Our 10th-annual fiction contest is now accepting submissions. Please read the directions below for submitting entries.

How to enter:
• Submit a double-spaced, typed manuscript, 3,000 words or fewer. Submissions must not have been previously published. Past winners of this contest must wait two years before entering again. Poetry, children's stories, plays, and screenplays are not eligible.

• Include a cover sheet that bears your name, year of graduation (or years of attending the University), day and evening phone numbers, address, story title, and word count of the manuscript. To ensure anonymity, please do not put your name on the manuscript itself. Manuscripts will not be returned.

The winner will receive $1,500, and the winning story will be published in the March-April 2009 issue of Minnesota magazine and on the magazine's Web site. The author of the winning entry will be notified in early January but won't be announced until publication. The editors reserve the right not to name a winner.

Submissions must be postmarked by December 1, 2008.
Send to:
Minnesota Magazine Fiction Contest
University of Minnesota Alumni Association
McNamara Alumni Center
200 Oak St. SE, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55455-2040