PSST: 24th annual CP Writing Contest submissions due FRIDAY, December 11

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PSST: 24th annual CP Writing Contest submissions due FRIDAY, December 11

POSTED: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 6:45 PM

Filed Under: Arts Last Chance

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A friendly li'l reminder from us to y'all: City Paper's annual Writing Contest entries ' in both fiction and poetry categories ' are due at 5 p.m., Dec. 11. There's lots more info here, and you can read about our awesome judges here, but for now, some quick details:

Rules

Fiction: Stories should be 3,000 words or less and previously unpublished. No more than one submission per entrant.

Poetry: One entry can consist of up to five poems.

Eligibility: Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware residents are invited to participate. Employees and regular freelancers for the City Paper are ineligible, obvs.

Prizes: Winning story and poem will be published in the Dec. 31, 2009, issue of City Paper and featured in a reading. Top two runners-up will be published at citypaper.net. Additional prizes TBA.

Deadline: We must receive your work before 5 p.m. on Fri., Dec. 11. No exceptions.

Entering

Please include a processing fee of $5 made payable to City Paper Writing Contest at the address below or via PayPal to paypal@citypaper.net. Stories should be e-mailed to gimmefiction@citypaper.net or mailed the old-fashioned way to:

City Paper Writing Contest
123 Chestnut St., Third Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106.

No phone calls please regarding specific entries. Manuscripts will not be returned.

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