Orlando Prizes. Poetry, Flash and Short Fiction. Deadline: July 31st, 2014 . Women Only

Orlando Prizes. Poetry, Flash and Short Fiction- Women Only

Braced and strung up by the present moment she was also strangely afraid, as if every time the gulf of time gaped and let a second through some unknown danger might come with it. The tension was too relentless and too rigorous to be endured long without discomfort.

—Virginia Woolf, Orlando

Biannual Deadlines: January and July 31
Poetry (36 lines)

Flash Fiction (500 words) 

Short Fiction & Creative Nonfiction (1500 words)

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Our answer to the rigors of the Gift of Freedom grant, AROHO’s Orlando Prizes celebrate Virginia Woolf’s title character’s liberation from conventional constraints. AROHO’s multi-genre competition is an invitation and opportunity for women writers to bring their shorter works to publication via a brief online application process. We accept multiple submissions, and are on the lookout for diverse topics and styles. Simultaneous submissions are also welcome; please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Judged by writers and publishers from Judith Freeman and Kim Barnes to poets Dana Levin and Cynthia Hogue, winning submissions in all four genres receive a $1,000 prize and are published in The Los Angeles Review.
View the Orlando Showcase to see past winners and honored judges, and to read winning work.
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