The Asheville Award by the Black Mountain Press
 
The Asheville Award is a twice  annual international competition offering $500 plus publication by the Black Mountain Press for a book length poetry, and novel or collection of short stories. Manuscripts are accepted for review this year by June 15th and October 19th. The winner will be announced 90 days after the deadline and the book and author will be featured in the Black Mountain Press website along with a list of finalists.
 
 Contest Deadlines: October 19th, 2012 and May 17th 2013
 
Winners announced:  Jan. 31st 2013- and July 2013
Award: $500 and publication by the Black Mountain Press
Entry Fee: $25 check or money order only.
 
 Send manuscripts or 48 or more pages of poetry, a novel or collection of short stories, no more than one poem per page, no smaller than 12pt type in an easily readable font. Work may have appeared in journals, magazines, or chapbooks, but not in full-length, single author collections.
 
 Your name address, phone number, e-mail address, and title of work must appear on the cover page only. This will be a blind judging so author’s name should not appear anywhere in the manuscript except on the cover letter. There is no restriction on content, style or subject, we are just looking for the best manuscripts.
 
 All checks or money orders for the reading fee of $25, must be made payable to: Courtyard Agency, who will be responsible for the judging. Add $10 if you would like a sample publication. Submissions without this reading fee will not be considered. A $40 fee will be charged for returned checks.
 
Mailed Entries
 
If mailed, use white, lightweight paper typed and printed on one side of the paper only, double  spaced and with a 12pt easily readable font. No handwriting should appear anywhere in the manuscript.  All manuscripts should be sent to: The Black Mountain Press, PO Box 9907, Asheville, NC, 28815. Entry fee is $25 for mailed entries made out to the Courtyard Agency.
 
Emailed Entries.
 
Guidelines for emailed entries are the same as mailed entries but saved as a .doc or .txt ONLY. All others will be disqualified. NO DOCX!  Electronic manuscripts should be emailed to
contests@theblackmountainpress.com   Entry fee for emailed entries is $35 to help offset our costs of printing and filing and processing fees of ebay and paypal. You can pay for your entry on ebay here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350544669763
Pay for the reading fee first then include the invoice receipt number with your emailed entry.
For all entries: Mail a SASE (number 10 envelope), with sufficient postage for notification of the results of judging. Manuscripts will not be returned and will be recycled. Entries can be mailed or emailed.
For questions about submissions, please email us at:

contact: jackmoe@theblackmountainpress.com