$5,000 Sports Poetry & Prose Competition
$5,000 Sports Poetry & Prose Competition Introduction
Whether you're a player or a fan, or the kid who counted the minutes till gym class was over, sports can bring out the best and the worst in human nature. In this arena, teamwork, loyalty, courage, disappointment, failure, fame (and shame), and second chances are regularly on display. Sports can reinforce bullying and social dominance, or offer personal empowerment to an underdog. Yet poems, stories and essays about sports are too often dismissed as "genre writing". This contest aims to bridge the gap between the worlds of physical culture and literary culture. We'd like to see the jocks and the writers sit down at the same lunchroom table and discover that they're both on a journey of self-transformation through disciplined risk-taking...and that they both really, really like to win
$5,000 Sports Poetry & Prose Competition Submission Period
Entries accepted November 15, 2011-May 31, 2012 (online submission dates)
What to Submit in $5,000 Sports Poetry & Prose Competition
An entry is 1-2 poems, one story, or one essay on a sports-related theme. Entries should be original and unpublished. Each entry may contain up to 6,000 words. You may submit an unlimited number of entries.
$5,000 Sports Poetry & Prose Competition PRIZES
Poetry Category
First Prize, $1,500 cash
Second Prize, $500 cash
Five Honorable Mentions, $100 cash each
Prose Category (fiction and nonfiction compete together)
First Prize, $1,500 cash
Second Prize, $500 cash
Five Honorable Mentions, $100 cash each
All winners of cash prizes will be announced in our email newsletter and published on WinningWriters.com, which receives over one million page views per year.
$5,000 Sports Poetry & Prose Competition Entry Fee
$15 per entry. We welcome online submissions with payment by credit or debit card. We also accept email submissions when paid via PayPal. Please note: Generally entry fees are not refundable. However, if you believe you have an exceptional circumstance, please contact us within one year of your entry.
$5,000 Sports Poetry & Prose Competition Deadline
Your entry must be submitted by May 31, 2012.
Announcement of $5,000 Sports Poetry & Prose Competition's Winners
The winners of our inaugural contest will be announced on November 15, 2012.
$5,000 Sports Poetry & Prose Competition website: http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/sports/sp_guidelines.php
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