Northern Colorado Writers is hosting its 4th annual contest series, beginning with Short Fiction.

You do not need to be a member of NCW or in Colorado to enter.

Prizes are 1st: $1,000; 2nd: $250; 3rd: $100. W

inners and honorable mentions of this and the other two contests in the series (Creative Nonfiction & Poetry)

will be published in and receive a free copy of the winners’ anthology, POOLED INK.

Entry fee is $20.

Final judge for Short Fiction is Seth Brady Tucker.

Any style or genre; max. 5,000 words.

Deadline is March 31, 2014.

Visit www.northerncoloradowriters.com

(under Events > Writing Contests) for submission guidelines.