SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest The NightWriter Review

CONTEST RULES & GUIDELINES

• This year's theme is "mystery." All submissions must engage with the theme in some way.
• All submissions must be previously unpublished.
• The contest is open to writers 18 years of age and over residing in the United States and Canada.
  
• Fiction and creative nonfiction (essays and memoir): up to 5,000 words.
• Poetry: up to 3 poems per submission, up to 60 lines of poetry per poem.
• Please use industry standard formatting as applicable to your form: Times New Roman, 12 pt., double-spaced, one-inch margins.
• First-place winners in each category will receive a $250 cash prize and publication in The NightWriter Review.
• Second-place winners in each category will receive a $100 cash prize and publication in The NightWriter Review.
• Third-place winners in each category will receive a $50 cash prize and publication in The NightWriter Review.
• All entries will be considered for publication in The NightWriter Review.
• All submissions will be online through our Duosuma submission portal.
• Multiple submissions are welcome, but you must pay a separate fee for each entry.
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please withdraw the piece immediately if accepted elsewhere. Entry fees are nonrefundable.
• Current SLO NightWriters Board Members are ineligible.
• Entry fee: $30 for SLO NightWriters members and $35 for nonmembers.

CONTEST DIRECTOR: Harvey Ardman. Please direct any questions to: [email protected].

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