The 5th Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest -- Submissions
Submit your prose-poem, short-short fiction, essay in-brief, etc. of 500 words or fewer. The only criterion (besides length) is that all submissions work innovatively with the prose form.
Include a title page with your name, address, phone number, the title of your submission(s), and an email address. Your name must not appear on the manuscript(s). The reading fee is $15 for three pieces and includes a copy of Vol. 16 (Spring 2010). Please make checks payable to Quarter After Eight.
Previously published material is not eligible. Manuscripts will not be returned. The contest deadline is June 15, 2010. We will notify you of our decisions by email. Prize money will be awarded upon publication.
first prize:
$200 and publication in volume 17 of QAE
second and third prize:
$50 and possible publication in volume 17 of QAE
Send manuscripts to:
Prose ContestQuarter After Eight
Ellis Hall
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
The 4th Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest
The submissions are currently being judged by Catherine Taylor and the winners will be announced in February.
Source : http://www.quarteraftereight.org/contest/
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