Art Affair’s short fiction contest (maximum: 5,000 words) is open to any writer.  Enter your own original work only. Please do not include a SASE; entries will not be returned.

Entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2008 and should be unpublished and/or unaccepted for publication when entered into the contest. Manuscripts must be double-spaced and in 12-point font.

Please type your name, address, telephone number, and title of manuscript on a cover page which will be removed before judging.  On your manuscript, type page/word counts in the upper right-hand corner of the first page. 

You may enter as many short stories as you like but each entry requires an entry fee.

Prizes:  $50.00, $25.00, $15.00 (Prize money and certificates will be mailed to the winners and a list of winners will be published on the website in December 2008.)

Entry Fee:  $5.00 per manuscript (Make check payable to Art Affair) Deadline:  October 1, 2008             

Mail entries to: ART AFFAIR - CONTEST
P.O. BOX 54302
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73154

Art Affair 2007 Short Story Contest Winners:

First Place – M. Carolyn Steele, Tulsa, Oklahoma – “The Midwife”

Second Place – Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma – “Stuffing and Broken Thread”

Third Place – Emery L. Campbell, Lawrenceville, Georgia – “An Easter Tale”

(Honorable Mentions – in alphabetical order)

Honorable Mention – Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, Utah – “Lost Mine”

Honorable Mention – Pat King, Albia, Iowa – “Leaving Home”

Honorable Mention – Inez Phillips, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “The Schedule”

Honorable Mention – Dawn Williams, Bethany, Oklahoma – “Running with Snakes”