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The Mountain Heritage Literary
Festival
June 13-15, 2008
Contest
Guidelines
The Mountain Heritage Literary Festival at Lincoln Memorial University announces its third annual writing competition.
$150 for first place
$75 for second place
$50 for third place
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The Jesse Stuart Prize for
Young Adult Fiction will be judged by
Anne Shelby, beloved author of The
Adventures of Molly Whuppie. Entries for
this prize are limited to no more than 2,000
words and may not be entered simultaneously in
the Still contest.
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| The James Still Prize for Short Story will be judged by Chris Holbrook, author of the modern classic Hell and Ohio. Entries for this prize should be no more than 4,000 words and there is no restriction on subject matter. |
| The George Scarbrough Prize for Poetry will be judged by Lyrae Van Clief Stefanon, Academy of American Poets award-winning author of Black Swan. There are no restrictions on subject matter or length for this prize and an entry is considered one set of up to three poems. If the winners so choose, the top three prize poems will be published in The Emancipator literary journal. |
| The Emma Bell Miles Prize for Essay will be judged by Karen McElmurray, award winning author of Surrendered Child and Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven This prize is restricted to essays that address Appalachian life, literature, religion, folklore, culture, and/or values. Entries for this prize should be no more than 4,000 words. |
General Contest Rules
Submitted entries must be unpublished. Photocopies are accepted. Submit two copies with a title page that includes your name, address, telephone number, email address, the title of the piece and the name of the contest to which you are submitting. Make sure that your name does not appear anywhere besides the title page to insure blind judging. Judging for this contest is completely blind and will go through a series of readers before getting to the final judge, who will pick the top three entries in each category. Contest entry fees cannot be refunded and no entries will be returned. Prizes will be awarded at the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival at LMU on June 14, 2008. Those winners not present will be mailed their prizes. Deadline for postmark is May 20, 2008. Any entry that is not postmarked will not be opened and failure to follow the above guidelines will result in disqualification.Please
enclose $8 fee per entry (make check payable to
LMU) and send your
submission to:
Mountain Heritage Literary Festival Writing Contest
Kresge Hall
Lincoln Memorial University
6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway
Harrogate, TN 37752
Send email inquiries to
Denton
Loving, but please make sure that your answer
cannot be found above. |
Lincoln Memorial University
Cumberland Gap Parkway
P.O. Box 2005
Harrogate, TN 37752
Phone:
423.869.6432 or 800.325.0900, ext. 6432
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