2010 MUSE Literary Competition Deadline Extended

The 2010 MUSE Literary Competition Deadline Extended: Must be postmarked by JANUARY 11, 2010!

GUIDELINE & SUBMISSION CLARIFICATION: While you may pay your entry fee electronically, you must submit your entries via hard mail, along with the downloadable entry form. NO ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE COMPETITION.

Contest Rules: Unpublished manuscripts only. Entries are judged anonymously. Do NOT put name on manuscript pages. Attach Entry Form to your submission.

Length: Fiction and Creative Nonfiction not to exceed 3,000 words. Poetry is limited to 3 poems per entry – maximum 2 typewritten pages per poem.

Entry Fees: $25/per category; each additional entry within a category, add $10 (limit of 3 entries per category).

SEND SNAIL MAIL ONLY TO:
MUSE Annual Literary Competition
c/o The LIT
2570 Superior Avenue, Suite 203
Cleveland, OH 44114

Questions? Call us at 216.694.0000 or email to info@the-lit.org.

Download Form and Guidelines

MUSE is a celebration of inspiration for literary artists. It is a quarterly publication of The Lit, dedicated to providing Ohio-based writers a platform to showcase superior craftsmanship, to supporting and promoting writers in their craft, to spotlighting news of interest in the literary community, and to elevating the overall literacy of the region.

MUSE seeks to delight, entertain, educate, and inspire its readers. We further aspire to elevate local, national, and we hope – some day, international awareness of Ohio as a literary arts epicenter.

MUSE publishes all genres of creative writing – including but not limited to poetry, fiction, essay, memoir, humor, lyrics, and drama; political essays; satire; profiles; book reviews; anything to stimulate public interest in reading and writing. Preference is given Ohio-based authors.

GENERAL PUBLICATION SUBMISSIONS (excluding annual competition) may be sent electronically to info@the-lit.org, with MUSE Submission in the subject line. We prefer electronic submissions, but if you prefer hard mail, please include SASE to MUSE, c/o The Lit, 2570 Superior Avenue, Suite 203, Cleveland, OH 44114. We reserve the right to print or not print any and all submissions.

The November Issue of MUSE is now available for purchase at Mac’s Backs Coventry, Joseph Beth Booksellers Legacy Village, and Visible Voice Books Tremont.