Deadline: October 1, 2007
Judge: Chris Abani
First Prize: $1,500
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Complete guidelines: The winning author will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the May/June 2008 issue of Boston
Review. Stories should not exceed 4,000 words and must be previously unpublished. Manuscripts should be submitted with a cover note listing the author’s name, address, and phone number; names should not appear on the stories themselves. Note that simultaneous submissions are not eligible. A $20 entry fee ($30 for international submissions), payable to Boston Review in the form of a check or money order, must accompany each story entered. Entrants will receive a one-year print subscription to the Review beginning with the May/June 2008 issue. Submissions must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2007. Manuscripts will not be returned. The winner will be announced no later than May 1, 2008, on the Boston Review Web site. Send submissions to:

Short-Story Contest, Boston Review, 35 Medford St., Suite 302,
Somerville, MA 02143