The Black Mountain Press Literary Contest-Win $ and Publication

New Deadlines  November 30th, 2015
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The Asheville Award is a twice  annual international competition
offering $100 plus publication by the Black Mountain Press for a book
length poetry, and novel or collection of short stories. Manuscripts are
accepted for review with an July 30th and November 30th deadline in 2015.  And April 30th, July 30th and November 30th in 2016. 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.
Award: $100 and publication by the Black Mountain Press Entry Fee: $35.
For the November 30th, 2015 deadline:
Winners announced:  Jan. 31
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2016.  Award: $100 and publication by the Black Mountain Press Entry Fee: $35.
In 2016 Winners will be announced 90 days after the deadline date.
Send manuscripts or 64 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.
Submissions
without this reading fee will not be considered. Send submissions to contests@theBlackMountainPress and include your ebay invoice number for this fee.
See our website (theBlackMountainPress dot com) for complete details.
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