Creative writing contest: The Raymond Carver Short Story Contest 2022

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03 May 2022
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The annual short fiction award from Carve magazine has a $2,000 first prize

Carve magazine is inviting international entries of original, unpublished short literary fiction (no genre fiction) up to a maximum of 10,000 words.

The winner will receive $2,000. There is a second prize of $500, a third of $250 and two editor's choic prizes of $125. Winning entries will be published in Carve in print and digital editions and will be read by literary agents Nat Sobel (Sobel-Weber Associates), Erin Harris (Folio Literary Management) and Viola Hayden (Curtis Brown UK). This yeear's guest judge is Dariel Saurez.

The entry fee is $17.

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The closing date is 16 May.

For full details see the website.

 

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