Creative Loafing Atlanta

11th Annual Fiction Contest: "Math"

Fiction Contest Party

Free. Thurs., Jan. 12 @ Highland Inn Ballroom, 644 N. Highland Ave., 30306; 404-874-5756.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with readings from this year's winners. Performances by Write Club and Faun and a Pan Flute. Also featuring Vouched and Free Poems on Demand.

Get there early for complimentary Savage Pizza while it lasts!

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Deadline has closed for the 11th annual Fiction Contest

Check back Jan. 12 for the winners

What adds up to a great story? You do the MATH for our 11th annual Fiction Contest.

1st place, $500
2nd place, $100
3rd place, $50

Winners will be published in the Jan. 12 issue of Creative Loafing and honored at an awards ceremony.

Fiction Contest Rules:

1. Stories must reference the theme, "math," in some fashion, even tangentially. Originality counts.
2. Writers must be Georgia residents.
3. Stories must be no more than 3,000 words.
4. Three winners will appear in the Jan. 5 issue of Creative Loafing.
5. All entries must be submitted electronically via Creative Loafing' online submission form.
6. One story per entrant.
7. Judges will make their decision based on originality, style and literary quality.
8. Manuscripts must be the original work of the entrant, unpublished and not currently under consideration for publication. No excerpts from longer works will be considered, nor will stories previously entered in a CL Fiction Contest.
9. Do not send originals. Entries will not be returned.
10. Staff members of Creative Loafing, Inc. and current freelancers are not eligible to enter.
11. The author retains copyright, but Creative Loafing reserves the right to publish entries in both its print and online editions.
12. All entries must be received by 5 p.m. Fri., Nov. 18. No exceptions, so don't ask.
13. Finalists will be contacted by e-mail or phone on or around Dec. 21.
14. No phone calls please.