[Cwgrad-announcements] Fiction/poetry/essay contest for college/grad students: The Atlantic

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> The Atlantic Monthly invites submissions of poetry, fiction, and  
> personal or
> journalistic essays for its 2006 Student Writing Contest.
>
> Categories
> Poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays.
>
> Prizes
> First $1,000 | Second: $500 | Third: $250
> and one-year subscriptions to The Atlantic Monthly for seven  
> runners-up in
> each category.
>
> ENTRANTS must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students  
> currently
> enrolled in an accredited degree-granting U.S. institution.  
> Submissions should be
> original, unpublished work (they may have appeared in student  
> periodicals)
> demonstrating superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.
>
> SUBMISSIONS should not exceed three poems or 7,500 words of prose.  
> No entrant
> may send more than one submission per category, and entries must be
> postmarked by December 1, 2006.
>
> MANUSCRIPTS should be typewritten (one side only, please) double- 
> spaced, and
> accompanied by a cover sheet with the following information: title,  
> category,
> word count, author's name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if
> available), and academic institution. Of this information, only the  
> title should appear
> on the manuscript itself.
>
> PLEASE PROVIDE a stamped, self-addressed postcard for  
> acknowledgement of
> receipt. We cannot provide information on the status of a  
> manuscript until winners
> are announced, in the May 2007 issue. Winners will receive  
> notification in
> March.
>
> POSTMARK SUBMISSIONS BY DECEMBER 1, 2006, AND SEND TO:
>  Student Writing Contest
> The Atlantic Monthly
> The Watergate
> 600 New Hampshire Ave, N.W.
> Washington, D.C. 20037
>  Submissions will not be accepted via e-mail or fax.
>
>