<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Perhaps of interest--<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Art" <<a href="mailto:Gulf_Coast_A_Journal_of_Literatu@mail.vresp.com">Gulf_Coast_A_Journal_of_Literatu@mail.vresp.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">March 3, 2011 9:55:52 AM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:robin.russin@ucr.edu">robin.russin@ucr.edu</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Two Weeks Left for $6,000 in Prizes</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Art" <<a href="mailto:reply-ac251720f0-79d1e7498d-1e89@u.cts.vresp.com">reply-ac251720f0-79d1e7498d-1e89@u.cts.vresp.com</a>><br></span></div><br>
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<em> The Annual Gulf Coast Prizes</em><br>
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For just two more weeks, submissions for the annual Gulf Coast Prizes in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GulfCoastAJournalofL/ac251720f0/79d1e7498d/3de446b84c/n=7">open</a>. <br><br>
Until March 15, we’re accepting entries for the 2011 Gulf Coast Prizes. This year we have raised the prize money to $1,500 for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry winners, plus $250 for two runners-up in each genre. That’s a total of $6,000 in prizes. The winners will be published in <em>Gulf Coast</em> 24.1, to be released in fall 2011. Just for entering, you'll get a one-year subscription to <em>Gulf Coast</em>, and all entries will be considered for publication.<br><br>
You can submit to our contests online now. View our <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GulfCoastAJournalofL/ac251720f0/79d1e7498d/43bcdc24a2/n=7">contest guidelines</a> and send us your work! The 2011 Poetry Prize will be judged by Ilya Kaminsky, the Creative Nonfiction/Lyric Essay Prize will be judged by John D’Agata, and the Fiction Prize will be judged by Frederick Reiken. See our <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GulfCoastAJournalofL/ac251720f0/79d1e7498d/1dec95aa86/n=7">contest page</a> to learn more about this year’s judges.<br><br>
When submitting <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GulfCoastAJournalofL/ac251720f0/79d1e7498d/dc2625fb22">online</a>, be sure to select one of the genres labeled "CONTEST" when uploading your work. You do not need a PayPal account to enter online; you can use your credit or debit card. If there’s any issue with your payment, we’ll contact you.<br><br>
Again, the contest deadline is March 15, 2011. Send us your best work!<br><br><br>
Watch for more <em>Gulf Coast</em> announcements and updates on <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GulfCoastAJournalofL/ac251720f0/79d1e7498d/a509480d22/eid=105169079525966#!/group.php?gid=8204568537&ref=ts"> Facebook</a> and <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GulfCoastAJournalofL/ac251720f0/79d1e7498d/c0301f9db1"> Twitter</a>.<br><br>
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