Mighty River Short Story Contest

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by October 1, annually. 
Fee: $15 check/money order/cash, made payable to Southeast Missouri State University Press, must accompany each entry. Fee includes a copy of Big Muddy in which the winning story appears. 
Award: $500 and publication in an issue of Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley.

Manuscripts submitted to the contest will be read and judged anonymously.

Submission Guidelines:

• Submissions must not be previously published.
• Submit a maximum of 30 pages, double-spaced, with the following information on a separate cover page:
      Contest title
      Manuscript title
      Author name
      Address
      Telephone number
      Email (if available)
  This information must not appear anywhere else on the manuscript.
• Send a SASE for notification of results. Manuscripts will not be returned.
• Failure to follow these guidelines may disqualify entry.

Mail entries with $15 reading fee to:
Southeast Missouri State University Press
Mighty River Short Story Contest
One University Plaza, MS 2650
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

>via: http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/Contests/MRSS.htm