space all submissions.

Please include with your submission your home address, phone number, and email address on each page.

You do not need a cover letter. We let the work stand for itself. To be considered, all submissions must adhere to the guidelines.

Although we prefer that you don't simultaneous submit, we do accept simultaneous submissions. We inform writers of acceptance or rejection of work within six weeks or sooner. If your work is accepted for publication elsewhere, please inform us as soon as possible. We do not accept any previously published work to include work in blogs or any other online publications.

We ask for First North American Serial Rights as we will be the first to publish your work.

Once we publish your work, your rights are reassigned to you. We only ask that you give credit to I-70 Review upon any re-publication. 

More information here.

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