The 2009
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

2009 Final Judge
David Shumate
author of
 High Water Mark
and
The Floating Bridge: Prose Poems

Guidelines
Postmark Deadline for the 2009 Fineline Competition: May 1st, 2009. Contest is for previously unpublished work only—if the work has appeared in print or online, in any form or part, or under any title, it is ineligible and will be disqualified.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. XXX, no. 1, where the winners will be published. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results (about mid-September, 2009). Manuscripts need not be left anonymous, please include your name on a cover page. 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.

Send entries to
Mid-American Review
Attn.: 2009 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

Results from the 2008 Fineline Competition