Saturday, March 12, 2011

Free contest, Work Magazine's Writing Contest, top prize: $100

Deadlines: 1 April 2011, 29 April 2011, 20 May 2011

The second annual WORK Literary Magazine writing contest is accepting submissions. http://workmagazine.wordpress.com

Categories to submit are essay, memoir & interview, and fiction:

Deadline for Essay submissions: April 1, 2011
Deadline for Interview or Memoir submissions: April 29, 2011
Deadline for Fiction submissions: May 20, 2011

You may win in any of the categories. For each submission deadline, one winner will be awarded $50. Editors will then rank the winners and one will be chosen as Employee of the Month and will be awarded an additional $50 -- One lucky writer wins $100!

Employee of the Month, grand prize winner, will be announced: June 5, 2011

Submissions must be thematic (work-related), in Word (.doc), formatted with Times New Roman, 12 point font, single space. Email submissions with subject heading "[specific category] Contest Submission" to workzine at gmail dot com (example: Memoir Contest Submission).

Please submit only your best work. Include jpeg photographs, artworks, or illustrations if doing so enhances or supplements your piece.

Mention UNEMPLOYMENT and the submission fee is waived!

Note: Last year we gave winners the opportunity to read at a successful, curated reading series in Portland, Oregon. We will again extend this offer to winners who can either have a representative read for them or be in Portland to read themselves.

More information here.