The 2011 Prairie Fire McNally Robinson Booksellers Writing Contest.
by D - Thursday, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:04am
McNally Robinson Booksellers is proud to be a sponsor of the 2011 Prairie Fire McNally Robinson Booksellers Writing Contest.
3 contests, $6,000 in cash prizes!
Bliss Carman Poetry Award
The poetry first prize is in part donated by the Banff Centre for the Arts, who will also award a jeweller-cast replica of poet Bliss Carman?s silver and turquoise ring to the first-prize winner. (1-3 poems per entry, maximum 150 lines per entry)
Judge: Sylvia Legris
Short Fiction
(one story per entry, maximum 10,000 words)
Judge: Marilyn Bowering
Creative Non-Fiction
(one article per entry, maximum 5,000 words)
Judge: Lawrence Scanlan
1st prize $1,250, 2nd prize $500, 3rd prize $250 in all categories
Entries deadline is November 30, 2011.
Send entries to: Prairie Fire Press, 423-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1H3.
For more information check www.prairiefire.ca, call Prairie Fire at (204) 943-9066
Contest Rules
Entry fee is $32 (per category). This entitles you or your designate to a one-year (4 issues) subscription to Prairie Fire. Make cheque or money order payable to Prairie Fire and enclose with your entry. You may also use all major credit cards.
Deadline for all contest entries: Postmarked November 30, 2011.
Do not identify yourself on your entry. Please enclose a cover letter with your name, address, telephone number and/or e-mail address, the title(s) of your piece(s), and word count (prose), or line count (poetry) along with your entry fee.
No faxed or e-mailed submissions, please.
Your entry must be typed on 8 1/2 x 11-inch white paper and the pages clipped, not stapled. Prose must be double-spaced.
Entries will not be returned. If you want to be informed of results, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope, or check our website at http://www.prairiefire.ca.
Each piece must be original, unpublished, not submitted elsewhere for publication or broadcast, nor entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition.
You may enter as often as you like; only your first entry in each category will be eligible for a subscription.
Winning pieces will be published in Prairie Fire magazine, with authors paid for publication.
