www.korepress.org/KorePressShortFictionAward.htm.

A prize of $1,000 plus chapbook publication by Kore Press will be given for a short story written in English.

Tayari Jones will be judging.

Deadline has been extended to January 15, 2009

Online Submissions Now Accepted

Special Deal for Contest Entrants

Get free shipping (a $3.50 value) when you enter the contest and purchase the 2008 winning chapbook. Click the button below to pay the fee for your entry and order a copy of Nick Trail’s Thumb by Rena Mosteirin.

Eligibility

This competition is open to any woman writing in English, regardless of nationality.

How to Submit

Submit your manuscript and the $15 entry fee here.

Comment box should include:
* daytime and evening telephone numbers
* where you heard about the contest

All entrants will be notified of results via email.

Manuscripts must be:
• a minimum of 4,000 words and a maximum of 12,000 words
• doublespaced
• paginated
• anonymous (do not include your name anywhere on the manuscript).
• original fiction written by the applicant (translations are not eligible)

• unpublished at the time of submission (if the story is accepted elsewhere during our deliberation process, please notify us immediately)

The Process

Manuscripts are delivered to 6 to 9 preliminary readers of diverse backgrounds and literary perspectives. Manuscripts selected by these preliminary readers are reviewed by a second reader. A group of approximately 20 semifinalists are then forwarded to our judge, who chooses 2 or 3 finalists and a winner.

For more information email kore@korepress.org
or call 520.882.7542