Contest

UPDATE NOVEMBER 1, 2009

SUBMISSION PERIOD NOW OPEN

CONTEST PERIOD DATES
The reading period opens November 1, 2009 and will close at midnight February 15, 2010. Snail mail submissions must be postmarked no later than February 15, 2010 in order to be considered.

CONTEST RULES

• There is no contest entry fee.
• All submissions are automatically entered in the Contest.
• Submissions not chosen as Contest winners are still eligible for publication.
• Submission guidelines can be found here. 

HOW TO SUBMIT

• Read the Submission Guidelines.
• Submit online with our Submission Manager, or
• Submit by snail mail to Memoir (and) Submissions, PO Box 1398, Sausalito, CA 94966-1398. To be advised of the status of your snail mail submissions, include a SASE, or your email address.

PRIZES OFFERED

• Three Memoir (and) Prizes for Memoir in Prose or Poetry
• The Memoir (and) Prize for Graphic Memoir

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The Memoir (and) Prizes for Memoir in Prose or Poetry are awarded to the most outstanding prose or poetry memoirs—traditional, nontraditional or experimental—drawn from the reading period.

Grand Prize for Memoir in Prose or Poetry

• $500 cash award
• Publication in print and online
• Six copies of the journal

Second Prize for Memoir in Prose or Poetry

• $250 cash award
• Publication in print and online
• Six copies of the journal

Third Prize for Memoir in Prose or Poetry

• $100 cash award
• Publication in print and online
• Three copies of the journal

The Memoir (and) Prize for Graphic Memoir is awarded to the most outstanding graphic memoir drawn from the reading period.

Prize for Graphic Memoir

• $100 cash award
• Publication in print and online
• Three copies of the journal