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The 2009 Joy Harjo Poetry Award & the Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award:
For more information call 1-970-903-7914 or email us @ cutthroatmag@gmail.com
     Mail manuscripts to: 

    CUTTHROAT Literary Award
(specify genre)
P.O. Box 2414
   Durango, CO 81302
 
**First Prize in each genre:  $1250 and publication in CUTTHROAT**
**Second Prize in each genre:   $250 and publication in CUTTHROAT. **
 
All finalists are acknowledged in CUTTHROAT and considered for publication.  Winners are announced in POETS & WRITERS, WINNING WRITERS and the AWP Chronicle.
               
        We proudly announce our 2009 JUDGES:
              Dorianne Laux, The Joy Harjo Poetry Prize
          Alan Cheuse, The Rick DeMarinis Short Fiction Prize

Submit up to three unpublished poems (100 line limit for each) or one unpublished short story (5000 word limit), any subject, any style,   postmarked between June 15 and October 10, 2009.  Winners announced in December   
       2009.  Author name must not appear on any manuscript page.  Include a  
            cover sheet with name, address, phone, email, genre and title(s)
                submitted.  Submissions must be accompanied by a SASE for   
                   announcement of winners.  Include a stamped postcard if you wish
                     to be notified of receipt of ms.   All manuscripts must be in 12 pt                          point font.  Fiction submissions must be double-spaced. -                                    All manuscripts are recycled. Writers may submit as often as
                       they wish.  We do
accept simultaneous submissions as long as
                      the author informs us
immediately should a piece be accepted
                     elsewhere.  There is a
$15.00 nonrefundable reading fee per
                    submission (one story or three poems).  Make checks
payable to
                Raven's Word
Writers Center.   No relatives of or employees of
           CUTTHROAT are eligible for these prizes.
          SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT SASES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED
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