Litfest Creative Writing Contest

ARE YOU A WRITING MACHINE?

Announcing the Jimenez-Porter Literary Prize a.k.a.

LITFEST CONTEST 2015

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Sunday FEB 15, 2015, by 11:59pm

What: 

The Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House is proud to award the thirteenth annual Literary Prize for Undergraduate Writing at LITFEST on THURSDAY, May 7, 2014. Winners must attend & read at LITFEST to collect.

Awards:

1^st place award (1 each in poetry and fiction):  $150.00

2^nd place award (1 each in poetry and fiction): $100.00

3^rd place award (1 each in poetry and fiction):  $50.00

How, or Guidelines for Submissions: 

-  Poetry submissions must not exceed 3 pages, maximum 1 poem per page.  Fiction submissions must not exceed 5000 words.

- To submit go to www.styluslit.org, click on “Submit to Stylus” and choose “Submit to Litfest” in categories of Prose or Poetry when asked.

-  Do not put your name or contact info on body of work. Work is judged anonymously, by an “outside” judge (i.e. outside of University of Maryland).

- For more information about guidelines, please e-mail Johnna Schmidt atjmschmid@umd.edu.