The Madeleine P. Plonsker Prize Emerging Writer's Residency Prize

The Madeleine P. Plonsker Prize Emerging Writer's Residency Prize
Guidelines (Deadline March 1, 2012 / 2012 residency: Poetry or cross-genre/hybrid

We invite applications for a writer under forty years old, with no major book publication, to spend two months (February-March or March-April) in residence at Lake Forest College.

The winner receives $10,000, and book publication (pending acceptance) by &NOW Books (distribution for Northwestern University Press).

Send, in one file, WITHOUT your name, contact information, or other identifying marks:

A) A one-page statement of plans for completion
B) No more than 30 pages of manuscript in progress

Your cover letter, pasted into the text box, should include the basic details of your cv: education, employment, significant publications, etc. These may be in narrative form.

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&NOW AWARDS 2: Accepted piece: Contracts/Bios, and Files for layout

This form is open only to those who have been accepted for The &NOW AWARDS 2: The Best Innovative Writing.

Please submit the following, each in a different file. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause, but there are numerous people working on this project, and experience has taught us that we need to centralize this stuff.

1. A word doc version of your piece. If you have already sent this in the submission process, we apologize for the replication. Please do send again so we may ensure we are using the correct, author-approved file.
2. Optional: a pdf if there is special formatting.
3. Optional: special formatting instructions.
4. A narrative bio of no more than 100 words, to be pasted into #5.
5. Your completed SIGNED contract. Please sign with your electronic signature and check the box indicating such..

In sum, you need to include at least 2 separate files: 1, and 5. You may bundle everything in a single zip file.

In the field for “Title,” please add your name. Feel free to add any notes or questions in the space indicated for "cover letter." Or, you may leave it blank. We like blank spaces.

We _will_ send you page proofs as production moves along.

Thank you for your help with this.

&NOW

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