PUB: Thirty-sixth Consecutive Awards for Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction

New Millennium Writings is now accepting submissions for our

Thirty-sixth Consecutive Awards

for Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction.

Writing competition winners will be published in NMW and on this website.

$4,000 offered in Literary Grants and Awards, Plus Publication
$1,000 for best Poem
$1,000 for best Fiction
$1,000 for best Nonfiction †
$1,000 for best Short-short Fiction

† Nonfiction includes humor, memoir, creative nonfiction, travel, opinion, essay, interview, features, investigative reporting, etc.

The deadline for the current competition has been extended to July 31, 2013. This deadline is final.

To apply online, follow these guidelines

No restrictions as to style, content, number of submissions, or nationality. Enter as often as you like.
Send between now and July 31, 2013, Midnight, all U.S. time zones.
Simultaneous & multiple submissions welcome. Previously published material welcome if under 5,000-circulation or if previously published online only.
Each fiction or nonfiction piece is counted as a separate entry, and should total no more than 6,000 words except Short-Short Fiction (no more than 1,000 words).
Each poetry entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed five pages total per entry. All poetry Honorable Mentions will be published.
Save cover sheet or letter with the submission you’ll be uploading and send as one file. Should you forget to include such covers, however, it’s OK, as contact information is automatically forwarded to us when you pay online.
Payment is $20 per submission in order to cover our many expenses and reserve your book. Payment will be by credit card or echeck through PayPal (See Rule 10).
Each entry must be in a separate file (up to 3 poems in one file (See #6)). Many file formats are accepted.
Enter file to upload:

Short-short fiction

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

How to apply offline

>via: http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/awards.php