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The Carnegie Center’s Next Great Writers Competition

  • Writers should submit manuscripts of fiction or nonfiction prose (up to 12 double-spaced pages) or poetry (up to 5 poems).
  • THERE IS A $10 ENTRY FEE, payable to the Carnegie Center.
  • Entries should include a cover sheet complete with writer’s name, address, email address, and phone number.
  • Names should NOT appear anywhere on the manuscript itself
  • Deadline for submissions is MONDAY, APRIL 30. Entries must be postmarked or received by that date.
  • Winning authors and those selected to read will be notified by JUNE 1.
  • The Carnegie Center’s NEXT GREAT WRITERS READING will take place Friday, June 15 at 7: 00 pm.
  • The CASH PRIZE is $100 for First Place and $50 for Second.
  • Up to 12 writers will be invited to read on June 15.

Send Entries to:
The Next Great Writers Competition
The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning
251 West Second Street
Lexington, KY 40507

The Next Great Writers Competition and Reading will culminate the 2006-2007 New Books by Great Writers Literary Series, which is made possible by generous grants from the Kentucky Arts Council and the Knight Advisory Fund at Blue Grass Community Foundation. Be sure to mark your calendar for the remaining events in the series:

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