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2016 Fellowship Competition

W@W is pleased to announce its annual Fellowship Competition
for emerging writers in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.

 

Prizes
Awarded in each category:
  • First Place: $1,000, publication in Quarterly West, tuition for the 2016 conference, and featured reading.
  • Second Place: $250.
  • Third Place: $200 conference tuition reduction.
Eligibility Requirements
  • Any writer who has not yet published, nor is under contract to publish, a book-length volume of original work in the genre in which they submit a manuscript (self-published books are okay).
  • Previous winners are not eligible in the genre in which they have won.
  • Board members are prohibited from submitting manuscripts during their tenure on the board.
  • Current and former students of the judges are ineligible to submit in the judges’ respective genres.
Submissions Guidelines
  • Your submission must have all identifying information removed, including in the submission file name.  If your name appears in the submission or its file name, your entry will be disqualified.  There will be no refunds.
  • Submit unpublished work only:  Work appearing in online journals is considered published. Work on personal websites or blogs, however, is considered unpublished.
  • Please do not submit selections from a self-published book.
  • You may enter multiple submissions per category and/or submissions in multiple categories. The non-refundable entry fee is required for each entry.
  • Please submit your work through our online submissions manager. The submissions manager keeps a record of your name, contact information, and submitted texts. This information is kept blind from the readers and judges.
  • W@W Fellowship Competition no longer accepts paper submissions.
  • If your work is accepted elsewhere for publication before the contest deadline, please withdraw your manuscript in Submittable. Note: The entry fee is non-refundable.
  • You may make changes to your submitted manuscript(s) up to the contest deadline.  However, no changes can be made to manuscripts after the contest deadline.
Entry Fee

$25 per entry.

Deadlines

Submissions open November 15, 2015 and close January 31, 2016.

GO HERE TO SUBMIT

 

>via: https://writersatwork.submittable.com/submit