Writer Eligibility:
-Writer must identify as queer
-Writers of all ages and stages of career are welcome
-Writer cannot have studied creative writing with judge Mark Doty
Submission Eligibility:
-Work must have a maximum word count of 250
-Work may be in any genre (prose, poetry, all experimental hybrids in between)
-Work content need not be on a queer theme
-Work content must not include writer’s name (judging is blind)
Contest Entry:
-Deadline for submission is April 1, 2011
-Entry fee for each submission is $5, maximum of 5 submissions per writer
-Entry fee paid through PayPal link on AQLF website (ww.atlqueerlitfest.com)
- Submit work(s) by emailing as one Microsoft Word attachment (please name as: Broadside_[last name]_[first name].doc) to aqlfcontest@gmail.com, with the subject heading “Broadside Contest Entry, [last name]_[first name].” Include contact mailing address and telephone number in body of email.
Prizes:
-Winning submission will be published as annual festival broadside. Writer will receive 20 copies, $100 honorarium, and an invitation to read the broadside at keynote address during AQLF (June 24, 2011).
-All finalists will be considered for invitation to read at AQLF, winner notified no later than May 15, 2011.
More information here.
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