Doris Betts Fiction Prize

Deadline for Receipt of Materials: February 1 (annual)

The Doris Betts Fiction Prize awards the first- and second-place winners with prizes of $200 and $100 respectively. Winners and finalists will be considered for publication in the North Carolina Literary Review. Questions may be directed to Margaret Bauer, editor of the North Carolina Literary Review, via email at BauerM@ecu.edu.

Eligibility and Guidelines

1. The competition is open to any writer who is a legal resident of North Carolina or a member of NCWN.
2. Entrants should submit two copies of a typed, original, and unpublished story, not to exceed 2,500 words.
3. Names should not appear on manuscripts, but on a separate cover sheet with the author's name, address, telephone numbers, email address, and ms. title.
4. One entry per writer.
5. Entries will not be returned; enclose a SASE or email address for a list of winners.
6. An entry fee must accompany manuscript. You may pay the member entry fee if you join NCWN with your submission: $10/NCWN members, $15/non-members.

Winners are announced in April.

Send submissions, indicating name of competition to:

Margaret Bauer, Editor
NC Literary Review
Department of English
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353

Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers’ Network

This Year

• 2007 Winner: Thomas Wolf

Results from Previous Years

• 2006 Winner: Rhonda Strickland
• 2005 Winners: Susan Gladin, Rhonda Strickland
• 2004 Winners: Brenda Witchger, Richard A. Ballou, Susan Snowden, Denise Privette Sherman