Prole is a literary journal based in the UK and published three times a
year. We take submissions from around the world and are open all year round for
original poetry and prose. We pay a small royalty and aim for a four week
turnaround on what we receive from contributors. Full submission guidelines can
be found on our website: www.prolebooks.co.uk/index.html
If you’re interested in what we publish, Issue 13 has just been
launched and is available from our website.
Alongside Issue 13, we have opened the Prolitzer Prize for Prose
Writing, 2014, for entries. Full details are below. If this information could
be shared with your members, we would be very grateful.
Brett Evans and Phil
Robertson
Editors
Prolitzer Prize for
prose writing, 2014
Winner: £150,
Publication in Prole 15 in December 2014
Publication on the Prole
website
2 x runner up prizes of
£50, possible publication in Prole 15
Publication on the Prole
website.
Judge Sue Pace has over
120 short stories, personal essays, poems and non-fiction articles
published in regional and international formats. This includes not only
literary journals in the USA, but also journals in Australia, the UK and
Canada.
Her poems may be found in several "Open To Interpretation" coffee
table books. Her plays have been produced in Seattle, Portland and at the
West Coast Ensemble in Hollywood, CA. She was a "Distinguished
Writer in Residence" at Seattle University and recently received an
Honourable Mention in NIMROD'S Katherine Anne Porter
competition. Most recently, her work may be found in
CALYX, SKIVE, PROLE and EP;PHANY, and she has work forthcoming in
NIMROD.
Sue has been a presenter at several writer's conferences and workshops in
the United states and is excited to be making a trip to the UK this coming
fall. Entries will be anonymised before being sent to judge.
We will receive entries
from April 1st 2014 to October 1st 2014
Winners will be
announced in issue 15 of Prole in December 2014 and on our website by December
15th 2014.
We are, as ever, open
regarding style and content. What we are after is fiction or creative
nonfiction that epitomises the editorial values of Prole: to make writing
engaging, accessible, entertaining and challenging. Quality is all.
Word limit 2500.
All work must be the
original work of the writer and be unpublished
£4.00 for first entry,
£3.00 for any subsequent entries.
Via our website and
email http://www.prolebooks.co.uk/page8.html
Make the correct payment
using PayPal.
Email your entry,
including the text and PayPal transaction number within the body of the email,
to:
Any profits made from
our competition help to support the work we do at Prole. We are independent; we
receive nor seek funding.
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