American Kennel Club Fiction Writing Contest

Deadline 31 January

Description

The American Kennel Club Fiction Writing Contest is open for international writers of short fiction. There is a prize pool $850 and a publication of the story in  AKC FAMILY DOG.

Guidelines

• The contest is open to anyone except employees of the American Kennel Club and their immediate families.
• Entries must be original, unpublished stories that have not been offered to or accepted by any other publisher. Only one entry per author.
• The American Kennel Club retains the right to publish the three prize-winning entries in AKC FAMILY DOG, or other AKC publications.
• Entries may feature either a purebred or mixed breed dog. The maximum length is 2,000 words. Entries exceeding that length will not be considered. No talking dogs, please.
• Entries must be printed on 8 1⁄2" x 11" white paper, one side per page, double-spaced. Poor-quality or faded copies cannot be considered.
• The author’s name, address, and phone number must appear on the first page. The author’s name and the page number must appear on each successive page. 
• AKC Publications cannot acknowledge receipt of manuscripts and assumes no responsibility for any entry under any circumstances. Entries will not be returned. No phone calls, please.
• All acceptable entries will be read by a panel of judges selected by AKC Publications. They will choose the winners based on the style, content, originality, and appeal of the story. All decisions are final. Winners will be announced in an issue AKC FAMILY DOG in 2014.

DEADLINE: ENTRIES MUST BE 

POSTMARKED BY JANUARY 31, 2014

Send entries to

AKC Publications Fiction Contest

The American Kennel Club

260 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10016 

Prize

$500 first place
$250 second place
$100 third place

More

For more information and details on the publisher as well as full guidelines, please visit
http://classic.akc.org/pubs/fictioncontest/2013/fiction_contest_2013.html