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Grassic Short Novel Prize

Our idea is to emphasize the power, skill and enduring value of the short novel form: limit 90-150 pages.

For example:                          (pages given vary with edition)

Conrad, Heart of Darkness  (90)

O’Connor, Wise Blood   (140)

Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground   (96)

West,  Miss Lonelyhearts   (95)

Chopin, The Awakening    (150)

Camus, The Stranger   (150)

Hesse,  Siddartha   (145)

Twain, The Mysterious Stranger   (100)

James, The Aspern Papers  (100)

$500 and publication by the Evening Street Press will be awarded for the best short novel manuscript. The contest is open to writers who have already published books as well as those for whom this is a first book. The winning writer will receive 25 copies from a press run of 250. Submissions accepted May 1, 2012 to December 1, 2012.

 Manuscript Requirements

  • ms. must contain between 90 and 150 pages (45,000-75,000 words)
  • ms. must be typed (single spaced)
  • ms. pages must be numbered and a table of contents included
  • include an acknowledgements page
  • include one cover page that contains the title, your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address
  • include a second cover page that contains the title only
  • your name must not appear anywhere else on the ms.
  • SASE for results--manuscripts will not be returned

 Reading Fee

The $25 reading fee includes a one-issue subscription to the Evening Street Review.  Make check or money order payable to Evening Street Press. We reserve the right not to name a winner.

 Multiple & Simultaneous Submissions

 You may submit more than one manuscript.  Send multiple submissions in the same envelope, marked “Multiple.”  Each manuscript must include a $25 reading fee. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but we must be informed immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

 

Mail entries (no email submissions, please) to Evening Street Press, 7652 Sawmill Road #352, Dublin, OH 43016-9296.