2007 Fellowship Competition: Writers @ Work Conference

Writers at Work

P.O. Box 540370

North Salt Lake, UT 84054-0370

In addition to conference events, Writers @ Work offers an annual Fellowship Competition for emerging writers in the fiction, nonfiction, and poetry genres. Best-selling authors Rick Bass and Pamela Houston were among early fellowship award recipients. Winners are honored with cash prizes and publication in Quarterly West, and a consultation with prominent editor or agent.

Prizes:

Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

First Prize in each category: $1,500, publication in Quarterly West (subject to editorial guidelines), a featured reading at the conference, tuition for a free afternoon session package at the conference (value can be applied towards the full conference tuition), a manuscript consultation during the conference with one of the visiting editors or agents, and free housing.
Honorable Mention in each category: tuition for free afternoon session package (value can be applied towards the full conference tuition), and a manuscript consultation during the conference with one of the visiting editors or agents.

Eligibility:

Writers who have not yet published a book-length volume of original work with a national press in the genre in which they submit a manuscript may submit work for the fellowship competition. Only unpublished may be submitted. Work will be considered published if it has appeared in any print journal or literary magazine or has appeared in an electronic magazine or journal. Posting work on personal websites is not considered publishing. Please do not submit work from chapbooks or work published by a vanity press. Self-published work (such as a collection of stories, poems, essays, or novel that you print for limited distribution) is acceptable. Current or former students who have studies with judges in an accredited degree-granting program or institution are not eligible for the competition. Previous winners are not eligible in the genre in which they have won. Board members are prohibited from submitting manuscripts during their
tenure on the board.

Judging

Judging is done “blind”. Names are removed from submissions before they are screened so the screeners and judges have no idea of the author and judge on the quality of the manuscript alone. Screening panels are made up of board members and writers from the Salt Lake City writing community. Judges are faculty members invited by the board. They are not board members nor are they affiliated with the board.

Deadlines:

Entries for the 2007 fellowship competition can be submitted from January 1, 2007 until no later than March 1, 2007.
Results will be announced May 1, 2007. Manuscripts will not be returned.