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said "yes" to attending the event: Literary Death Match NYC, Ep. 11.
date: February 18, 2009 07:00AM
location: Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St, New York, NY, The United States
description: LDM NYC’s 2009 debut will feature a cast like none before it, as Opium returns to the Slipper Room in the Lower East Side for the first time in years!
See Andrew Sean Greer, Cintra Wilson and Elliott Holt (Kenyon review) and Christopher Monks (McSweeneys.net) light the stage aflame before being critiqued by our delightful cast of judges, including the New Yorker’s Ben Greenman, delightress Amy Sohn (My Old Man) and Joshua Lyon (Pill Head).
Hosted by Todd Zuniga and Er...more
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Judged by Brian Evenson.
Opium's wacky contests have led to loads of sensational work, from the 500-Word Memoir contest judged by Daniel Handler (for Opium5) to the 250-Word Bookmark Contest judged by Aimee Bender that will debut along with Opium6. Now it's time to reignite Opium4's contest--The Shya Scanlon 7-Line Story Contest--this time judged by Brian Evenson.
The rules? Easy. Write a story that is seven lines or less within margins that are 8.5" or less. Fiction, non-fiction, prose poetry or any other excellence is allowed. The winning story, along with a handful of finalists, will appear in Opium7 which will debut on Oct. 6. Below, read two shining examples--finalists from Opium4.
Enter, and tell the world so they can enter, too!
The Deadline: August 15, 2008
The Reward: $1,000, and publication in Opium7.
The Cost: $10 for a single entry; $17.50 for two
How to Submit: Send your story to OpiumPrize@gmail.com, and pay the entry fee(s) at shop.opiummagazine.com
The Odds: We can’t know this until all entries are in, but know that we do publish many stories from our contests (10 appear in Opium6, along with over 30 on OpiumMagazine.com).
The Judge: Brian Evenson is the Director of the Literary Arts Program at Brown University. He is the author of six books of fiction, most recently The Wavering Knife (which won the IHG Award for best story collection) and The Brotherhood of Mutilation. He has translated work by Chrstian Gailly, Jean Frèmon and Jacques Jouet. He has received an O. Henry Prize as well as an NEA fellowship.
Link: http://opiummagazine.com/contest.aspx ]]>