Mid-American Review Creative Nonfiction Award ($1000)This year's judge: Debra Marquart. Postmark deadline: October 1, 2008. $10 entry fee (check or money order, made out to Mid-American Review) for each essay up to 6,000 words. For previously unpublished work only. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results. All participants will receive MAR v. XXIX, no. 2, where the winners will be published. Open to all writers not associated, past or present, with respective judge or MAR. Judges’ decisions are final.
Deadline:10/1/2008
Mid-American Review James Wright Poetry Award ($1000)This year's judge: Larissa Szporluk. Postmark deadline: October 1, 2008. $10 entry fee (check or money order, made out to Mid-American Review) for each set of three poems. For previously unpublished work only. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results. All participants will receive MAR v. XXIX, no. 2, where the winners will be published. Open to all writers not associated, past or present, with respective judge or MAR. Judges’ decisions are final.
Deadline:10/1/2008
Mid-American Review Fineline Competition ($1000)This year's judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Postmark deadline: June 1, 2008. Contest is for previously unpublished work only--if the work has appeared in print or online, in any form or part, or under any title, it is ineligible and will be disqualified. There is a 500-word limit for each poem or short. A $10 entry fee (check or money order, made out to Mid-American Review) is required for each set of three prose poems/short short stories. Entry fees are non-refundable. All participants will receive Mid-American Review v. XXIX, no. 1, where the winners will be published. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results (~ mid-September, 2008). Manuscripts need not be left anonymous. Contest is open to all writers, except those associated with the judge or Mid-American Review, past or present. Our judge's decision is final.
Deadline:6/1/2008
Mid-American Review Sherwood Anderson Short Fiction Award ($1000)This year's judge: Kim Edwards. Postmark deadline: Oct. 1, 2008. $10 entry fee (check or money order, made out to Mid-American Review) for each story up to 6,000 words. For previously unpublished work only. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results. All participants will receive MAR v. XXIX, no. 2, where the winners will be published. Open to all writers not associated, past or present, with respective judge or MAR. Judges' decisions are final.
Deadline:10/1/2008