Aug. 2 / 17
Hey again….just one more thing to mention. The New Guard Contest in Fiction and Poetry is in search of applicants. Read more below…..
credit source: association of writers & writing programs (AWP)
The New Guard Contests in Fiction and Poetry
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Center
TUITION / COST:$20 entry fee
SCHOLARSHIP: None Available
CONTACT: Shanna McNair
EMAIL: editors@writershotel.com
WEBSITE: www.newguardreview.com
Two prizes of $1,500 each and publication in The New Guard are given annually for a poem and a short story. Mark Doty will judge the Knightville Poetry Contest; Chris Abani will judge the Machigonne Fiction Contest. Using the online submission system, submit three poems of up to 150 lines each or no more than 5,000 words of prose with a $20 entry fee by August 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Faculty
Featured Writers Include:
Knightville Poetry Contest judge: Mark Doty
Machigonne Fiction Contest judge: Chris Abani
Publisher: Shanna McNair
Genres
Poetry, Fiction
Location
The New Guard, Poetry and Fiction Contest
P.O. Box 5101
Hanover
New Hampshire, United States
03755
The Writer’s Hotel
TO APPLY TO THE WRITER’S HOTEL 2017, visit http://www.writershotel.com/apply.
Please note that since TWH is a part of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Writers and Writing Conferences community, TWH applicants are eligible for AWP’s Scholarship Competition for conference attendees, where three $500 conference stipend grants are awarded each year to emerging writers of Fiction, Nonfiction or Poetry.
TWH will also award three stipends of $500 on site in NYC, to be announced on the last day of classes. TWH stipend recipients are chosen at our sole discretion. Stipend recipients will be announced on our website.
We also are able to point applicants toward credit opportunities via our billing arm, and we can let you know about affordable hotels nearby.
Hope your Wednesday is great. Enjoy your day, be blessed.
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