•  Payment: $200 Grand Prize awarded to one story per volume; $100 (each) all other stories published in book, plus a complimentary copy of the book, upon publication.
Authors retain the copyright to their original work. There is no submission fee.

•  Point of View: First-person or third-person (no second person).

•  Style: Narrative nonfiction, creative nonfiction. But, it must be a story. The theme of this anthology is relationships. Think men, women, and messy meanderings.  Essays will be considered, but the Author must have a story to tell, not just an opinion.  PG-13

•  Tone: Stories must be humorous. They can be poignant and touching, but above all, they need to be humorous. Irreverence is a plus, as is the uniqueness of the tale.

•  Stories must be original, true (license to exaggerate greatly, but essentially true).

•  Previously published material is acceptable, as long as the Author retains the copyright.

•  A publishing agreement will be mailed to the Author of each story selected as a finalist.

•  Due to the volume of submissions anticipated, we cannot report on the status of individual submissions (with the exception of finalists, who are notified in writing). The grand-prize winning story and the list of contributors will be posted on the Editors’ websites (www.susanreinhardt.com and www.dcstanfa.com ) upon publication.

•  Authors may submit multiple stories.