One Hundred Dollars Fiction Contest

The Piccolo Fiction Open is a literary competition in its ninth year of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. This year the theme is One Hundred Dollars.

The word limit is 1300. Please submit four copies of your original, unpublished work with a postmark no later than Jan. 9, 2009. Include one separate cover page with your contact information and title of the story. At the top of your story, please include your phone number only. A $10 submission fee is required; please make checks payable to the City of Charleston.

$200 will be awarded for the top story, followed by a $150 and a $50 prize, as well as runners-up. One story (or more) will be chosen to appear in Dark Sky Magazine. There are no residency restrictions, though writers who would like to read their work in Charleston during the festival are encouraged to submit.

Submit Application Materials to:
ATTN: PFO 2009
City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs
180 Meeting Street, Suite 200
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 724-7305