• First prize for each genre: $500 and publication in our upcoming print issue, Juked #5.
• Final judges:  Frederick Barthelme (fiction) and Julia Johnson (poetry).
• Current and former students of the judges are not eligible to compete, nor are affiliates of the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi.
• Fiction:  send one story per entry.  There is no length requirement.
• Poetry:  send up to five poems (no more than ten pages total) per entry.
• Entries must be previously unpublished.
• Simultaneous submissions are just fine, but please notify us immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere.
• Fee is $10 per entry, by cash or check or money order, payable to Juked; there is no limit on the number of entries you may submit.
• Include a cover sheet with your name, address, e-mail, telephone number and the title(s) of your story or poems.  Please do not put your name anywhere else on the manuscript.
• Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification.
• Manuscripts will not be returned; instead they will be gently placed in the recycling bin.
• Postmark deadline is August 31st, 2007.
• Indicate "Fiction" or "Poetry" on the front of the envelope.
• All entries will be considered for publication in Juked #5.
• Results will be announced in October 2007.

Juked
2908 1/2 Hardy St. #3
Hattiesburg, MS 39401