LitFest Contest 2018 - Deadline 2/5

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

LITFEST CONTEST 2018

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: MONDAY, FEB 5, 2018, by 11:59pm

What: 

The Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House is proud to award the fourteenth annual Literary Prize for Undergraduate Writing at LITFEST on THURSDAY, May 10, 2018.  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: 

Ø  Poetry submissions must not exceed 3 pages, maximum 1 poem per page.  Fiction submissions must not exceed 3000 words.

Ø  To submit go to www.styluslit.org, click on “Submit,” and choose categories of “Jimenez-Porter Literary Prize” in Prose or Poetry.

Ø  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).

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