Salem College's 2012 International Literary Awards Guidelines
Over $4,000 in prizes!

Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award for a single short story up to 5000 words
Judge: Kate Bernheimer

Rita Dove Poetry Award for a poem up to 100 lines (up to two poems per submission, any style)

Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award for a single piece of creative nonfiction, including personal essay and memoir, up to 5000 words

Judge: Sigrid Nunez

The winner in each genre will receive $1,200. The two honorable mentions in each genre will receive $150. 

Competition Rules and Requirements:

• All entries should be mailed to Amy Knox Brown, Director of the Salem College Center for Women Writers, 601 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.

• Competitions are open to both women and men who write in English except Salem Academy and College employees and students.

• All submissions must be unpublished. Postmark deadline: February 3, 2012. Winners will be announced by May 15, 2012.

• The author’s name and address must not appear on the manuscript.

• For each entry, you must include all of the following: three clean typed copies of your manuscript (double space all prose entries); one cover sheet per entry with your name, address, telephone number, email, the genre in which you’re submitting (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry), word count (for nonfiction and fiction)/ line count (for poetry), and the title of the work(s); a check/money order for the $15 (in US dollars) reading fee per submission, made out to the Salem College International Literary Awards; and an optional SASE for notification of winners. 

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