The Willow Springs Fiction Prize

$1,000 plus publication in Willow Springs

Submission deadline: April 1, 2009

Include a $15.00 entry fee. Submissions without an entry fee will not be judged.

Send only one story per submission.

Use a check or money order only; cash will not be accepted. Please make the checks and money orders payable to Willow Springs.

Submissions should be typed. Handwritten submissions will not be judged and the entry fee will not be refunded.

Submissions must be 7,000 words or fewer.

Your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address, as well as a short bio, should appear in a cover letter included with your submission.

Do not include identifying information anywhere else in your submission.

Submit only original, unpublished work. Contest entries may neither be previously published nor simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

Do not send an SASE.

Don’t send us your only copies—manuscripts will not be returned.

If you would like confirmation that your work has been received, include a self-adressed, stamped postcard instead.

Entries for both awards must be postmarked by April 1, 2009.

Please send entries to:

The Willow Springs Fiction Prize
Willow Springs
501 N Riverpoint Blvd, Ste 425
Spokane, WA 99202

All contest entrants will receive the Willow Springs issue containing the award-winning works. We look forward to receiving your entries. Good luck!