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The 2018 Joy Harjo Poetry Award, Barry Lopez Nonfiction Award & Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award:
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 CUTTHROAT, A JOURNAL 
OF THE ARTS
P.O. Box 2414
   Durango, CO 81302

             **First Prize in each genre: $1300 and publication.** 
             **Second Prize in each genre: $250 and publication. **
                          **Honorable Mention:  Publication.** 

                                                   2018 JUDGES 
                                            Poetry:  Patricia Spears Jones
                                       Short Story:  Mona Susan Power
                                             Nonfiction:  David Quammen
                            
Submit up to three unpublished poems (100 line limit each), one unpublished short story or creative nonfiction piece (5000 word limit), any subject, any style, between July 31, 2018 and midnight Pacific Daylight Time OCTOBER 31, 2018.  

WE NO LONGER ACCEPT MAILED IN ENTRIES.  CONTEST SUBMISSIONS ARE SOLELY ACCEPTED ONLINE BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW.

ONLINE ENTRIES:  Do not include a cover sheet. AUTHOR NAME MUST NOT APPEAR ON MS!  $20 entry fee. You will be instructed how to pay this by our submission service. Fiction must be double-spaced. 12 point font. 

No relatives of or employees of CUTTHROAT,  no friends or students of judges are eligible     for these prizes.  No stories or poems that have been published or have won contests are eligible.  

                            Winners will be notified by December 31, 2018.
                                        
              Thank you to all the writers who submitted last year!
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