Monday, June 9, 2008

Creative writing applications due June 20

Postmark deadline for the 2009 Wyoming Arts Council creative writing fellowships in fiction is June 20, 2008. This competition is open to Wyoming residents only. You have 11 days to get that manuscript in the mail to the WAC.

As a reminder, here are the basic guidelines. For more details and the application, go to the WAC web site:

  • You may submit a fiction piece of no more than 25 printed pages typed double-spaced using a 12-point standard font. For a book excerpt, you may provide a synopsis, but it will be included in the 25-page limit.
  • Submit two copies of your manuscript on standard white paper (photocopies O.K.). It may be double-sided to save on paper and postage.
  • Do not staple manuscripts or use any manuscript cover or binder.
  • Writing may have been previously published, but don’t submit reprints; published work must be retyped to conform to the rest of the manuscript.
  • Pages must be numbered; include title of work and page number on each page.
  • Your name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript.
  • If you submit more than the allowable page limits, extra pages will be removed.
  • Do not send supplementary materials (letters, resumes, etc.).
  • You may enter the competition only once, by June 20, 2008. Mail to Michael Shay, Wyoming Arts Council, 2320 Capitol Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82002, ATTN: 2009 Creative Writing Fellowships.