2008 ARIZONA LITERARY CONTEST & AWARDS
Prizes - Deadlines - Critiques - Guidelines  -  Entry Form

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PRIZES

We are gearing up for this year's Literary contest and awards, bigger and better than ever.  Besides cash prizes ($100 for first place, $50 for second place, $25 for third place in each category) and publication, and author and book feature in the Arizona Literary Magazine, as well as a PushCart nomination for poetry, short story, and essay categories, the winners will be officially announced and recognized during a Literary Awards Banquet in Phoenix, on Saturday, November 8, 2008. 

The “Unpublished Novel” first-place winner will see his/her book published under Five Star Publications’ Silver Plan (a $6,000 value) with national distribution through Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and sales on Amazon.com, B&N.com, Target.com, WalMart.com and Five Star Publications’ online store (does not include media kit, website, or publicity). The Unpublished Novel Winner may also choose to apply the dollar value of the Silver Plan as credit toward upgrading their winnings to the Five Star Gold Plan.

Click here for complete details on both Five Star plans

In addition, the Published "Fiction" and Published “Nonfiction” categories first-place winners receives a $300 (approx. value) AuthorsandExperts.com package, while the first-place Published Children’s Literature winner gets a free $300 (approx. value) listing at SchoolBookings.com.
 

DEADLINE:

All entries should be mailed regular mail through the U. S. Post Office. Please, no UPS, Fedex, or special delivery. Delivery Confirmation is okay as long as it does not require Signature Confirmation.  All entries should be postmarked no later than July 1, and mailed to:

Arizona Literary Contest Coordinator
6145 W. Echo Lane
Glendale, Arizona - 85302

Questions about your entry?
Rather than guessing or assuming, email Greta at: gmanville@aol.com
 

CRITIQUES

To request a detailed critique of all aspects of your work, with suggestions on improving it, mark your choice of critique on the entry form. Critiques cost extra. Add the cost of the critique to your payment. Critiques will only be given for unpublished works entered in the contest. You may enter the contest without requesting a critique.

 

Unpublished categories:

Entries must be unpublished.  All winners automatically consign first serial rights (only) to the Arizona Authors Association (which means we have the right to publish the entry or an excerpt once in the Arizona Literary Magazine).

No names should figure anywhere other than on the entry form.

Except for poems, all manuscripts must be double-spaced, with 12 pitch characters and 1 inch margins on four sides (or centered for poetry). Title and page numbers on each page (but no names).

Unpublished Novels must be completed and immediately available upon request.

Three copies of each manuscript and three copies of the synopsis must be provided for unpublished novels. 

The first prize winner in poetry, essay, and short story categories will be entered in the PushCart competition.

Manuscripts will not be returned, except for requested critiques

Published categories:

• Publishing date must be 2007 or 2008, and copyright, ISBN number and publisher must be mentioned on the copyright page.

• Electronic books may be entered but only in printed and bound format, like a professional galley or ARC(book form, spiral-bound, comb binding or such) and they must include copyright date, publisher  information, as well as ISBN number.

• Two copies of the published book must be provided.

• Books will not be returned but donated.

For all categories:

All winning entries will be published or the author/book featured in the fall issue of the Arizona Literary Magazine

Entries will be accepted between January 1 and July 1 (postmark)

You may enter several works.  Send a separate entry form for each entry (photocopy okay).

Entries will not be returned - manuscripts will be destroyed and published books donated.

All finalists will be notified in advance.

The judges reserve the right to switch the category for an entry if they think it more appropriate.  They also reserve the right to cancel a category if the number of entries is insufficient, or to decide not to have a winner if the level of the best entries is not up to their quality standards.

Any entry not conforming to the guidelines will be disqualified without notice.  There will be no refund for disqualified entries.

To receive the ARIZONA LITERARY MAGAZINE issue publishing the winning entries and featuring the winners, send $10.00 per copy to the contest coordinator.  Publication date: November 8, 2008.
 

ENTRY FORM:

Print them directly from this web site (CLICK HERE)

or request them by mail with an S.A.S.E. to:

Arizona Authors Association
Literary Contest Coordinator
6145 W. Echo Lane
Glendale, Arizona - 85302