The prizes will be as follows:

 

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• First Prize: $5,000/ year scholarship to Pfeiffer University pending acceptance and $250 cash, and a public performance during The Phoenix’s Launch Party Event in April 2020.

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• Second Prize: $3,000/ year scholarship to Pfeiffer University pending acceptance and $125 cash, and a public performance during The Phoenix’s Launch Party Event in April 2020.

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• Third Prize: $2,000/ year scholarship to Pfeiffer University pending acceptance and $75 cash, and a public performance during The Phoenix’s Launch Party Event in April 2020.

 

Opens: September 1st

Closes: December 1st

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The competition accepts previously unpublished work in any style, form, or genre.

• Prose:

  • no more than 5,000 words

  • double-spaced

• Poetry​

  • limit of 5 poems per entry

• All work entered will be considered for publication in The Phoenix.  

• Please include a cover letter with your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and title(s).

 

For more information contact: Edward.Royston@pfeiffer.edu.

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All decisions of the judges are final. The judges reserve the right to withhold any prize if they feel it necessary to do so.

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To read the complete guidelines and to submit click here: PICMA Emerging Writer Contest.

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Other Contest Options

Also, check out the other PICMA contest opportunities in Public Speaking, the Vocalists and Instrumentalist contest, and the Juried Art Show contest here: PICMA Contests.     

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