The 2008
Mid-American Review
Fineline Competition
for Prose Poems, Short Shorts, and Anything In Between
What's a Prose Poem? What's a Short Short? Click here to find out!
1st Prize: $1000 + Publication
+ Engraved Contest Commemorative Pen
Ten Finalists: Notation + Possible Publication
2008 Final Judge
Guidelines
Send entries to
Results from the 2007 Fineline Competition
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
author of
At the Drive-in Volcano
and
Miracle Fruit
Postmark deadline: June 1, 2008. Contest is for previously unpublished work only--if the work has appeared in print or online, in any form or part, or under any title, it is ineligible and will be disqualified. There is a 500-word limit for each poem or short. A $10 entry fee (check or money order, made out to Mid-American Review) is required for each set of three prose poems/short short stories. Entry fees are non-refundable. All participants will receive Mid-American Review v. XXIX, no. 1, where the winners will be published. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results (~ mid-September, 2008). Manuscripts need not be left anonymous. Contest is open to all writers, except those associated with the judge or Mid-American Review, past or present. Our judge's decision is final.
Note: All pieces submitted in verse form--i.e., poetry with line breaks--will be automatically disqualified, as will previously published work or pieces over 500 words.
Mid-American Review
Attn.: 2008 Fineline Competition
Department of English, Box W
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
The 2008 James Wright Poetry Award, Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award,
and Creative Nonfiction Award