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Monday, January 14, 2008

Per Contra Prize



From Per Contra

Per Contra has featured winners of The MacArthur Award, the Caine Prize, the Orange Prize, the Walt Whitman Award, the Flannery O'Connor Award, the Pushcart Prize and more. Per Contra has published authors from the United States and North America, South America, Europe, Africa and South Asia .

Our March 2008 issue features former poetry consultant to the Library of Congress (the position now known as the U.S. Poet Laureate) Daniel Hoffman, Pulitzer Prize Winning former poetry consultant to the Library of Congress (the position now known as the U.S. Poet Laureate) Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer Prize winning author and poet John Updike, poetry consultant to the Library of Congress (the position now known as the U.S. Poet Laureate) William Jay Smith and O. Henry Prize winner Stephen Dixon, as well as great emerging writers from around the world.

You may have seen our ad in the Fall 2007 Edition of Poets and Writers.

We are now accepting submissions for the 2008 Per Contra Prize. Because of the public interest generated by our lineup for the Spring, we are working hard to find talented emerging writers to submit manuscripts for the Prize. The grand prize winner will be published in our Spring 2008 issue.

Grand Prize is $1,000 and publication at our regular professional rates. The top ten stories submitted will be published at our regular professional rates during the 2008 editorial calendar.

Deadline for Entry is January 31, 2008. This is an excellent opportunity for an emerging writer to be published with several elite writers and poets.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello,

I am compiling a bibliography of John Updike and would appreciate information about his contribution to "Per Contra." The book will be published by Oak Knoll Press in two volumes, including 500 photos in color and a foreword by Updike. I would like to acquire the issue. Thanks for your help.
Jack De Bellis (Prof. emeritus in English, Lehigh university)

Wordsbody said...

Prof,

I think John Updike's contribution will be in an upcoming issue (March 08). You may wish to contact Per Contra directly. Contact details on their website: www.percontra.net.

MW