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July 2014

"Weave It, Braid It, Make It Into A Collage": Judith Ortiz Cofer on Creative Nonfiction

by Sarah Fawn Montgomery

The August 1st deadline for the Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest is fast approaching. The entry fee is $18 and gets you a one-year subscription to Prairie Schooner. Winner receives $250 and publication in our Spring 2015 issue. The contest is open to all types of creative non-fiction essays, up to 5,000 words. A few additional guidlines: your entry should include a cover letter with the submission's title and your contact information, your name and contact info shouldn't appear anywhere on the manuscript, and, finally, multiple submissions are encouraged, but an entry fee must be paid for each submission. Click here to submit.