Criteria for Consideration
1. Any student at Western Carolina University is eligible to submit.
2. Fiction submissions should be between 3 and 20 pages in length.
3. Fiction should be typed and stapled. Submission should have a
title, but your name should not appear anywhere on the story.
4. Type your name, contact info, and the title of your work on a
separate Title Sheet.
5. Mail your submission and title sheet by U.S. or Campus Mail,
Email, or Fax to
NOTE: Selection for this residency is an honor. Those chosen should note this fact on their resumes.
GAIL GALLOWAY ADAMS was named Teacher of the Year by the South Atlantic
MLA. She teaches Fiction, Short Story Writing, and Creative Writing at
West Virginia University. About her book, The Purchase of Order,
Critics have written, "In the cadence of a Texas drawl or the whisper of
a midday kiss, these stories capture untidy lives in which the pain of
living is confounded with a grin. The Purchase of Order depicts
characters from Germany to Georgia, men and women attempting to find meaning
within memory, who take joy in giving of themselves."