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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