Submissions accepted between August 1st -December 1st, 2009.

Prizes:

First Place: $500 + publication
in The Baltimore Review
Second Place: $250
Third Place: $100

Judges:

The Editors of The Baltimore Review

Rules:

Submit one short story per entry fee. Stories must be original and unpublished elsewhere. All styles and forms are accepted. Maximum word count: 6,000 words. All short stories submitted to the contest will also be considered for publication in The Baltimore Review. Simultaneous submissions are fine, but you must alert us if your story has been accepted elsewhere; entry fees are not refundable. Send SASE for a list of winners. Submissions must be postmarked by deadline. We are unable to return submissions.

Format:

Stories must be double-spaced, with name, address, phone number and email appearing on the first page. Please number all pages and staple together.

SUBMISSIONS TO THIS AND ANY CONTEST SHOULD BE SENT VIA POSTAL MAIL AND NOT VIA OUR ONLINE SUBMISSIONS SYSTEM, WHICH IS FOR REGULAR SUBMISSIONS ONLY.  

Entry Fee:

$20 entry fee for each short story – OR – pay $25 for contest entry fee as well as a one-year subscription to The Baltimore Review. Make checks payable to The Baltimore Review.

Mail entries to:

The Baltimore Review/Short Fiction Competition
PO Box 529

Fork MD 21051

NOTE: Please be sure to address envelope as noted above.

Do not send via special or overnight delivery; use first-class mail only.