Applications call for the Nowhere Spring Travel Writing Prize 2020

Award-winning literary travel magazine Nowhere is accepting submissions for our annual Spring Travel Writing Prize. The competition is looking for novice and veteran writers of any stripe to send us stories that possess a powerful sense of people, place, and time. Every submission will be read blind, so anyone can win. The contest suggests travelers and writers to brush off their manuscripts or write something new and send it to the only literary travel magazine going.

Prizes

The winner will receive US$1,000, with publication in Nowhere granted under First North American Serial Rights (FNASR). Up to ten finalists also will be published.

Requirements

• Entries may be fiction, nonfiction, poetry or essay, but please indicate which genre at the top of your manuscript.
• Stories should run between eight hundred and five thousand words. Poetry may be any length, and several poems themed together may be submitted as one entry.
• Entries must be submitted in English, though authors may be located anywhere in the universe.
• Previously published work is eligible. Applicants should indicate this, with proper attribution details, in your cover letter.
• Entries must not previously have been chosen as the winner of any contest.
• Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please indicate this in your cover letter. If your submission is awarded another prize during this contest period, please withdraw your entry.
• Multiple entries from a single author, submitted individually, are welcome.
• Applicants must leave off any identifying information from your attachment—no names, contact information, etc. The Nowhere Spring Travel Writing contest intends to read every submission totally blind.
• Applicants should do not insert graphics, images or videos into your attachment. They must use a widely available font (Arial, Times New Roman, Helvetica, etc.) in 12-point size, with spacing set to 1.5 or 2 and with 1-inch margins.

The contest deadline is 11:59 p.m. EST on July 15, 2020.

Read general guidelines, applicable to every contest, here.