The New Guard literary review is currently accepting submissions in fiction and poetry.
MACHIGONNE FICTION CONTEST: $1,000 for a work of literary or experimental fiction. Novel excerpts welcomed. 7,500 word limit. RICK BASS Judging. Deadline: June 18 (postmark). $15 entry fee.
KNIGHTVILLE POETRY CONTEST: $1,000 for a single exceptional narrative or experimental poem.
300 line limit per poem; three poems per submission. JEANNE MARIE BEAUMONT Judging. Deadline: June 18 (postmark). $15 entry fee.
Note: The New Guard literary review has extended contest deadlines to July 18, 2012 (midnight/postmark) for both The Machigonne Fiction Contest and The Knightville Poetry Contest!
For more information visit their website at www.newguardreview.com
Writers can submit online via their submissions manager or by mail with a check for the entry fee, which is $15 for either contest. Winners and finalists get two copies of TNG. Each submission is carefully considered for publication. Judging is blind. All rights immediately revert to the writer upon publication.