Home CONTEST DEADLINE November 30, 2024.
SUBMIT REGULAR SUBMISSIONS OF POEMS AND NONFICTION THROUGH THE "SUBMIT HERE" LINK. THE 2024 RICK DEMARINIS PRIZE WILL TAKE A HIATUS THIS YEAR AS WE RE-EVALUATE IT.
Our theme is TAKING LIBERTIES: WRITERS RESPOND TO THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WAR AND ITS EFFECTS AS WELL AS SUPREME COURT DECISIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
PRIZES
**First Place in each genre: $1200 and publication.**
**Second Place in each genre: $500 and publication. **
**Honorable Mention: Publication.**
2024 FINAL JUDGES:
Elise Paschen: JOY HARJO POETRY PRIZE
PAM HOUSTON: BARRY LOPEZ NONFICTION PRIZE
GUIDELINES: Submit up to three unpublished poems (100 line limit each), one unpublished short story or creative nonfiction piece (5000 word limit), any subject, any style, between August 1, 2024 and midnight November 30, 2024.
AUTHOR NAME MUST NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE ON THE SUBMISSION! $25 reading fee ($3 is charged by Submittable.) You will be instructed how to pay by our submission service. All prose must be double-spaced. 12 point font. No relatives of or employees of CUTTHROAT, no friends, family or students of judges are eligible for prizes. We consider only UNPUBLISHED stories, poems and nonfiction.
Winners will be notified by December 31, 2024.
