Ploughshares

Emerging Writer's Contest

Deadline:

April 2, 2012

Entry Fee Amount:

$20

Website:

http://www.pshares.org/submit/emerging-writers-contest.cfm

E-mail address:

pshares@emerson.edu

Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Ploughshares will be given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Writers who have not published a book or chapbook are eligible. Submit three to five poems or up to 5,000 words of prose with a $20 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Ploughshares, by April 2. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Ploughshares, Emerging Writer's Contest, Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116.

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