Stony Brook $1,000 Short Fiction Prize (US/ Canada students with Asian background are encouraged to submit)

19 January 2011
Stony Brook $1,000 Short Fiction Prize (US/ Canada students with Asian background are encouraged to submit)
Deadline: 1 March 2011

Eligibility

Only undergraduates enrolled full time in United States and Canadian universities and colleges for the academic year 2010-11 are eligible. This Prize has traditionally encouraged submissions from students with an Asian background, but we urge all students to enter.

Guidelines

* Entrant's identity and academic institution will not be revealed to judges.
* Submissions of no more than 7,500 words should be typed on 8.5-by-11-inch paper.
* Include one cover sheet with the title of the work only. On a second cover sheet, include your name, permanent address, telephone number and email address. Do not include your name on any pages of your story.
* All entries must be accompanied by proof of current undergraduate enrollment, such as a photocopy of a grade transcript, a class schedule or payment receipt showing your full-time status.
* The institution's name and address must be clear. No fax or electronic submissions will be accepted.
* Manuscripts will not be returned. Submission assumes the right of Stony Brook to publish the winning story on its Web site.
* The winning short story will automatically be considered for publication in The Southampton Review, the literary journal published by the Stony Brook Southampton MFA program in Writing and Literature.

Deadline

March 1, 2011. All applications postmarked after the deadline will be returned unopened. The winner and runners-up will be notified in June 2011.

Mail submissions to:

John Westermann
Director, Stony Brook $1,000 Short Fiction Prize
Stony Brook Southampton
MFA in Writing and Literature
239 Montauk Highway
Southampton, New York 11968

More information here.
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