Dear California Writer,Poets & Writers is now welcoming submissions to the 2010 California Writers Exchange Contest. One poet and one fiction writer from California will receive a $500 honorarium and an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City, where they will meet with agents, editors, and prominent writers, and give a public reading of their work in Spring 2010. The winners will be selected by Karen Tei Yamashita (fiction)and Juan Felipe Herrera (poetry).
The contest is open to poets and fiction writers who:
Have never published a book, or
Have published no more than one full-length book in the genre in which they are applying, and
Have resided in California for at least two consecutive years prior to the date they submit their manuscripts.
An application must accompany all manuscripts and be postmarked no later than August 31, 2009. For complete guidelines and an application, please visit www.pw.org/about-us/california_writers_exchange_award.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Klein
Director, California Office and Readings/Workshops (West)
Poets & Writers, California Office | 2035 Westwood Boulevard | Suite
211 | Los Angeles | CA | 90025
1 comments:
Yamashita is awesome! Read Through the Arc of the Rainforest if you haven't yet done so.
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