Open to all forms of fiction or creative nonfiction including novels, memoirs, or collections of short fiction & essays. Manuscripts between 30,000-200,000 words. Our editors will, unlike most book-length contests, make exceptions on length. Manuscripts may be novels, novellas, memoirs, and works of creative nonfiction, collections of short fiction, creative essays, or a combination of the two. The winning entry will receive a publication offer for their manuscript and the option of either a $1000 cash prize or an advance $350 against royalties and a standard publishing contract of 15% of the cover price.