William Faulkner Literary Competition

The William Faulkner Literary Competition offers five categories for submission: Novel ($2000), One Act Playwriting ($600, $300, $200), Short Story ($600, $300, $200), Poem ($600, $300, $200), and Student Short Story ($250, $150, $100). 

Student Short Story category is only open to Mississippi high school students.

Employees of the Union County Heritage Museum, the William Faulkner Literary Committee, the New Albany Gazette Newspaper, and their immediate families are not allowed to enter the contest.

Please read contest details carefully before submitting.

All entries must be original, unpublished, short fiction with up to 10,000 words

Student Short Story

Entries should be works of prose from 50,000 to 150,000 words in length. (Approximate) Longer works will be taken into consideration.

Novel

The entry should be an original, unpublished, one-act play, less than one hour, typed in English in 12 pt. font and double spaced. No plagiarism will be accepted.

One Act Play

The entry/entries should be an original, unpublished poem , not to exceed 2 pages, typed in 12 pt. font and double spaced in English. 

Poetry

ll entries must be original, unpublished, short fiction with up to 10,000 words typed on 8 1/2 X 11 inch white paper in 12 pt. font, double spaced in English.

William Faulkner Literary Competition

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