Creative Writing Contest
2011 Al Landwehr Creative Writing Contest
Short Story Division
1st Place $100 Prize
2nd Place $75 Prize
3rd Place $50 Prize
Poetry Division
1st Place $100 Prize
2nd Place $75 Prize
3rd Place $50 Prize
CONTEST RULES:
1. A contestant must be officially enrolled during winter quarter 2011 at Cal Poly, SLO.
2. A contestant may not submit an entry that won a cash prize or an honorable mention in an earlier Cal Poly creative writing contest.
3. All fiction manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced.
4. All poetry manuscripts must be typed.
5. Submit poetry and fiction entries separately.
6. All contestants must use a pseudonym on all entries. Attach an envelope with your real name, address, phone number, and email address inside so we can contact you if your entry is chosen as one of the winners. Seal the envelope. Write your pseudonym on your entries and on the outside of the envelope and staple the envelope to your entries. Use only one pseudonym for all your entries.
7. A poetry contestant is limited to five poems totaling no more than 300 lines.
8. A short story contestant is limited to two stories totaling no more than 30 pages.
9. Submissions will not be returned. Contestants are advised to keep a copy.
10. All entries must be delivered to the English Department, Building 47, Room 32E, by 12:00 noon, on Friday, February 11, 2011.
11. Selected winning manuscripts will be printed in BYZANTIUM, a Cal Poly literary publication. Entering this contest constitutes agreement that you will allow publication of your work and participate in a reading to be held in the spring.
Failure to follow the rules may result in disqualification.
Contest sponsored by the English Department