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Click here for information about the current competition! The Arts & Letters Prizes competition offers publication and a $1000 (U.S.) Prize for winners in: Fiction (Short Story), Poetry, Drama (One-Act Play), and Creative Nonfiction (Essay). A $15 submission fee, payable in U.S. dollars, includes a two-issue subscription to Arts & Letters. Please make checks or money orders payable to “GCSU” (note “Arts & Letters” in the memo section). All submissions will be considered for publication. (International authors: Please see below for our new policy concerning international submissions.) Submission Deadline: Submissions should be postmarked January 1 to March 16. For all submissions: Submit only original, unpublished work in English. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable if the editors are notified immediately that the work has been accepted elsewhere. Authors may submit more than one manuscript; however, each submission should include the required entry fee of $15, which provides for a one-year subscription (fall and spring issues). Include a cover sheet with your name, address (where you want your subscription/s to be sent), and phone/email contact information; also include the title of your work. For those submitting more than one manuscript, you may designate a gift subscription to be sent (please provide name & address where you want the subscription sent). Send a no. 10 self-addressed, stamped envelope is you wish to receive an announcement of winners (usually in late June/early July). No manuscripts can be returned. The author’s name should not appear anywhere in the manuscript, only in the cover letter (for creative nonfiction, if relevant to this policy, please avoid using your full name in the manuscript). For fiction and creative nonfiction: Submit one story or essay, typed, double-spaced, no more than 25 pages long. For poetry: Submit up to 8 PAGES of poetry, typed, single-spaced, one poem (or part of a poem) per page. For one-act plays: Submit one work, typed in standard format. For all submissions: Please mail your submission unfolded and unstapled in a large-size manila envelope and write “Fiction,” “Poetry,” “Nonfiction” or “Drama” on the outside. International authors: Please see below for our new policy concerning international submissions. Send to: Arts & Letters Prizes Campus Box 89 Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA 31061 See a list of all finalists in the 2009 Prizes Competition. Special Information for International Authors (outside the U.S.): Due to the high cost of international postage (typically ranging from over $8.00 U.S. to over $10.00 U.S.), we will no longer be able to send both issues (fall and spring) to our international contestants. Instead, we will mail either the fall issue (featuring fiction and poetry winners) OR the spring issue (creative nonfiction and drama winners), depending on the genre in which the author submitted. However, if an author should be able to use a U.S. mailing address (or wish to have a gift subscription mailed to a friend in the U.S.), please tell us so in a cover letter, provide us the appropriate U.S. mailing address, and we will send BOTH fall and spring issues to that U.S. address. Also: International authors do not need to send a SASE or International Postal coupons for notification of winners. If the author will provide an e-mail, we will send the results (usually late June/early July) via e-mail (this information will also be listed on our web site). We’re sorry, but we cannot accept electronic submissions, only hardcopies mailed to us directly, as explained above. Please note: Unless costs are reasonable, we can only provide domestic (U.S.) airfare for our winners to travel to our campus for special prize programs. We will need to consider on a case by case basis how to handle travel costs or if such travel is not feasible for International authors. Publication and prize money, of course, remains the same.

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Arts & Letters accepts submissions from September 1 to March 1 (postmark deadlines). For complete information, see submission guidelines.