Today is Encourage A Young Writer Day, and what better way to celebrate than by ponying up the entry fee for a young writer to enter a contest?
A good one to consider: The 2011 Collagist Chapbook Contest only costs $15 to enter ($20 if you’d like a copy of the winning chapbook), and the winner will receive $250 plus 25 author copies. Entries are due by April 15, and will be judged by Collagist editor Matt Bell. For full details, be sure to check their website here.
Another great contest with an Austin connection is the Texas Observer’s first annual Short Story Prize. Guest judged by Larry McMurtry (the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove), and with a prize of $1,000 plus publication, this contest costs $25 to enter (or $35 if you’d like a critique from their Fiction Editor, David Duhr), and is well worth the entry fee. Entries are due May 1, and Texas themes are encouraged, so what are you waiting for?
Encourage a young writer–or yourself!–and help ‘em enter a couple of writing contests today.
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