Writers' Group of the Triad
Sternberger Artist Center
Studio 5
712 Summitt Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27405

Correspondence to:
WGOT
5039 Tamarack Dr.
Greensboro, NC 27407

Greensboro Awards 2010

The Seventh Biennial Greensboro Awards
for Poetry and Short Fiction Guidelines
 

Categories: Poetry & Short Fiction

Prizes each category: 1st $250, 2nd $150, 3rd $100
 
Poetry:  Typed, single-spaced.  Each entry must contain 5 poems.   Awards are presented for best 5-poem set.  Maximum of 100 lines per poem.  Any form, style or theme.  (No verse for children; no light verse.)  Send two copies each set.

Short Fiction:  Typed, double-spaced.  Maximum word length 4,000 words per story.  Word count must appear at top of first page.  Any theme or genre.  (No fiction for children or young adults.)  Send two copies each short story.

Entry Fee:  $15 for one entry; $5 entry fee each additional submission.  Entry fees for submissions sent from outside the US must be in US funds  -- US money order, US bank draft or cashier’s check.  Make payable to Writers’ Group of the Triad.  No cash accepted.

Postmark Deadline: April 30, 2010; Winners announced: by October 1, 2010.

All work must be original and previously unpublished.

Send cover sheet with name, address, phone number (fax, e-mail if available), title of poems or story, and one paragraph bio.  No names on poems or short stories. 

Multiple submissions accepted (may submit both poetry & short fiction, or more than one group of 5 poems, or more than one short story). 

Simultaneous submission OK provided you notify us if work is accepted elsewhere.

Manuscripts will NOT be returned.  They will be recycled.

Final Judges:  

Poetry –Janice Moore Fuller will be our final judge for poetry. Writer-in-residence and Professor of English at Catawba College, she has published Archeology is a Destructive Science, Sex Education and Seance.  She received her Bachelor’s degree from Duke University, her Master’s and Doctorate from UNC-G.

Short Fiction –Alice J. Wisler will be our short story final judge.   She has had three books published, How Sweet It Is, Rain Song, and Slices of Sunlight, A Cookbook of Memories: Remembrances of The Children We Held.  She received her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Eastern Mennonite University. 

Send Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope for list of winners or additional copies of guidelines.  Email contact: WGOT2010@triad.rr.com

Send entry to:
The Writers’ Group of the Triad
P.O. Box 4134
Greensboro, NC  27404-4134

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