Wine and Cheese and Chocolate Literary and Art Contest Guidelines:

Deadline: December 31, 2010

Entry fee: $10. 00 for 2 flash fiction or 2 creative nonfiction essays, or 2 poems, or 2 photos, or 2 art pieces.
Multiple entries are allowed with accompanying fees, $10.00 increments for every pair of submissions in one genre. See submission guidelines below.  Mail entry fees to PO Box 632, San Andreas, CA 95249. Refer to your online email submission.

Judges: Manzanita Writers Press Editors

Query the editor for entry guidelines if unclear of requirements below:   mrosemanza@jps.net

Prizes:
1st and 2nd prizes in all five genres.  $200 first, and $100 second. Honorable mentions will be published in the publication and payment will be in 2 copies. Competition open to US writers.  Other entries may be included in the publication.

Please follow these GUIDELINES carefully when submitting work for Wine and Cheese and Chocolate anthology contest.  

Submit your work to mrosemanza@jps.net by the deadline. 
Deadline:  December 31, 2010 All works must arrive by 11:30 PM.

General Instructions for submitting to Manzanita Writers Press for Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate entries.

            All writers must submit previously unpublished, original works.
Payment is in 2 contributor copies, unless winning a contest award, which includes extra compensation or other payment as announced.
Electronic Submission Only. Follow these requirements:

1) E-mail text must include brief biographical statement (50 words limit), contact information (address, phone, e-mail) and RIGHTS statement (pasted into each submission e-mail. Scroll down to see rights statement below).

2) All literature and art work must be submitted by e-mail and attachments must be in Word, 12 pt. font and saved as an older 1998-2003 Word file, OR pasted into the body of the email, or attached or embedded in email as a rich text file.

3) Send a separate e-mail for each submission and label as follows:

  Subject Line must include:            a)genre           b)last name, first name        c) title.

                        Example: Poetry--Bard, Jason-- "Foothill Lament"

                        Example: Photography--Larson, Joan--"Mountain View"

Poetry Submissions

Submit with spacing as it the poem will appear on the page. Place poet’s last name and title of each poem in top right corner. Please type in “stanza break” if the poem continues to a second page and a stanza break occurs.  

• Maximum of 2 poetry submissions per person 
•  Poetry must be 50 or fewer lines 

Note: the following may affect selection determination

• Poems with long lines are difficult to format 
• Poems with challenging typography may be problematic

 Flash Fiction Submissions 

Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-spaced. Place shortened title of the work and last name in top right corner of every page with pagination.

• Maximum 2 submissions per person.  
• Short short fiction or nonfiction (flash fiction/creative nonfiction) must be 500 words or fewer.
• Prose word count does not include title and byline.
• Proofread all work carefully.

Art and Photography

Black and White Photography/ Color Photography/and Art Submissions for review, submit work for viewing or a link to art work to be viewed, or as an attachment as follows: JPEG (.jpg) high resolution, minimum 300 dpi. Small size: 3-4 inches.

• Maximum of 2 per person unless more are requested by editor.
• If work is selected, TIFF (tif) or larger file may be requested if available.
• Submit work with excellent resolution and clarity.
• Upon acceptance, artist/photographer will be notified on requirements for printing

 Writer/Artist Notification

• Manzanita Writers Press reports on acceptance via e-mail within 3 months after the deadline
• If your work is accepted for publication you will be notified by e-mail.
• You may not receive verification of receipt of the work, so it is up to the contributor to confirm receipt with a query. We try to notify everyone, however.
• We reserve the right to edit work for obvious errors.
• Please promptly notify us of any address or e-mail changes. 

Copyright:

Paste the RIGHTS statement below into EVERY e-mail submission. Submissions without this RIGHTS statement accompanying the work will not be read.

I certify that I am the sole copyright holder of the work described in the body of this e-mail or attached to this e-mail, and that it has not been previously published.  Should it be accepted for publication by any other publishing concern after submission, I will immediately inform Manzanita Writers Press contact editors via e-mail. By submitting the work to Manzanita Writers Press, I grant Manzanita Writers Press one time rights to publish the work and to be posted in an archives or collection online for viewing. Rights revert back to the author and artist upon publication. In addition, I grant permission for my work to be archived online for viewing of past issues. I also grant Manzanita the right to match my written work with artwork or photography according to editor decisions. If the work accepted and published in Manzanita is subsequently published in another forum or venue, then this publication should be credited as the original publication.