Sunday, February 12, 2012

Eric Hoffer Short Prose Award


ERIC HOFFER SHORT PROSE AWARD

Deadline: March 31, 2012. No entry fee. $250 grand prize. 10,000-word limit. Your submission must be previously unpublished, or published with a circulation of less than 500.

This award honors the memory of American philosopher Eric Hoffer by highlighting salient writing, as well as the independent spirit of small publishers. The winning stories and essays are published in the annual anthology, Best New Writing.

Writer’s Thought for the Week: A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. ~ Joseph Addison



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