Sine Qua Non Creative Prose and Poetry Competitions 2024 | $2,000 Cash Prizes

In celebration of its inaugural issue, the sine qua non creative journal is sponsoring two creative writing competitions with $2,000 in total cash awa

Sine Qua Non Creative Prose and Poetry Competitions 2024

In celebration of its inaugural issue, the sine qua non creative journal is sponsoring two creative writing competitions with $2,000 in total cash awards in two categories: creative prose and poetry.

Prizes for Sine Qua Non Creative Prose and Poetry Competitions 2024

1. The winner in each category—(1) creative prose; (2) poetry—receives $500. 
2. The two runners up in each category will receive $250 each.
3. If your work does not win a prize, it is still eligible for publication. If your work is selected for publication (non-prize winners), you will receive an honorarium of $50. 

Winners and runners up will be recognized and published in the sine qua non.

Entry Fee

The competition is open to everyone at no charge.

Deadline 

The submission window will be open from October 15, 2024 to December 15, 2024. Due to resource constraints, we can only accept a limited number of submissions, and will close the candidate pool once that limit is reached so SUBMIT EARLY! However, if your submission is not received before the cutoff limit, it will be rolled over for consideration in our next competition—details to come.

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5. J. Anthony Lukas Work­-in-­Progress Awards 2025 | $25,000 Cash Prizes
6. Sine Qua Non Creative Prose and Poetry Competitions 2024 | $2,000 Cash Prizes

PROMPT for Sine Qua Non Creative Prose and Poetry Competitions 2024

We are interested in prose and poetry that addresses any topic in a way that exhibits your unique perspective. We want to read about characters and places humming with life and situations that challenge our conceptions of the world or deepen our investment in it. We want to read pieces whose forms guide and enliven their content or upend our understandings of what forms can do. How you write affects what you write and vice versa. Surprise, unsettle, and amaze us. If you aren’t sure what to write about, remember that this is an inaugural issue, so consider some of the following suggestions: beginnings, newness, fresh starts.

Submission Guidelines for Sine Qua Non Creative Prose and Poetry Competitions 2024

Creative Prose

• original and unpublished work
• 15 pages or less
• double-spaced
• 12 pt Times New Roman
• standard 1" margins on all sides
• short stories, flash fiction, creative non-fiction
• one entry per person (you may enter a poetry submission as well)
• multi-lingual submissions are welcome, but all submissions should be targeted to English-language readers

Poetry

1. original and unpublished work
2. 5 poems per submission maximum
3. ten pages maximum
4.  12 pt Times New Roman
5. each poem MUST begin on a new page
6. one entry per person (you may enter a creative prose as well)
7. multi-lingual submissions are welcome, but all submissions should be targeted to English-language readers

DO NOT submit the same piece to both categories. You are the author. Your intent determines which category best fits your text.

By entering into the prize competition, you will automatically receive a FREE The Sine Qua Non inaugural year subscription. 

Submit Your Poem

Submit Your Creative Prose