Contests
Our 2008 contests are closed. Thanks to all who submitted and helped make this a record contest submissions year. We're looking forward to reading your work. Please check back in June for the results.
2008 World's Best Short Short Story Contest
Submit up to three short short stories with a $15 reading fee. Each short-short should be no more than 500 words. Include your name and contact information on a very brief cover letter. Your name should also appear at the top of each page. Robert Olen Butler will judge. One winner will be chosen and awarded $500. The winner and nine finalists will be published in early 2009. Label envelope: WBSSSC.
2008 Southeast Review Poetry Contest
Submit up to three poems, no more than 10 pages total with a $15 reading fee. Include no more than one poem per page. Include your name and contact information on a very brief cover letter. Your name should also appear on the top of each page. David Kirby will judge. One winner will be chosen and awarded $500. The winner and nine finalists will be published in early 2009. Label envelope: Poetry Contest.
Information about SER's poetry contest ethics and mechanics is located here.
The First Ever Southeast Review Narrative Nonfiction Contest
Theme: "Sightings"
Each entry should accompany a $10 reading fee. The theme of this year’s nonfiction contest is “Sightings,” so pieces submitted should reflect some variation of that theme. Each entry should be no more than 5,000 words. Include your name and contact information on a very brief cover letter. Your name should also appear appear on the top of each page. Steve Almond will judge. One winner will be chosen and awarded $250. The winner and two finalists will be published in early 2009. Label envelope: Nonfiction Contest.
General Contest Guidelines
All submissions must be typed and accompanied by a cover letter with contact information. The fee for The WBSSSC and The SER Poetry Contest is $15 (US) per submission (up to 3 short shorts or poems). The fee for The SER Narrative Nonfiction Contest is $10 (US) per entry. Make checks or money orders payable to The Southeast Review. Postmark deadline: March 15, 2008.
For all contest categories, friends and current or former students of the judge and those who have been affiliated with Florida State University within the last five years are ineligible.
It is not necessary to send an SASE. Winners will be announced on the website in late spring. Please note the importance of including your contact information in a brief cover letter; all contestants will receive the issue in which the winning submissions appear.
SEND ALL SUBMISSIONS TO:
The Southeast Review
Department of English
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306
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