2014 Half-K Prize

Final Judge: Carol Guess

Carol Guess is the author of fourteen books of poetry and prose, including Darling Endangered, Doll Studies: Forensics, and Tinderbox Lawn. She teaches at Western Washington University, and keeps a blog here: www.carolguess.blogspot.com

Contest Opens: July 1, 2014

DEADLINE:  August 15, 2014

Reading Fee: $20 USD—Includes a one-year subscription

The winner of our contest will receive $1,000 and publication in Indiana Review.
All entries are considered for publication.
All entries are considered anonymously.

Previously published works and works forthcoming elsewhere cannot be considered.

Simultaneous submissions are okay, but the fee is non-refundable if accepted elsewhere.

Multiple entries are okay, as long as a separate reading fee is included with each entry.

Further, IR cannot consider work from anyone currently or recently affiliated with Indiana University or the prize judge.

TO SUBMIT:

• Send no more than three pieces per entry, Each piece should be no longer than 500 words, beyond that there are no genre or form restrictions!

• Entrant’s name must not appear on the submission.

• Cover letter must include name, address, phone number, and titles. Entrant’s name should appear ONLY in the cover letter.

• Each fee entitles entrant to a one-year subscription, an extension of a current subscription, or a gift subscription. Please indicate your choice and enclose complete address information for subscriptions. International addresses, please add $12 for postage ($7 for addresses in Canada).

• Click here for our submission manager. Be sure to select the genre “Half-K Prize.”

• We prefer that you pay online. If online payment is impossible, please make checks payable to Indiana University. Please note that we cannot accept money orders or checks from foreign banks. We cannot accept checks made out to Indiana Review.

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Half-K Prize
Indiana Review
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