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NOVELLA CONTEST GUIDELINES

The Cleveland State University Poetry Center is pleased to announce the fourth annual Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest.

One prize of $1000 and publication of the winning novella is offered for the best original novella submitted between April 1, 2008 and October 1, 2008.

MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS:

Manuscripts must contain a minimum of 60 and no more than 120 double-spaced manuscript pages, not including front matter.
Manuscript pages should be numbered, and, if appropriate, include a table of contents.
Include one title page with manuscript title, your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address.
The author’s name should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript.
Include a second title page containing the manuscript title only.
Clearly indicate on the outside of the mailing envelope “Novella Contest”.
Do not include a cover letter or biographical information.

MULTIPLE & SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS:

Send multiple submissions in the same envelope, marked “Multiple;” entry fee must be included for each manuscript.
Simultaneous submissions accepted; please notify us immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Judge for the 2008 contest is Josip Novakovich. Intimate friends, relatives, current and former students of the Novella Contest judge (students in an academic degree-conferring program or its equivalent) are not eligible to enter the 2008 Novella contest.
Manuscripts that have been previously published in their entirety, including self-published, are not eligible.
Translations are not eligible.

MAIL ENTRIES TO:
Cleveland State University
Poetry Center – Novella Contest
Department of English
2121 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214

READING FEE: $25.00 Check / money order payable to Cleveland State University.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

For notification of manuscript receipt, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard (optional).
Manuscripts are not returned.
Once submitted, manuscripts cannot be altered. Winners will be given a chance to revise works before publication.
Announcement of winners will appear in the May/June 2009 issue of Poets & Writers.
For notification of contest results, include a self-addressed stamped envelope (optional).


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