THE MFA BLOG: Glimmer Train Contest

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Glimmer Train Contest

Hi All. I'm pretty slammed again this week. I'll be getting to your questions soon. In the meantime, here's an email I received from Glimmer Train Press. I thought I'd pass it along. Good luck. -- TK

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We are now accepting submissions for our summer Fiction Open competition!

First-place winner receives $2,000, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the issue in which it is published. Second- and third-place winners receive $1,000/$600, respectively, and acknowledgement in that issue.

Here’s a shortcut to the website: glimmertrain.org. Click on the guidelines tab for details or just hit the submissions tab. Please make your entry by July 15th.

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