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Alligator Juniper holds an annual contest in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and black-and-white fine arts photography. Our reading period is May 1-October 1 (photography submissions are accepted until December 1). We are currently accepting contest entries.
2010 National Writing Contest in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry
$15 Entry Fee
*** $1,000 First-Place Prize ***
Postmark Deadline: October 1, 2010
Our annual contest awards $1,000 plus publication for the first-place winner in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Finalists will be noted as such in our journal, selected for publication, and paid in copies. $15 entry fee, checks or money orders payable to Alligator Juniper. Every entrant receives one copy of the 2011 issue, a $10 value. The issue will come out in
late spring
2011. There is no theme for the 2011 issue. Work is selected upon artistic merit. By entering our contest you agree to allow us to select your work for publication even if it does not place first. We encourage submissions from writers of all levels, especially emerging or early-career writers. We accept simultaneous submissions; please inform us in your cover letter and contact us immediately if your work is selected elsewhere.
Submission Guidelines
- Submissions accepted May 1 through October 1, 2010 (postmark deadline).
- Include a brief cover letter, including the statement below.
- Include S.A.S.E for response only; manuscripts are recycled, not returned.
- Include a $15 entry fee payable to Alligator Juniper for each story or essay (30-page limit per entry), or up to five poems.
- Additional entries require additional fee.
- Indicate category with a large F, NF, or P on cover letter and mailing envelope.
- Manuscripts must be typed with numbered pages. Prose double-spaced.
- Double-sided copies encouraged. No email submissions.
- Send to: Alligator Juniper, Prescott College, 220 Grove Ave., Prescott, AZ 86301.
IMPORTANT:
Unfortunately, due to recent problems with misinformed entrants and withdrawals, we ask that you include the following statement in your signed cover letter: “My work may be considered for publication, even if it doesn’t win the contest. This signed statement constitutes permission for publication if it is selected.”
Back issues are available for all but 1995 (the premier issue), 2001, and 2007. Send $10 to above address and request a copy from any year, 1996–2000, 2002–2006, or 2008–2010.
Selection Process
All entries are read and discussed by Prescott College students in the Alligator Juniper practicum class.
This class is overseen each fall by two faculty members, both of whom are published writers, one a poet and one a prose writer.
All entrants receive a personal letter from one of our staff regarding the status of their submission. We usually inform in late January. The individual attention we devote to each manuscript takes time. We appreciate your patience.
2010 National Photography Contest
$20 Entry Fee (1-5 prints); $30 Entry Fee (6-10 prints)
*** $500 First Place Prize ***
Postmark Deadline: December 1, 2010
Alligator Juniper seeks quality black-and-white photography for its 2011 issue. $500 prize for one winner; finalists will be noted as such in our journal, selected for publication, and paid in copies.
The judge for the 2010 Photo Contest TBD.
Submission Guidelines
- Photographs must be black and white, unmounted, not exceeding 11 x 14 inches.
- Labeling should be placed on the back of each photograph, including your name, address, phone number, title of photograph, date made, and indication of top.
- Those submitting digital images must also submit a digital file on CD, in TIF format, no larger than 100mb.
- Include a brief artist’s statement, one that could be excerpted in the credits of Alligator Juniper, should your image be selected.
- Appropriate packaging and return postage should be included for return of your photo(s). Entries without return postage will be discarded after judging.
- Include entry fees as follows: $20 for one to five prints; $30 for six to ten prints. Ten-print maximum. Make checks payable to Prescott College/Alligator Juniper.
- Payment of fee does not guarantee that any photographs will be published; payment does guarantee that all entrants receive a copy of the 2011 issue, a $10 value.
- Prescott College reserves the right to publish winning images in any college publication.
- While we handle all entries with care, we cannot take responsibility for damage that may occur to submissions.
- No slides accepted.
- Postmark Deadline: December 1, 2010. Entries postmarked after that date are returned unopened. We return entries with response in late spring. Winning photos will be returned in the summer of 2011.
- Send to: Alligator Juniper Photo Contest, Prescott College, 220 Grove Ave., Prescott, AZ 86301.
The 2011 issue comes out in
late spring 2011. Back issues are available;
send $10 to above address and request a copy
from any year, 1996–2000, 2002–2006, or 2008–2010.
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