Room Magazine's Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-fiction Contest – 2010

Thank you for your interest and entries! The contest is now closed. Winners will be announced in October 2010.

It's that time of year again—sharpen your pencils or fire up your laptop and send us your fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction contest entries.

New this year: online submission, the quickest and easiest way to enter.

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than July 15, 2010.
Entry Fee: $27 per entry (includes a complimentary one-year subscription to Room). Non-Canadian entries: $39 Canadian dollars.
Prizes: 1st prize in each category – $500, 2nd prize – $250. Winners will be published in a 2011 issue of Room. Other manuscripts may be published.

Judges:
Fiction: June Hutton
Poetry: Jennica Harper
Creative Non-Fiction: Lynn Van Luven

Rules & Details:
More than one entry will be accepted as long as fee is paid for each entry. No manuscripts will be returned. Only winners will be notified.

Poetry: max. 3 poems or 150 lines | Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction: max. 3,500 words

There will be blind judging, so please don't put your name or address on your entry submission. For electronic entries, include your name, address, phone number and title(s) of your submission in the body of your e-mail. If you will be mailing your entry, enclose a cover sheet with this information. Entries must be typed on 8.5 x 11 white paper, and prose must be double-spaced. Each entry must be original, unpublished, not submitted or accepted elsewhere for publication and not entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition.

Electronic Entries:
Simply e-mail your submission as an attachment to contests@roommagazine.com, pay online using the button below, and we'll take care of the rest. Remember to include your complete contact information in the body of your e-mail. And please make sure that the contact information you give through PayPal is the same as in your entry; use the "note to merchant" field, if necessary.