The Fifth-Ever Black Warrior Review Contest has begun! Send us that work you’ve been perfecting all summer…

Guest Judges this year are Larissa Szporluk (poetry) and Brian Evenson (fiction).

Send your entry to:
Fiction Contest OR Poetry Contest
Black Warrior Review
Box 862936
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486

The Reading Fee is $15 per short story (up to 7500 words) and $15 per group of up to 3 poems.

Winners in each genre will receive $1,000 and publication in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue.

Finalists in each category will receive notation in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue, and are also considered for publication.

Contestants will receive a complimentary one-year subscription.

All entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2009.

For more details and guidelines, please visit: www.bwr.ua.edu