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  • New Southerner Literary Contest

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    Posted on April 8th, 2010sherryContests, Magazines

    The New Southerner is accepting submissions for their 2010 Literary Contest from April 1 through October 1.

    Complete guidelines here.

    Judges will be Sena Jeter Nasland for fiction, Jason Howard for nonfiction, and Jeff Worley for the James Baker Hall Memorial Poetry Prize.

    Fee is $10 per entry. First prize is $200, publication, and a reading. All finalists will receive $15 and will be published in the literary issue.

2 Responses to “New Southerner Literary Contest”

  1. Jessie Carty April 9th, 2010 at 2:52 pm

    they really sponsor a nice contest and put out a great journal :)

  2. sherry April 9th, 2010 at 3:56 pm

    Bobbi does great work, Jessie. And some great writers have won their contests — nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

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