Submit To Tartts Fiction Award 2021 — Pawners Paper

Winning short story collection will be published by Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama

Tartts Fiction Award, rules 2021

1. Winning short story collection will be published by Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama, in simultaneous library binding and trade paper editions. Winning entry will receive $1000, plus our standard royalty contract, which includes 60 copies of the book.

2. Author must not  have book of short fiction published at time of entry, though novels are okay. In keeping with Tartt’s biography, we are looking for an author who has yet to publish a fiction collection.

3. Stories may have been previously published by magazines or in anthologies, though the author should have all rights. Magazines will be acknowledged. Include a list of publications, if so desired.

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4. Manuscripts must be typewritten, and we will ask for a computer file in Windows/Mac Word from the winning author and from the finalists for our anthology.

5. Manuscript length: 160-275 pages.

6. Deadline for email: We have returned the email deadline to December 31 of every year. Please read Number eight for correct file formatting.

7. Entry fee: No entry fee.

8. Please email as either a Word document only. Please use this format for the title of your file: Tarttentry_LastName_FirstName

9. Winner announced in summer 2022. Publication in spring 2023.

10. Winner must be an American citizen; work must be in English.

11. Style and content of manuscripts are completely open.

12. Finalists will be considered for our regular publication schedule and for our Tartt Anthology.

13. Email entries to: jwt@uwa.edu

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