South Carolina is on my mind as I get ready to head off to teach in the low-res MFA at Converse College in Spartanburg...thanks to Philip for sending along this call for submissions:
undefined magazine wants to publish you in our summer reader--deadline for submissions June 7
Would you like to see your words on the pages of South Carolina's premiere arts magazine? Of course you would. That's why undefined magazine is holding its first creative writing competition with awards for poetry, short stories, and flash fiction.
First, second and third place winners will be published in undefined's summer reader, coming out in July 2010.
Entrants may submit no more than one entry in each category, with the poetry category including poetry of up to six pages of text or six poems total. All entries should be previously unpublished in any form. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but upon acceptance of manuscript in any other arena, undefined magazine must be notified by emailing editor@beundefined.com.
Deadline for submissions is June 7, 2010.
Short Story – Submit previously unpublished and double spaced Short Story manuscripts of no more than 2500 words electronically in word.doc format to contest@beundefined.com. Each submission should include a separate cover sheet containing the short story title, author’s name, address, email address, phone number and the category in which the submission should be entered. The actual manuscript should have no additional markings other than the title of the story.
Flash Fiction – Submit previously unpublished and double spaced Flash Fiction manuscripts of no more than 500 words electronically in word.doc format to contest@beundefined.com. Each submission should include a separate cover sheet containing the flash fiction title, author’s name, address, email address, phone number and the category in which the submission should be entered. The manuscript should have no markings other than the title.
Poetry – Submit up to six pages (six poems total) of previously unpublished poetry with each poem appearing on its own page, electronically in word.doc format to contest@beundefined.com. Each submission should include a separate cover sheet containing the titles or first lines of each poem, author’s name, address, email address, phone number and the category in which the submission should be entered. The manuscript should have no markings other than the title.
For more information go to http://www.undefinedmag.com/