Patty Friedmann Writing Competition

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Each Spring, LMNL invites submissions to its annual writing competition. Ours is a writing competition in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, public high school short story, and “Beyond the Bars” (a multi-genre competition for incarcerated juveniles), associated with the Words and Music writers’ conference that takes place in November each year.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions, except for some fee waivers available. The fee range is USD $10 to $20.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Print Publication

Awarded 1 x per year.

Fiction Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction Flash Fiction	Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story Short Story	1,000 - 7,500 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Winner's Prize:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: High school category winner receives USD $500; all other winners receive $1,000.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are allowed.
Media: Text.

Nonfiction Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Narrative Nonfiction

Up to 7,500 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Winner's Prize:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: USD $1,000 for winner.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are allowed.
Media: Text.

Poetry Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem

No line limits known; Unknown number of pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Winner's Prize:

Professional payment (US$50 or more per poem) Professional payment. Details: USD $1,000 for winner.

Submissions:

Method: Duosuma submission manager.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are allowed.
Media: Text.

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This project ranks among the Most Personable Fiction Publishers in our database.

Accuracy	We have received 41 reports from 39 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported	13 min \| 47.2 mean avg \| 51.0 median \| 103 max days (19.3 std dev)
Responses	100.00 %
Acceptances	29.27 % of submissions accepted (46.4 avg. days per acceptance) \| 30.77 % of submitters accepted Rejections are often underreported, which skews the statistics in favor of acceptances. Most publishers have a lower acceptance rate than indicated here.
Rejections	70.73 % (46.9 avg. days per rejection) \| 82.8 % personal, 17.2 % form, 0.0 % unspecified \| 2.4 % shortlisted
Non-Responses	0 %
Lost/Returned	-
Never Responded	-
Withdrawals	-

Other Information

The most common submission fee paid: USD $20.00.
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 08 Oct 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 19 Sep 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 11 Mar 2025
Last Audited: 27 Oct 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 02 Mar 2018

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