Press 53 Open Awards Writing Contest

We are pleased to announce the first annual Press 53 Open Awards Writing Contest.

Eight Categories judged by Eight Award-Winning & Industry Professional Judges.

POETRY: Deadline Aug 31, 2007
Judge: PAMELA USCHUK, Pulitzer Prize nominee and editor-in-chief of Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts

FLASH FICTION: Deadline Sep 30, 2007
Judge: JENNIFER PIERONI, editor-in-chief of the literary journal Quick Fiction

SHORT-SHORT FICTION: Deadline Oct 31, 2007
Judge: JOSEPH BATHANTI, National Book Award nominee and author of Coventry (Novello Festival Press)

GENRE FICTION: Deadline Nov 30, 2007
Judge: PATRY FRANCIS, winner of the Silver Rose Award and author of The Liar's Diary (Dutton Books)

SHORT FICTION: Deadline Dec 31, 2007
Judge: DAN WICKETT, founder of the Emerging Writers Network and executive director of Dzanc Books

CREATIVE NONFICTION: Deadline Jan 31, 2008
Judge: FELICIA SULLIVAN, author of the memoir, The Sky Isn't Visible from Here (Algonquin Books, 2008) and founding editor of Small Spiral Notebook

NOVELLA: Deadline Feb 28, 2008
Judge: ROY KESEY, selected for Best American Short Stories 2007 and author of the novella Nothing in the World (Bullfight Media)

YOUNG WRITERS: Deadline Mar 31, 2008
Judge: KYLE MINOR, co-editor of The Other Chekov (New American Press, 2008) and featured in the Random House Anthology Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers

Winners in each category will receive a beautiful etched-glass award plus publication in our first annual Press 53 Open Awards Anthology. For details, including entry fees, judges' complete bios, and submission guidelines, visit www.Press53.com/Contests.html.

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