
The Antigonish Review Announces
The Antigonish Review: Poetry Contest
7th Annual
GREAT BLUE HERON POETRY CONTEST
&
3rd Annual
SHELDON CURRIE FICTION PRIZE
$2,400 in Prizes!
(Prizes: 1st $600; 2nd $400; 3rd $200; plus publication.)
Here are the details:
Deadlines:
Fiction entries must be
postmarked by May 31, 2007
Poetry must be
postmarked by June 30, 2007
Guidelines:
No previously published works, works accepted for publication or simultaneous submissions are 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.
- Judges:
Jim Taylor, Reynold Stone.
Final Judge: Ian Colford
- 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.
- Judges:
Peter Sanger and Michael deBeyer.
- 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, 2007. 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Entries will not be returned; Send only original, previously unpublished material (that has not been accepted for publication elsewhere).
Only winners will be notified by September 1, 2007.
A list of winners will be available at
this web site.
For full contest details, guidelines and queries, contact:
Phone (902) 867-3962 or
tar@stfx.ca.