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Benu Press is accepting completed manuscripts for the Social Justice and Equity Award in Creative Non-Fiction.
Contest dates: October 5, 2009 through November 9, 2009. Notification by December 18, 2009.
Benu Press is a small, independent press committed to publishing creative non-fiction, poetry and fiction. We believe in the transformative power of literature. To that end, we seek to publish inspiring and thought-provoking books about the practical dimensions of social justice and equity.
Entries must include a reader’s fee as well as the entry form. There is an early bird discount: $15.00 before Oct. 11th, and it will be $25 after. See electronic payment and submission form below.
The author’s name should not appear beyond the cover sheet.
Title of book should appear on all pages of the manuscript.
Manuscript must be 144 – 350 pages and spring clipped (not spiral bound) unless you are doing an electronic submission.
The contest readers will perform a blind review of each entry.
Winning entry will be published by Benu Press and the author will be awarded $1,000 in addition to 17% royalties. The initial run will be 1,000 copies. The winner will also receive 20 copies of the book.
Benu Press will sell books to authors at a 35% discount, and these copies may be sold directly to customers at readings and events. Benu Press will not sell books to authors on a sale or return basis.
Manuscript must be written in English, and must not contain excessive adult language or exploitive themes.
Manuscripts will NOT be returned. Benu Press is not responsible for lost manuscripts.
Unsuccessful submissions will be shredded and recycled.
Books that have been previously published are not eligible.
All work must be original work by the author. Should any part of the entry be discovered to be copied or plagiarized, both writer and entry will be disqualified.
Author must submit one (1) hard copy of the manuscript OR an RTF file (burned on a disk) OR submit electronically (see below) for review.
Entries must be sent to: Benu Press Writing Competition, PO Box 5330, Hopkins, MN, 55343.
Questions can be directed to: sales@benupress.com, subject: Competition.
Any entry that is not complete or does not follow guidelines will be disqualified.
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- Submit your reading fee for the Benu Press Social Justice and Equity Award in Creative Non-Fiction through PayPal here:
- When you have paid, return to this page and fill in all of your contact information. If you are submitting work for someone else, fill in your contact info and fill in the name of the person you are submitting for in the "writer name" field.
- Fill in the title(s) of the work(s) you are submitting. If you are submitting multiple works, separate titles with commas.
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Select your contest or submission type from the "genre" menu.
- Use the browse button to find the file on your computer that you would like to submit. Select the file and click on the open button. Your file will then appear in the "file" field.
PLEASE NOTE: We only accept submissions in Word (.doc) and PDF (.pdf) format.
- Use the comments field to tell us how you learned about the contest and any additional information you'd like to send, then click submit.
- You will then have the option to review your information and confirm that it is correct. Hit continue and you're done.
Please save your log-in data in case there is a problem with your file and it needs to be uploaded again.
When your file has been successfully uploaded and your entry saved in our submissions system, you will receive a confirmation email from Benu Press. The email from PayPal is NOT a confirmation that you have successfully submitted your manuscript. If you do DO NOT receive a confirmation email from Benu Press, please contact sales@benupress.com, subject: Competition to let us know of the problem and we will assist you. Thank you.
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