Opportunity for Writers: Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction
This opportunity for writers presents a prize of $200 cash Award and publication of the winning manuscript, plus a standard royalty contract.
Judge: Alice Sebold.
Eligibility:
- Only for short fiction writers of English
- Employees of Sarabande Books. Inc. are not eligible.
- Submissions may include collection of short stories or short novels.
- Works previously appeared in magazines or anthologies may be included.
- Previously published collections are not eligible.
- Close friends or current students of the Judge are not eligible.
Requirements:
- Author’s name must not appear on manuscript.
- Must be typed. (Standard font, 12 pt. Double-spaced. If printed, standard white printer paper is preferred).
- Word Count: 150 – 250 pages.
- Must be accompanied by a $29 submission fee.
Winner will be selected in September, all entrants will be informed if the winners/finalists shortly after. Sarabande Books will consider all finalists for publication.
For more information about this opportunity for writers, visit their website.