Submit to the Emerging Writer’s Prize in Fiction, a prize run by The Arkansas International. Send in your single prose work, not exceeding 7,500 words. 

The contest is open to writers who have not yet published a full-length book, but will accept writers with a book forthcoming before May 1, 2019 and those with chapbooks.

The prize incurs a $20 entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription. However, it is free to current subscribers. 

Interested writer may submit more than once. However, such writer must pay $20 for each new entry.

The Emerging Writer’s Prize in Fiction only accepts previously unpublished works. It will consider all works for inclusion in the print journal. 

Stanford professor, Adam Johnson, will judge the contest and he will judge all entries blindly. 

Therefore, entrants should not include name, contact information, or cover letter in their uploaded document. They should also double space their work and save it as a single .doc, .docx, or .pdf file. 

All entries should be turned in on or before October, 20, 2018, as submission has been on since August, 20.

Submissions can be uploaded online via The Arkansas International’s Submittable.

Close friends of the judge or recently affiliated with the University of Arkansas (studied or worked there within the past 4 years) are excluded from submitting to the competition.

For more information about the contest, Click HERE.