Grain Magazine is now accepting entries for the 16TH ANNUAL SHORT GRAIN CONTEST offering a total of $6000 IN PRIZE MONEY!! THREE $500 PRIZES IN EACH CATEGORY!!
This year the Short Grain Contest offers a total of twelve prizes of $500 each for original, unpublished works in four categories: Dramatic Monologue, Postcard Story, Prose Poem, and Long Grain of Truth (creative non-fiction).
Each entrant receives a one-year subscription to Grain.
Contest Deadline: JANUARY 31, 2004.
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PRIZES --All categories: Three prizes of $500 each. Short Grain prize-winners will be published in the fall 2004 issue of Grain.
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SHORT CATEGORIES:
DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE --Judged by Kit Brennan:
A self-contained speech given by a single character in 500 words or less.
POSTCARD STORY --Judged by J. Jill Robinson:
A work of narrative fiction in 500 words or less.
PROSE POEM --Judged by Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen:
A lyric poem written as a prose paragraph in 500 words or less.
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LONG CATEGORY:
LONG GRAIN OF TRUTH --Judged by Zsuzsi Gartner:
A non-fiction creative prose piece in 5000 words or less.
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ENTRY RULES
1. SHORT CATEGORIES: The basic entry fee is $25 for a maximum of two entries in one category. For every additional $5 you may enter up to three more pieces in the category (ies) of your choice. You may divide additional entries among any of the short categories. For example, to enter two monologues ($25) plus a postcard story, and two prose poems ($5) costs $30.
LONG CATEGORY: The basic entry fee is $25 for two creative nonfiction entries. For an additional $10 you may enter a third nonfiction piece.
Make your cheque or money order payable to Short Grain Contest. US and international entrants: Pay in US funds; add $4 postage for a total of $29 for the basic entry fee.
2. Your entry fee of $25 includes a one-year subscription to Grain. For entries received by January 15, subscription begins with the Spring 2004 (February) issue. For entries received after January 15, subscription begins with the Summer 2004 (May) issue.
3. All entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2004.
4. Each entry must be original, unpublished, not submitted elsewhere for publication or broadcast, nor accepted elsewhere for publication or broadcast, nor entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition for which it is also eligible to win a prize.
5. All entries in this contest will be judged anonymously, on merit alone. The judges’ decisions are final.
6. A separate covering page must be attached to the text of your entry. On the covering page please provide the following information:
a) Your name, complete mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
b) Title of your entry (ies).
c) Category or categories you are entering: Postcard Story, Prose Poem, Dramatic Monologue, or Long Grain of Truth. If you do not indicate thecategory you are entering, the contest logger will arbitrarily decide for you.
d) Word count. An absolutely accurate word count is required. Entries in the short category with more than 500 words (not including the title, but including -- in Dramatic Monologue -- set-up and stage directions) will be disqualified. In the Long Grain of Truth category, entries with more than 5000 words (not including title) will be disqualified. Do not print, type, or write your name on the text pages of your entry.
7. Your entry should be typed, double-spaced, on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. It must be legible. It may be photocopied or printed from a word processor (letter quality mode, please). Faxed and/or electronic entries not accepted.
8. ENTRIES WILL NOT BE RETURNED. Keep a copy of your entry. We will notify you of the final results at the end of the contest IF YOU ENCLOSE AN SASE OR EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THAT PURPOSE ONLY. US and International entries please send an IRC or CANADIAN POSTAGE. A list of winners will appear on our web site. Winners will be announced in April 2004.
Make your cheque or money order payable to Short Grain Contest. Send your entry or entries to:
Short Grain Contest
Box 67
Saskatoon, SK S7K 3K1
Canada
If using a courier, send entries to:
Suite 719
Delta Bessborough Hotel
601 Spadina Cresent East
Saskatoon, SK
Canada, S7K 3G8
NOTE: Entries by email or fax will not be accepted.
Deadline: January 31, 2004.
Prize Money Donated by:
Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg, Barristers and Solicitors, Saskatoon, City Perk Coffee House, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre
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