SOLSTICE: A MAGAZINE OF DIVERSE VOICES, annual LIT CONTEST EXTENDED DEADLINE: APRIL 19
$1,000 fiction prize, $500 Stephen Dunn Prize in Poetry, $500 nonfiction prize, donated by Michael Steinberg (final judge Randall Kenan), and new $500 e-book prize
Reading fee: $18.00 ENTER LITERARY CONTEST HERE
e-book reading fee $28.00 ENTER e-BOOK CONTEST HERE
We value you, our submitters, and assure you that each entry will be read carefully by a published writer on our staff. We will treat each submission with respect.
Our second annual STEPHEN DUNN PRIZE IN POETRY is for $500. (Stephen Dunn is the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Different Hours and fifteen other collections of poetry and prose, including the recently published Here and Now.)
Also, this year, we announce our first annual E-BOOK AWARD of $500,which includes publication as a Solstice Selects. We will consider novella-length manuscripts (approximately 12,500-37,000 words or 50-150 pps.) and also short story manuscripts, but only of interconnected stories with recurring characters. Fiction only for this year. Solstice pre-publication services include editing, formatting into e-book digital formats, and cover art. Post-publication services include promotion of the e-book through our database, Solstice lit mag events, Amazon and other venues. Solstice reserves the right not to publish a winner if no manuscript meets our current needs.
Winners and finalists will be published in our Summer Awards Issue due out in early August, except for the e-book, which will be published separately. All winners and finalists will be cited in future advertisements and announcements.
DEADLINE: April 19th!, 2013.
Writing CONTEST FEE FOR FICTION, NONFICTION, OR POETRY: $18.00/entry
2010 judges: Andre Dubus III (fiction) , Terrance Hayes (poetry)
2011 judges: David Huddle (fiction) , A. Van Jordan (poetry)
2012 judges: Jennifer Haigh (fiction), Jerald Walker (nonfiction)
WRITING CONTEST GUIDELINES:
1. Cover sheet required with name, address, telephone number and email. Email and/or phone MUST be included to be considered. Please include cover sheet in the same file as the actual submission. Do not put your name on the manuscript itself. Final judges will be choosing on the basis of the quality of your work.
2. 12-point font. Microsoft Word attachment. Online submissions only for our online journal.
3. Each entry: Fiction or Nonfiction: 23-page maximum, double-spaced; free-standing excerpts from books also accepted. Poetry: 3-poem maximum.
4. You may submit more than once but must pay a separate fee for each entry.
5. You may submit simultaneously elsewhere, but please email us immediately if accepted at another journal.
6. We will not accept a work published elsewhere. Solstice has first publication rights, but copyright reverts to you upon publication. We will publish the piece after the Summer Awards Issue in our Archives.
7. We will announce the winners online on our Home Page approximately 4-5 weeks after the contest deadline.
8. After announcing the winners, all contest submissions will be automatically considered for standard publication unless you indicate otherwise.
9. The $18.00 entry fee (for the e-book a $28 entry fee) must be paid online.
Welcome to Solstice, a diverse magazine, devoted to reaching out to all aspects of our society. We look forward to reading your work.
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Reading fee: $18.00 ENTER LITERARY CONTEST HERE
e-book reading fee $28.00 ENTER e-BOOK CONTEST HERE
