CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

September 1 — November 30, 2010

Prizes (Each Genre)
    * First Place – $300.00, Second Place – $100.00
    * First, Second, and Honorable Mention winners will be published.
    * All submissions will be considered for publication.
    * All authors whose work is published in Bacopa will receive one free copy of the 2011 Bacopa Literary Review.
    * All submissions will be judged blind.
   
Notification
    * First, Second and Honorable Mention winners will be notified via email.
    * Winners will be posted on the WAG website.


Manuscript Format—Fiction and Nonfiction
    * Word limit: 250 — 3,300 words
    * Double-spaced
    * One-inch margins, all sides, 0.5 paragraph Indent, left justified.
    * 12-point type in Arial or Times New Roman ONLY.
    * Cover Page: Name, Address, Email, Phone, Manuscript Title, Word Count, and a brief Bio of 50 or fewer words.
    * Page 1 and following: Title/Page Number Upper Right.
    * Page 1: Word Count under Title/Page Number.
    * Submit the File in .rtf or .doc ONLY.
    * NOTE: Author’s name appears ONLY on the cover page and must not appear on the manuscript.

Questions
    * If you have contest questions, email the Bacopa Contest Editor
 
Only submissions following all the above guidelines will be considered.

Method of Transmission – Email Only
    * Fill out a separate Entry Form for each submission — NO mailed, paper manuscripts.
    * Unless you are a WAG member and this is your first submission, when you submit your Entry Form you’ll see a link to PayPal for
      the $11 submission fee.
    * Payment must be received by the contest deadline, 11/30/10.     

Entry Fees
    * We must receive your Entry Fee at the same time you email each submission.
    * Writers Alliance of Gainesville (WAG) members in good standing, your first submission in any genre is FREE. Members also receive
      a free copy of each annual Bacopa Literary Review.
    * WAG Members – Additional submissions are $11 each
    * All Others – $11 each submission
    * We prefer PayPal payment as indicated in the Entry Form. If you have extenuating circumstances you may mail a personal
      check, in time for receipt by 11/30/10 and with the title of the work noted on your check, to:

           Writers Alliance of Gainesville
           WAG Contest
           P.O. Box 358396
           Gainesville, FL 32635   

Join WAG
    * To join WAG, click here for the WAG Membership page and payment instructions.

Manuscript Format—Poetry
    * Up to 50 lines per poem.
    * Up to three poems per submission.
    * Poems need not be double-spaced.
    * 12-point type in Arial or Times New Roman ONLY.
    * Cover Page: Name, Address, Email, Phone, Title(s) and Line Count(s) for each poem, and a brief Bio of 50 or fewer words
    * Submit the file in .rtf or .doc ONLY
    * NOTE: Author’s name appears ONLY on the cover page and must not appear on any of the poems.
 

Eligibility
    * Manuscripts in English and unpublished at the time of submission. (If your submission is accepted elsewhere, please notify the
      Bacopa Contest Editor).
    * No limit to the number of submissions from one person in any category.
    * WAG Membership is not required.
    * For accepted manuscripts, WAG acquires first serial rights; upon publication, rights revert to the author. WAG requests that the
      Bacopa Literary Review be credited as original publisher for subsequent publications.