MAR Fineline Comp & Why I Like Ken Follet
already wrote a little (rather incomplete) something today, I stumbled upon this competition which is pretty big, but nonetheless fun-sounding:
The 2008
Mid-American Review
Fineline Competition
for Prose Poems, Short Shorts, and Anything In Between
Postmark deadline: June 1, 2008. Contest is for previously unpublished work only–if the work has appeared in print or online, in any form or part, or under any title, it is ineligible and will be disqualified. There is a 500-word limit for each poem or short. A $10 entry fee (check or money order, made out to Mid-American Review) is required for each set of three prose poems/short short stories. Entry fees are non-refundable. All participants will receive Mid-American Review v. XXIX, no. 1, where the winners will be published. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results (~ mid-September, 2008). Manuscripts need not be left anonymous. Contest is open to all writers, except those associated with the judge or Mid-American Review, past or present. Our judge’s decision is final.
Note: All pieces submitted in verse form–i.e., poetry with line breaks–will be automatically disqualified, as will previously published work or pieces over 500 words.
Click here to visit their website.
Anyway, I’m moving from PA back home to NY on Saturday, and since the weather has finally been nice (ie not rainy), I realized what’s been propping my window up for the past month:
The windows in my house are shitty as hell. Lucky I had Ken Follet to save the day (you might not be able to see it clearly since I took it with my mac camera pointing straight at a sunny window, but you can kinda tell).
