Here are the details:

Deadlines:
Fiction entries must be postmarked by May 31, 2008
Poetry must be postmarked by June 30, 2008


Guidelines:
Previously published works, works accepted for publication or simultaneous submissions are not eligible. No electronic submissions, please. Fiction entries must be typed, double-spaced, one side of page only – poetry may be single-spaced. Please include a separate cover sheet containing your identifying information as well as the titles of all entries.Your name must appear ONLY on the cover page.


Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize:
Stories on any subject. Total entry not to exceed 20 pages.

• First prize:
  $600 & publication
  
  
• Second prize:
  $400 & publication
  
  
• Third prize:
  $200 & publication

Great Blue Heron Poetry Contest:
Poems on any subject. Total entry not to exceed 4 pages. Maximum 150 lines. Entries might be one longer poem, or several shorter poems.

• First prize:
  $600 & publication
  
  
• Second prize:
  $400 & publication
  
  
• Third prize:
  $200 & publication

Entry Fee: Canada and the United States - $25.00; Outside of North America $35.00 (US funds) for either contest.

Bonus: You may enter both contests for an additional $10.00.
This includes a one-year subscription to TAR which will begin with the fall issue, 2008. Make cheques or money orders payable to The Antigonish Review.

Mail submissions to:

The Antigonish Review Contest
Box 5000, St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
B2G 2W5.

Entries will not be returned.

Only winners will be notified by September 1, 2008.
A list of winners will be available at The Antigonish Review: Poetry Contest

For full contest details, guidelines and queries, contact:
Phone (902) 867-3962 or tar@stfx.ca.



We acknowledge the support of: St. Francis Xavier University; Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture & Heritage; and the Publications Assistance Program of the Government of Canada.