Outrider Press in affiliation w/TallGrass Writers Guild announces deadline extension to 3/31.
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Postmark deadline: 3/31.

Cash prizes: $2000; $1000 in poetry/$1000 in prose. Each published contributor receives one free copy of the anthology; perfect-bound, trade paper original of approximately 230 pages. We nominate for Pushcart Prizes.

Theme: “A Walk Through My Garden”; in the tradition of writers who garden (or appreciate gardens, parks, forests, window boxes, greenhouses, etc.) and gardeners who write. We interpret the theme broadly. This is our 13th annual anthology in our acclaimed series which welcomes submissions as follows: Poetry to 28 lines and essays and fiction to 2500 words. Previously published material okay.

Judge: World renowned poet/essayist Marvin Bell.

Entry Fee: $12 for up to 4 poems; each essay or short fiction for TallGrass Writers Guild members/$16 for nonmembers. Can send poetry + prose. No limit on number of entries: up to 8 poems $24/$32; 2 essays $24/$32, etc. Payable to TallGrass Writers Guild.

Kickoff Reading: Prize winners + selected contributors will participate in our Kickoff Reading, a featured program of the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair, the nation’s third largest event of its kind. Date: Sunday morning, June 10, 2007.

For COMPLETE Guidelines that include required Entry Form (or questions): Email
outriderpress@sbcglobal.net or download from www.outriderpress.com (publishing link).

Send: Two copies of each entry in hard copy + entries on floppy or CD + brief bio (separate files, please) with all contact information including your email address (required) + entry fees to:

TallGrass Anthology c/o
Outrider Press,
2036 Northwinds Drive
Dyer, IN 46311