You ought to know, that while we consider all submissions equally, it is extremely important to enter one of the competitions officially because we are obligated to publish winning pieces first. If your piece is excellent and worthy of publication, you may lose your opportunity to be published, not due to lack of talent, rather due to lack of space in the magazine. Whatever space is available (if any) after we have completed the lay out for the winners is filled in with a piece from our “approved literary material box.” The piece we choose from this box (which has all of the excellent unsolicited pieces in it) will be the best piece that meets the space requirement available after the winners are published. There is nothing more disheartening than to have an official entrant receive the large award sum, even though a non-registered piece was actually the better one and ought to have received it. It happens quite frequently, so do consider entering. Even if you are not in need of the grant money, winning a literary award in a prominent literary review magazine stands out to agents, publishing houses, filmmakers and is a valuable asset on resumés. It also makes you eligible for the Pushcart Prize and other awards. No other review offers writers the kind of full-colour, world-wide publication and publicity Carpe Articulum does. We are passionately dedicated to the support and perpetuation of the literary and photographic arts. We look forward to reading your work!