Eligible authors have yet to publish their stories in book form. One prize of $1,000 (CAD) is awarded. Authors contributing to The Malahat Review have won or been nominated for National Magazine Awards for Fiction, the Pushcart Prize, and the Journey Prize.
Deadline
The deadline for the 2011 Far Horizons short fiction contest is May 1, 2011 (postmark date).
Guidelines
- Eligible writers have yet to publish their short fiction in book form and may submit one short story per entry.
- The story must not exceed 3,500 words. Please double space your work.
- Entrants receive a one-year subscription to The Malahat Review for themselves or a friend.
- Short stories previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere are not eligible.
- Entrants’ anonymity is preserved throughout the judging. Contact information (including an email address) should not appear on the submission, but along with the title on an enclosed separate page.
- No submissions will be accepted by email.
- The winner and finalists will be notified via email.
- Entrants will not be notified about the judges’ decisions even if an SASE is enclosed for this purpose.
- The winner and finalists will be announced on the Malahat web site, with the publication of the winning entry in The Malahat Review’s Fall 2011 issue, and in Malahat lite, the magazine’s e-newsletter, in July 2011.
- No entries will be returned, even if accompanied by an SASE.
Entry fee required :
- $25 CAD for Canadian entries;
- $30 US for American entries;
- $35 US for entries from Mexico and outside North America.
Send entries and enquiries to :
The Malahat Review
Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1700
Stn CSC
Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y2
Canada
Email : malahat@uvic.ca
Telephone: 250-721-8524
Fax: 250-472-5051
Entrants wishing to pay by credit card may download and complete our Credit Card Payment Form then enclose it with their entries.
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