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The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival has announced the details of its first ever fiction writing contest.  The judge is Richard Ford.

Grand Prize

• $1,500
• VIP Festival Pass ($500 value), March 25-29, 2009
• Publication in the New Orleans Review
• Domestic Airfare and Accommodations to attend the Festival in New Orleans
• Public Reading

Second Prize: $200, a Public Reading, and Festival Pass

Third Prize: $100, a Public Reading, and Festival Pass

Eligibility: Short stories, written in English, up to 7,000 words

Deadline: November 15, 2008 (postmark)

Entry Fee: $20

Comments

[Levi]

Insert Terre Haute joke here.

[Jeff]

I was actually thinking that a great prize would be an interview with Ford from the winner's mother's basement (or Ford's), Terre Haute location optional.