The Finger International Literary Magazine Haiku Poetry and Fiction Contest

Deadline: 1 March 2013

The Finger is an international Literary Magazine based in Canandaigua, N.Y. USA. It is funded by Finger Lakes Community College.

2013 CONTESTS:

Do you like to write? Would you like to be published and make some money in the process? Check out The Finger’s latest contests:

HAIKU POETRY CONTEST:

• 1st prize $25 and publication on the website.
• 2nd prize $15 and publication on the website.

Are the short forms more to your taste? Then submit up to two haiku poems for publication on our website.

EXPOSE YOUR JUGULAR CONTEST:

• 1st prize $25 and publication on the website.
• 2nd prize $15 and publication on the website.

Do you write purple poetry with a plenitude of feeling? Show us your jugular! Send us up to two poems, each no longer than 30 lines.

NON-FICTION INTO FICTION CONTEST:

• First prize: $50 dollars and publication in the The Finger (2013 Print Edition)
• Second prize: $35 dollars and publication in The Finger (2013 Print Edition)

Choose ONE historical moment from the list below. Retell that story as if you were there to witness the event, change history and make it into anything you desire. Or tell a story from the perspective of an unlikely entity, such as a wet sponge in an artist’s studio. Let your muse be your guide…

Tell the story of….

• Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel…
• Rosa Parks takes a stand…
• the creation of your favorite painting…
• Hitler going to Art School…
• The assassination of….
• a moment from 1929

PHILOSOPHICAL MEMORY CONTEST

• First prize: $50 dollars and publication in the The Finger (2013 Print Edition)
• Second prize: $35 dollars and publication in The Finger (2013 Print Edition)

Explore a defining moment in your past, either real or imagined, and illustrate the importance of this moment by using all 5 senses. Try to tell the story of a specific moment in time while not exceeding 1,000 words.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions: thefingermag@gmail.com

Website: http://thefingermag.wordpress.com/