The Acacia Fiction Prize and The Saguaro Poetry Prize (formerly the Contemporary Chapbook Poetry Prize)
Now Paying $1200 to the WINNERS!
DEADLINE EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2021!!!
The Acacia Fiction Prize seeks collections of any combination of short stories, flash fiction, or novellas totaling 40K to 75K words. The winner receives $1200, publication and promotion by Kallisto Gaia Press and twenty author copies. The contest will be judged by Richard Z. Santos. Contest opens September 15, 2020 and closes at midnight CST on December 31, 2020. Entry fee is $25. More info and guidelines are HERE.
The Saguaro Poetry Prize seeks collections of contemporary poetry from 28 to 48 pages. The winner receives $1200, publication and promotion by Kallisto Gaia Press and twenty author copies. The contest will be judged by ire’ne lara silva. Contest opens September 15, 2020 and closes at midnight CST on December 31, 2020. $25. More info and guidelines are HERE.
ire’ne lara silva is the author of three poetry collections, furia (Mouthfeel Press, 2010) Blood Sugar Canto (Saddle Road Press, 2016), and CUICACALLI/House of Song (Saddle Road Press, 2019), an e-chapbook, Enduring Azucares, (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015), as well as a short story collection, flesh to bone (Aunt Lute Books, 2013) which won the Premio Aztlán. She and poet Dan Vera are also the co-editors of Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands, (Aunt Lute Books, 2017), a collection of poetry and essays. ire’ne is the recipient of a 2017 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant, the final recipient of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award, and was the Fiction Finalist for AROHO’s 2013 Gift of Freedom Award. ire’ne is currently working on her first novel, Naci, and a second collection of short stories titled, the light of your body.
