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Short Story Contest Judged by Susan Minot
H.O.W. Journal is hosting its first short story contest to be judged by acclaimed author Susan Minot.
Guidelines:
- The contest is open to all writers and all themes
- The word limit is 12,000.
- We do consider unpublished novel excerpts if they feel like complete stories.
- It's fine to submit more than one story.
- Manuscripts should be submitted with a cover note listing the author's name, address, phone number, and email; names should not appear on the stories themselves.
- All submissions should be clearly typed manuscripts, double-spaced on 8 1/2 x 11 inch white paper, one side only.
- Submissions will not be returned.
- No simultaneous or previously published work.
Awards:
- 1st Place - $1000 and publication in H.O.W. Journal
- 2nd Place - $300 and publication in H.O.W. Journal
- 3rd Place - $100 and publication in H.O.W. Journal
Reading Fee per story
Send your submissions and reading fee (a check payable to H.O.W. Journal) to:
H.O.W. Journal
Short Story Contest
12 Desbrosses Street
New York, NY, 10013
Submissions must be received in the H.O.W. offices by May 15th, 2010.
We look forward to reading your stories!
The Judge: Susan Minot
Susan Minot's first novel Monkeys was published
in a dozen countries and received the Prix Femina Étranger
in France. She is the author of Lust and Other Stories, Folly:
A Novel, Poems 4 A.M., Rapture and Evening, which has
been sold around the world and was made into a film
for which Minot co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Cunningham.
She also wrote the screenplay for Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty.
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 Short Story Contest Judged by Susan Minot
Deadline: May 15th, 2010 H.O.W. Journal is hosting its first short story contest to be judged by acclaimed author Susan Minot. The contest is open to all writers and all themes. 1st Place - $1000, 2nd Place - $300, 3rd Place - $100. The winning stories will be published in H.O.W. Journal.
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