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$2,000
Awaits
Winners
of
Lorian
Hemingway
Short
Story
Competition
Writers
of
short
fiction
are
encouraged
to
enter
the
2008
Lorian
Hemingway
Short
Story
Competition
to
vie
for
$2,000
in
cash
prizes.
The
literary
competition
is
open
to
all
US
and
international
writers
whose
fiction
has
not
appeared
in a
nationally
distributed
publication
with
a
circulation
of
5,000
or
more.
Writers
who
have
been
published
on-line
or
have
self-published
are
considered
on
an
individual
basis.
This
competition
celebrates
the
emerging
writer.
The
first-place
winner
will
receive
$1,000
in
cash,
while
the
second-
and
third-place
winners
will
receive
$500
each.
Judges
will
also
award
honorable
mentions
to
other
entrants
whose
work
demonstrates
promise.
The
Lorian
Hemingway
Short
Story
Competition
was
created
in
1981
to
support
and
encourage
the
efforts
of
writers
who
have
not
yet
achieved
major-market
success.
Lorian
Hemingway,
the
granddaughter
of
Ernest
Hemingway,
is
the
author
of
the
critically
acclaimed
novel
"Walking
into
the
River,"
the
Pulitzer
Prize
nominee
"Walk
on
Water,"
and
the
powerfully
evocative
"A
World
Turned
Over."
To
be
eligible
for
the
2008
competition,
stories
must
be
original
unpublished
fiction,
typed
and
double-spaced,
and
they
may
not
exceed
3,000
words
in
length.
There
are
no
theme
restrictions.
Writers'
names
should
not
appear
on
the
stories,
and
manuscripts
will
not
be
returned.
Copyright
remains
the
property
of
the
author.
(We
do
not
accept
e-mailed
submissions.)
Each
story
should
be
accompanied
by a
cover
sheet
with
the
writer's
name,
complete
address,
e-mail
address,
phone
number,
title
of
the
piece,
and
word
count.
The
entry
fee
is
$12
for
each
story
postmarked
up
to
and
including
May
1,
2008,
and
$17
for
each
story
postmarked
from
May
2 up
to
and
including
May
15.
Entries
postmarked
after
May
15,
2008,
will
not
be
accepted.
The
entry
fee
may
be a
personal
check,
cashier’s
check
or
money
order
in
US
funds.
Foreign
funds
can
be
accepted
if
US
funds
are
unobtainable;
credit
cards
and
Pay
Pal
are
not
accepted.
Writers
can
submit
multiple
entries
in
the
same
envelope,
but
each
must
be
accompanied
by
an
entry
fee
and
separate
cover
sheet.
Winners
will
be
announced
at
the
end
of
July
2008
in
Key
West,
Florida.
All
entrants
will
receive
a
letter
from
Lorian
Hemingway
and
a
list
of
winners,
either
via
regular
mail
or
e-mail,
by
October
1,
2008.
The
Lorian
Hemingway
Short
Story
Competition
has
a
twenty-seven-year
history
of
literary
excellence,
and
its
organizers
are
dedicated
to
supporting
the
efforts
of
emerging
writers
of
short
fiction.
All
manuscripts
and
their
accompanying
entry
fees
should
be
sent
to
the
Lorian
Hemingway
Short
Story
Competition,
P.O.
Box
993,
Key
West,
FL
33041.
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