2010 RRofihe Trophy (Short Story)

15 August 2010
2010 RRofihe Trophy (Short Story)
Deadline: 15 October 2010
Geographical restrictions: no mention
Reading Fee: $10
Accepts (genre): unpublished short stories
Prize/Payment: $500

For an unpublished short story (up to 5,000 words)
Winner Receives: $500 cash, trophy, publication in Open City
Judged by Rick Rofihe

Guidelines
--Stories should be typed, double-spaced, on 8 1/2 x 11 paper with the author’s name and contact information on the first page and name and story title on the upper right corner of remaining pages.
--Submissions must be postmarked by October 15, 2010
--Limit one submission per author
--Author must not have been previously published in Open City
--Mail submissions to RRofihe, 270 Lafayette Street, Suite 1412, New York, NY 10012
--Enclose self addressed stamped business envelope to receive names of winner and honorable mentions
--All manuscripts are non-returnable and will be recycled.
--Reading fee is $10. Check or money order payable to RRofihe

Rick Rofihe is the author of FATHER MUST, a collection of short stories published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Grand Street, Open City, Swink, Unsaid, and on epiphanyzine.com, slushpilemag.com, and fictionaut.com. His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, SPY, and The East Hampton Star, and on mrbellersneighborhood.com. A recipient of the Whiting Writers’ Award, he has taught MFA writing at Columbia University. He currently teaches privately in New York City, and is an advisor to the Vilcek Foundation for their 2011 prizes in the field of literature. Rick is the editor of the new online literary journal, anderbo.com.

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