Showcase-Freewrite Prize (January Issue)

The Showcase-Freewrite Prize

**Update** — Submission Cap Reached. The contest is now closed.

Showcase will select 1 flash prose piece and 1 poem (see details below for page limits) as the Freewrite prize winners. They will receive double our standard honorarium ($100), publication, a publicity campaign across literary ad networks and social media, and a Freewrite Traveler portable digital typewriter ($600 value).

Please see all the details below regarding the contest rules and administration. We’re very happy to partner with Freewrite to deliver Traveler typewriters to our two selected writers!

• Submit via submittable for Showcase’s January Issue.

• Selectees will receive $100 honorarium each (through PayPal).

• Selectees will receive publication and the Showcase Object and Idea questionnaire.

• Selectees will each receive 1 Freewrite Traveler, valued at $600.

• All submissions will be considered again for our February issue (except for the Jan. Selectees)

• Submission fee is $15 for up to ten pages of either poetry or prose.

• Submissions are read blind according to CLMP guidelines.
  

About the Freewrite Traveler:

Freewrite manufactures and designs modern, distraction-free writing tools. These are typewriters with tech: Digital E-Ink screens, automatic cloud syncing, ports for data storage, and Scissor-switch, comfortable keyboards. The Traveler has 30 hours of battery life and is compact and portable.

Rules and Regulations

1. Showcase welcomes previously published work but discourages work that has already won another prize.

2. Please remove all identifiers from the creative piece. Writers may include a bio in the Submittable form.

3. All work must be submitted in 11 point font, in Times New Roman, Arial, or a comparable font style. Work must be clean and well edited.

4. Poets may submit up to 5 poems in the same Word/PDF document. Each poem must be clearly labeled and exist on its own page.

5. Prose writers may submit up to 6 pages, however no individual piece can exceed 2 pages.

6. Showcase will independently select the contest winners. Contest winners must provide a valid shipping address to receive the Freewrite Traveler.

7. Neither Showcase nor Astrohaus (the Freewrite parent company) are responsible for misuse of the Freewrite Traveler or breaks or issues that occur to the Freewrite Traveler upon use. Should the Freewrite Traveler arrive damaged or dysfunctional, Astrohaus can be contacted for a replacement in exchange for and upon return of the first, faulty Freewrite Traveler within 90 days of shipment. For customer service questions about the Freewrite Traveler, please contact Astrohaus by navigating to their customer service page.

8. Freewrite Warranty: “All products made by Astrohaus are warrantied to be free of defects in parts, materials, and workmanship for a period of 90 days from date of shipment except when otherwise specified https://getfreewrite.com/pages/return-policy.”

9. For FAQs and more info on the Traveler or other Freewrite products, visit their website.