Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers
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$1,000 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning essay by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
Rules
- All entries must be submitted online by September 30th by midnight CT.
- Entry fee is $18 for each individual essay, with no limit per author, and includes a one-year subscription.
- Manuscripts should be typed and double spaced.
- Cover sheets are not necessary.
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but previously accepted or published work is ineligible.
- We accept works up to 8,000 words.
- We are especially interested in nonfiction works that are researched and/or reported such as literary journalism, hybrid essays, etc.
- All entries will be considered for publication and for payment at our regular rates.
- Entries will be judged by the editors of Boulevard.
- No one editorially or financially affiliated with Boulevard can enter the contest.
- The winning story will be first announced on the website and then published in the subsequent issue of Boulevard.