<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>DEADLINE EXTENSION--Iron Horse Literary Review Discovered Voices Award</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div>Dear AWP Member Program,<br><br>The staff of Iron Horse Literary Review would like to announce that we are extending the deadline of our 2009/2010 Discovered Voices Award. We're afraid we may have caught some of you on Spring Break (we're going to be on Spring Break ourselves next week), so we will be accepting entries postmarked by March 23. <br><br>We look forward to reading your submissions! <br><br>Best,<br><br>The Editors<br><br><br><br><br><br>In 2009/2010, Iron Horse Literary Review will publish one story, one<br>essay, or three to four poems written by a graduate student currently<br>enrolled in an AWP-affiliated program. The featured writer will be<br>displayed prominently in the issue and will also receive $150 <br>for first serial publication rights and four free copies <br>of the issue featuring his or her work.<br><br>Rules:<br>• Manuscripts must be nominated by the faculty of the student's <br>creative writing program and must arrive with a nomination letter <br>from the director/faculty member of the student's creative writing program.<br>• Each program may nominate only ONE student per genre: <br>one in fiction, one in nonfiction, one in poetry.<br>• Prose manuscripts should be no longer than 20 pages, <br>double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12-point type; poetry <br>manuscripts should include 3 to 5 poems but not more than 10 pages.<br>• Previously published manuscripts will not be considered.<br>• Simultaneous submissions will not be considered.<br>• Students enrolled in Texas Tech University's creative <br>writing program will not be considered.<br>• All nominations must be postmarked by March 23.<br>• Manuscripts should be sent to Iron Horse Literary Review, <br>Discovered Voices Award, Department of English, Texas Tech <br>University, MS 43091, Lubbock, TX 79409-3091. <br>Make sure the envelope clearly says this is a nomination <br>for Discovered Voices Award.<br>• Please include the student's bio note, social security <br>number, HOME address, and email address.<br>• Questions should be directed to <a href="mailto:ironhorselitrev@yahoo.com">ironhorselitrev@yahoo.com</a>.<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>