Enter Midway Journal’s -1000 Below: Flash Prose and Poetry Contest for a chance to win the $500 grand prize! See contest guidelines below.

Opens: March 1st

Closes: June 1st

Fee: $10 per entry (unlimited entries)

Prizes:

First Prize: $500 + publication in Midway Journal

Second Prize:$250 + publication in Midway Journal

Third Prize: $50 + publication in Midway Journal

Judge: Jennifer Tseng 

Contest Guidelines:

Entries and payments must be received through Midway Journal‘s online submission manager under “-1000 Below: Flash Prose and Poetry Contest.” You may submit an unlimited number of entries, but a new entry fee must be paid for each new submission. You may also submit to each genre. However, there is only one grand prize winner, one second prize winner and one third prize winner and not a winner in each genre.

Paste the title of your submission and your contact information (name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address) in the cover letter box. Your name and contact information must not appear anywhere on the manuscript you upload.

Previously published work will not be accepted. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but must be withdrawn from the contest if accepted elsewhere.

Poetry: up to 2 poems per entry, up to 50 words per poem. No more than one poem per page.

Prose (Fiction and Nonfiction): 1 piece per entry, up to 1,000 words per piece.

All submissions will be considered for publication.

Judge: Jennifer Tseng

 

 

Jennifer Tseng is an award-winning poet and prose writer whose work has been translated into Chinese, Danish, and Italian. Her most recent book is The Passion of Woo and Isolde. She teaches literature and creative writing at University of California, Santa Cruz. Read more about Jennifer at https://jennifertseng.weebly.com/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judging Process:

 The staff of Midway Journal will select a group of finalists from all the contest entries. Finalists will be chosen for strong work regardless of genre and sent to the judge by September. The finalists will be sent to judge blindly. A winner will be announced in October.