Fiction manuscripts should be at least 150 pages long and poetry manuscripts at least 50 pages long. Aria aber is the author of hard damage, winner of the prairie schooner book prize in poetry. Mar 15, 2020 submissions to the 2018 prairie schooner book prize contest will open from january 15 through march 15. Prairie schooner names 2017 book prize winners nebraska. Journal submissions are closed from may 15thaug 15th. Hali sofalais the book prize coordinator for prairie schooner. Submission manager is currently in no submissions mode. We seek high quality, original submissions of poetry, fiction and nonfiction from established, emerging and young authors throughout the year, but our reading periods generally take place in mayjuly and december february. No matter what industry youre in, or what content you aim to collect, submittable has a solution designed to fit your needs.
Submissions to the 2018 prairie schooner book prize contest will open from january 15 through march 15. Living writers, published or unpublished, including nonus citizens, writing in english, excluding past or present paid employees of prairie schooner or the university of nebraska press or current faculty or students at the university of. Her honors include the poets and writers maureen egen writers exchange award and several others. Submission guidelines for the prize series can be found on the prairie schooner website. For the sake of confidentiality, its totally separate from normal submissions. Literary magazine prairie schooner is currently accepting fiction and poetry manuscripts for its popular annual book prize contest. Submissions for the 2018 prairie schooner book prize are open.
When are you coming home stories prairie schooner book. Duotropes listing for the prairie schooner razshuamker book prize. Jennifer maritza mccauley is the author of scar onscar off stalking horse press. One chapbook will be published in the fall of 2020 and the other in the spring of 2021. The blr seeks highcaliber, unpublished work, broadly and creatively. If you have practiced your craft and your work is the best it can be, send it to boulevard. It is run by prairie schooner book prize is an american literary award presented yearly since 2003, one award for poetry and one award for fiction. Prairie schooner razshumaker book prize contest submission. Submissions to the 2020 prairie schooner razshuamker book prize contest are now open from january 15 through march 15. Prairie schooner razshumaker book prize contest submission manager powered by submittable accept and curate digital content.
All submissions should be typed, and all prose should be doublespaced. The prairie schooner 2018 book prize contest is open to submissions of fiction and nonfiction manuscripts. No washington and lee staff, faculty, or their families are eligible. The prairie schooner razshuamker book prize duotrope. Please see the general guidelines below, and contestspecific information within the appropriate categories. All submissions will be considered for publication. In particular, it was the vehicle of choice on the oregon trail.
She received a bachelors degree in english from the university of iowa in 2008 and pursued a masters in creative writing at new york university, which she earned in 2010. For full entry details visit the prizes submittable page. It is run by the literary magazine prairie schooner and university of nebraska press. You may submit either by us mail or online via submittable.
The prairie schooner book prize in fiction for 2017 goes to sara batkie for her. We are currently open to general submissions and the annual blr prizes. The 2020 prairie schooner razshumaker book prize contestnow in its nineteenth year, and first year it bears the names of the contests cofounders hilda raz and peggy shumakeropens to submissions on january 15, 2020, and will remain open until march 15, 2020. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. We accept submissions for fiction and poetry between august 1 and april 30. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading when are you coming home. Prairie schooner book prize in poetry university of nebraska press. Through our annual contests and open reading periods, we seek innovative, electrifying, and thoroughly intoxicating manuscripts that ensnare themselves in our hearts and minds and wont let go. Sara batkie won the prairie schooner book prize in fiction for her manuscript, better times. Prairie schooner at the university of nebraskalincoln has selected the winners for its annual book awards for poetry and short fiction. The african poetry book fund, in partnership with prairie schooner and the university of nebraska, promotes and advances the development and publication of the poetic arts through its book series, contests, workshops, and seminars and through its collaborations with publishers, festivals, booking agents, colleges, universities, conferences and all other entities that share an interest in the. Crazyhorse welcomes general submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from september 1st through may 31st, with the exception of january 1st to january 31st, during which we only accept entries for the crazyhorse prizes. Read back issues to get acquainted with the journal.
Entries for the 2018 prairie schooner book prize close on thursday 15 march. The guest judge for the 2020 own voices chapbook prize is aria aber. We ask that submissions of fiction and nonfiction are between. The university of nebraskalincoln is accepting submissions for the prairie schooner book prize.
Prairie schooner names 2015 book prize winners news. Prairie schooner and the university of nebraska press will be hosting a couple events on campus next week as part of the 2012 prairie schooner book prize celebration. Stories prairie schooner book prize in fiction kindle edition by chancellor, bryn. Prairie schooner is also reading general submissions until 1 may. The manuscript page limit is 48 100 pages, and the press invites all styles and forms of poetry. Prairie schooner is a literary magazine published quarterly at the university of nebraskalincoln with the cooperation of. Prairie schooner submission manager powered by submittable accept and curate digital content. Both published and unpublished writers are welcome to submit manuscripts, but the manuscript submitted should be previously unpublished. Prairie schooner open for submissions from 1st sept writing. Boulevard strives to publish only the finest in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. We read submissions from september 1st to may 1st of each year. While we frequently publish writers with previous credits, we are very interested in less experienced or unpublished writers with exceptional promise.
Submissions for the 2018 prairie schooner book prize are. She holds awards and fellowships from new york university, the wisconsin institute of creative writing, and kundiman. The radix media own voices chapbook prize is an annual contest dedicated to the discovery of two timely, urgent, and interrogative chapbooklength poetry collections from debut poets of color. She has received fellowships from the national endowment for the arts, cantomundo, kimbilio, sundress academy, and awards from independent publisher book awards, best of the net, and the academy of american poets, and was a finalist for the prairie schooner book prize. Prairie schooner, the university of nebraskalincolns premier literary journal, has announced the winners of its 2017 book prize in fiction and poetry. Autumn house press publishes 9 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction each year. Prairie schooner does not read simultaneous submissions, and submissions must be received between september 1st and may 1st. The name prairie schooner was derived from the wagons white canvas cover, or bonnet, which gave it the appearance, from a distance, of the sailing ship known as a schooner. Prairie schooner 201 andrews hall university of nebraska lincoln, ne 685880334 please allow 34 months for reply.
Our general submission period for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction opens september 1 and goes through december 1 at 11. Submitters and staff may log into their accounts however no new submissions are being accepted at. Prairie schooner open for submissions from 1st sept. The celebration, honoring the two winners of the 2014 prairie schooner book prize, will be at 7 p. Currently she lives in brooklyn and works as the writing programs director for. Manuscripts are judged anonymously and all finalists will be considered for publication. The graybealgowen prize was established to honor the memory of wlu graduate and lover of poetry, howerton gowen. Prairie schooner to host awardwinning writers march 1. Prairie schooner annually hosts the book prize for fiction and poetry prairie schooner book prize writing contests is news, information, and guides to literary magazines, independent publishers, creative writing programs, alternative periodicals, indie bookstores, writing contests, and more. The razshumaker prairie schooner book prize in fiction for 2019 goes to megan cummins for her manuscript if the body allows it, chosen by guestjudges timothy schaffert and xu xi with editorinchief kwame dawes. The razshumaker prairie schooner book prize in fiction for 2019 goes to megan cummins. Please do not submit fiction or poetry to the nonfiction category during the summer. Radix media submission manager own voices chapbook prize 2020.
They are, shane book 2010 winner in poetry for ceiling of sticks, greg hrbek 2011 winner in fiction for destroy all monsters, and. The prairie schooner book prize series welcomes manuscripts from all living writers, including nonus citizens, writing in english. More than 1,200 entries were received for the awards, which are celebrating a 15th anniversary. During our june and november open reading periods, we accept submissions in the following categories. Chancellor is an assistant professor of english at the university of north carolina at charlotte. Only electronic submissions accepted via inlandias submittable portal. Though we are open to all styles of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, we suggest you familiarize yourself with previous autumn house publications before submitting your work. Radix media submission manager own voices chapbook prize. See what theyre looking for in submissions and get statistics on. Prairie schooner is excited to announce its new book prize coordinator, hali sofala from georgia, sofala is a firstyear ph.
This new online series features collaborations between prairie schooner and interesting, innovative online literary entities from around the world that seek to create dynamic fusions in. Prairie schooner, 19thcentury covered wagon popularly used by emigrants traveling to the american west. Submissions window sep 1, 2020 thru apr 30, 2021 begins 110 days from now. To get a feel for style, content, quality, and form of the work we. Looking for the prairie schooner book prize contest.
Safiya sinclair has won the book prize in poetry for her manuscript cannibal, chosen by guest judges david baker and hilda raz with editorinchief kwame dawes. The hillary gravendyk prize is an open poetry book competition for all writers regardless of the number of previously published poetry collections. We accept manuscripts through our annual contests and our opencall reading period. Batkie is a native of seattle, but grew up in connecticut and iowa. Prairie schooner book prize is an american literary award presented yearly since 2003, one award for poetry and one award for fiction.