The 2012 Fineline Competition for Prose Poems, Short Shorts and Anything In Between
Guidelines
Final Judge: Amelia Gray
Author of Threats, AM/PM, and Museum of the Weird.
First Prize: $1,000 and publication in MAR Volume XXXIII, Number 1.
Ten finalists: Notation and possible publication
Postmark deadline: June 1, 2012. Contest is for previously unpublished work only—if the work has appeared in print or online, in any form or part, or under any title, or has been contracted for such, it is ineligible and will be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. XXXIII, no. 1, where the winners will be published. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results. 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.
Send all entries with check or money order to:
Mid-American Review
Department of English
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
2011 Fineline Competition Results
The finalists for the 2011 Fineline Competition have been selected. Official notification will be posted here and will go out to those entrants who submitted an SASE as soon as the winner has been chosen and the results are official. Thanks to everyone who entered!