CHICAGO _ The 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the winter.
The Great Midwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction, biography/autobiography, how-to, compilations/anthologies, photography/art, children's, cookbooks, poetry, spiritual, young adult, business/technology, unpublished manuscripts, wild card (anything goes!), nature/animals and regional lit. There is no date of publication restriction, but all entries must be in English or Spanish.
Our grand prize for the 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival winner is a $1500 appearance fee and a flight to our November awards ceremony in Chicago.
Submitted works will be judged by a panel using the following criteria:
1. General excellence and the author's passion for telling a good story.
2. The potential of the work to reach a wider audience.
ENTRIES: Multiple entries must be accompanied by a separate fee for each book, although multiple entries may be sent in the same package. Just make sure each entry has a separate entry form.
TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at greatmidwestbookfestival.com or may be faxed/emailed to you. Please contact our office at 323-655-8080 for fax requests. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee of $50 in the form of a check, money order or PayPal online payment in U.S. dollars for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry must be accompanied by a separate form and entry fee.
MORE INFORMATION:
[email protected]
phone:323-655-808 323-655-8080
The London Magazine's Short Story Competition
Prestigious short story competition is returning for its third year in September. We are home to some of the very best names in short story writing, including Raymond Carver, Alison MacLeod, Hilary Mantel and William Boyd.To continue its literary history, The London Magazine is always looking for new voices from across the world. Our competitions provide emerging literary talent with an opportunity for publication and distinguished recognition.
OPENING DATE: 1st September 2014
DEADLINE: 31st October 2014
PRIZES:
1st Prize: �500 (and published in a future issue of The London Magazine)
2nd Prize: �300 (and published on The London Magazine's website)
3rd Prize: �200 (and published on The London Magazine's website)
The winners will also be announced at a champagne reception at the House of Commons in early 2015.
ENTRY FEE: �10 per short story.
JUDGES: Polly Samson and Harriet Kline.
For more details: http://thelondonmagazine.org/tlm-competition/the-london-magazines-short-story-competition-2014/
The 2014 Prolitzer Prize for Prose Writing
Deadline: October 1, 2014
PRIZE:
Winner: �150, Publication in Prole 15 in December 2014
Publication on the Prole website
2 x runner up prizes of �50, possible publication in Prole 15
Publication on the Prole website
JUDGE:
Sue Pace has over 120 short stories, personal essays, poems and non-fiction articles published in regional and international formats. This includes not only literary journals in the USA, but also journals in Australia, the UK and Canada.
Her poems may be found in several "Open To Interpretation" coffee table books. Her plays have been produced in Seattle, Portland and at the West Coast Ensemble in Hollywood, CA. She was a "Distinguished Writer in Residence" at Seattle University and recently received an Honorable Mention in NIMROD'S Katherine Anne Porter competition. Most recently, her work may be found in CALYX, SKIVE, PROLE and EPIPHANY, and she has work forthcoming in NIMROD.
Sue has been a presenter at several writer's conferences and workshops in the United States and is excited to be making a trip to the UK this coming fall.
Entries will be anonymized before being sent to judge.
FEE:
�4.00 for first entry, �3.00 for any subsequent entries.
For full contest details visit: http://www.prolebooks.co.uk/page8.html