NEW LETTERS LITERARY AWARDS

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$4,500 IN TOTAL PRIZES, PLUS PUBLICATION,

IN THE  NEW LETTERS  LITERARY AWARDS

Call for Entries for fiction, poetry, and the essay, by  May 18, 2009

Dear Writer,

I want to make sure that you know about the chance to compete for $4,500 in prizes and publication in  New Letters, theinternational magazine of writing and art.   The deadline for the 2009  New Letters  Literary Awards is May 18.   Visitwww.newletters.org/awards.asp  for complete guidelines.   The entry fee of $15 includes the cost of a one-year subscription or renewal to  New Letters.   Every Literary Awards entry is read anonymously by accomplished editors and writers, and by nationally prominent final judges;  New Letters  Editor Robert Stewart considers every entry for publication in  New Letters—not just the prize winners.    

Winner of the 2007 fiction award, Sara Pritchard:   “I always enter contests because I like the anonymity of them and because I hate to write a cover letter that tries to sell the story before anyone’s even read it.”

I hope you will decide to submit your work.   The Literary Awards are a great experience for new writers and for more seasoned writers who want to succeed in a new genre.   If you have any questions, call me or stop by the  New Lettersoffices at University House, and be sure to check out our latest issue of  New Letters—it celebrates the work of our 2008 contest winners.

Amy Lucas

Contest Coordinator

New Letters

816-235-1168

lucasamy@umkc.edu

www.newletters.org