This Year's Theme: Light

Deadline for Entry: 11:59 PM on July 1st, 2021

Eastern Shore Writers Association members are invited to submit a poem or micro-fiction story which invokes the theme of "Light". A special reading will take place the evening of Thursday, July 29th, on Thursdays with ESWA from 7:30-8:30 PM, where the top ten finalists will be invited to read on Zoom. This year, we're excited to announce that a third, second, and first place winner will be announced by contest judge, Salisbury Poet Laureate, Nancy Mitchell!

Prizes:
Third place: $25.00 cash
Second place: $50.00 cash
First place: $100.00 cash & free registration to the 2022 BTO Writers Conference on Saturday, March 5th 2022 where the winner will be asked to read their winning entry live!

Submission Details:
Submit 1 poem (no more than 2 total pages) or 1 micro-fiction story (300 words maximum) in an attached MS Word Document or PDF to eswathecrossroads@gmail.com.

Please ensure your writing is submitted in a readable font (we prefer Arial, Garamond, or Times New Roman), size 12, and remove all identifying information from the document prior to sending.

In the body of your email, please include the following:

• name (as you would like it to appear in all promotional material)
• address
• telephone number
• email address
• A bio (no more than 75 words written in 3rd person).

You may only submit one time in one genre.

Writing must be unpublished.

Previous winners and current ESWA Board Members are not eligible.

There is no fee, but you must be an active member of ESWA to enter. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines will not be eligible for entry.

Click here to join Eastern Shore Writers Association for the low price of $35.00 for the year.

About this year's contest judge, Nancy Mitchell:

Nancy Mitchell is a is a 2012 recipient of the Pushcart Prize and the author of The Near Surround, Grief Hut, and The Out-of-Body Shop. She has published in journals such as Agni, Green Mountains Review, and Washington Square Review, and has been awarded numerous artist residency fellowships. While former lecturer at Salisbury University, she produced the annual fine arts festival, Wordstock. She has worked for Maryland Summer Center for the Arts, Girls Innovative Academy and directs Writing for Wellness programs in Worcester County. Mitchell is associate editor for Plume Poetry Journal, and serves as the inaugural poet laureate of Salisbury, Maryland. Visit her webpage for more information.

Contest open until 11:59 on July 1st, 2021!