Literary News: Final Week of Letter Review Prize for Poetry and Short Stories

Letter Review Prize -with awards in two categories, Poetry and Short Stories, closes on 31st October, 2022.

Letter Review Prize is now open, and closes on 31st October, in just over a week.  The Prize is awarded in two categories: Poetry, and Short Stories. 

The Letter Review Prize for Short Stories

1. Entries close 31st October 11:59 pm (ET)
2. First place: $600 USD and publication. Second place: $250 USD and publication. Third place: $150 and publication. 20 stories longlisted. 10 shortlisted. All entries are considered for publication.
3. For tales between 400 – 3000 words. 
4. Open to writers from anywhere in the world over 12 years of age. 
5. No theme or genre restrictions: all stories welcome.
6. $20 USD to enter one story, $35 to enter two and $45 to enter three.
7. All details: https://letterreview.com/information/

The Letter Review Prize for Poetry

1. Entries close 31st October 11:59 pm (ET)
2. First place: $1000 USD and publication. Second and third place: $50 USD and publication. 20 poems longlisted. 10 shortlisted. All entries considered for publication. 
3. Each individual poem should not exceed 70 lines. 
4. Open to writers from anywhere in the world. 
5. Poems may be written on any subject and in any style.
6. $20 USD to enter up to 6 poems, $35 to enter up to 12 and $45 to enter up to 18.
7. All details: https://letterreview.com/information/

Letter Review General Submissions

1. Letter Review believes in the importance of supporting writers and is currently open to unsolicited submissions of fiction (up to 3000 words per service charge), poetry (up to 5 poems not exceeding 15 pages per service charge) and nonfiction (up to 5000 words per service charge and a detailed abstract summarising the piece and your conclusions). 
2. We pay $50 USD upon publication.
3. There are no theme or genre restrictions.
4. There is a service charge of $4 USD per submission.
5. Details: https://letterreview.com/submissions/

About Author

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Namrata is a published author who enjoys writing stories and think pieces on travel, relationships, and gender. She is a UEA alumnus and has studied travel writing at the University of Sydney.

She is also an independent editor and a book reviewer. Her writings can be found on various sites and magazines like the Asian Review of Books, Contemporary South Asia Journal of King’s College-London, Mad in Asia, The Friday Times, Daily Star, The Scroll, Feminism in India, The Brown Orient Journal, Inkspire Journal, Moonlight Journal, The Same, Chronic Pain India and Cafe Dissensus.

Her short stories have been a part of various anthologies . She has also published two short story collections of her own along with two solo titles as well. She is currently working on her debut novel. She loves travelling the length and breadth of the world and enjoys capturing the magic of life in her words. She is always in pursuit of a new country and a new story.

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