Calling All WAG Members! Bacopa Literary Review Contest Submissions

Bacopa Literary Review

This year’s Bacopa Literary Review contest submissions will be open until May 31, 2018, with a $250 prize in each of four genres: Short Story, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Prose Poetry. Every author published will also receive $25. The $3 submission fee is waived for WAG members’ first submission. We’re looking for previously unpublished work and asking for one submission/one genre at a time. Please make sure your name is removed from the file name and the document you submit; our genre editors won’t see your cover letter, so their focus can be on the work itself. Below are more specific guidelines for each of the four genres. We looking forward to WAG member submissions.

Short Story (250-1500 words): Editor Kaye Linden seeks writing that draws readers in with its depth, clarity and voice. Elements of a short story include characterization, conflict and change. She says, “Keep the writing tight and concise, with a powerful, authentic voice.”

Creative Nonfiction (up to 2500 words): Editor Susie H. Baxter looks for creative nonfiction with a moving inner voice that holds to the same standards as other literary forms while remaining grounded in fact. She quotes author John McPhee: “Creative nonfiction is not making something up but making the most of what you have.”

Poetry (up to 88 lines including spaces): Editor J.N. Fishhawk invites well-wrought poems. “Intrigue us, move us, surprise us with stunning imagery, lyricism, soundplay, structure; disturb our well-trod patterns of thought.”

Prose Poetry (up to 500 words): Editor Kaye Linden describes prose poems as “pure creation, the playful and daring edge of poetry” and wants submissions with irresistible lyrical language and, above all, a truthful, commanding voice.