Every month, or so, The Avenue Journal will host a writing contest. The theme will be detailed. Prizes will be a monetary award, plus publication in the annual journal. See below for details.

Spring Contest

The inaugural award will be given to a short story written on the theme of “spring”.

• Entries should be no more than 1500 words

• Contest will close on May 1st

• $3 entry fee, waivers provided upon request (this is how we stay afloat, and I use that term loosely!)

• $50 prize

• Winner will be included in annual print publication of The Avenue Journal

• Fiction or non-fiction pieces are welcome (we won’t know the difference, just make it appealing to read)

• Winner will be announced by June 1st

Sponsored by

The Hampden Writer’s Group

and

The Avenue Journal

from

Baltimore, MD