Deadline
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Categories
Entry Fees
$20.00, includes one-year subscription. Make checks payable to Nimrod.
Prizes
FIRST PLACE: $2,000 and publication
SECOND PLACE: $1,000 and publication
Description
The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction &
The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry
Founded by Ruth G. Hardman
FIRST PLACE: $2,000 and publication
SECOND PLACE: $1,000 and publication
Contest Rules
Contest Begins: January 1, 2016
Postmark Deadline: April 30, 2016
Poetry: 3-10 pages of poetry (one long poem or several short poems).
Fiction: 7,500 words maximum (one short story or a self-contained excerpt from a novel)
No previously published works or works accepted for publication elsewhere. Author’s name must not appear on the manuscript.
Postal mail: Include a cover sheet containing major title and subtitles, author’s name, full address, phone, & email. Manuscripts should be stapled, if possible; if not, please bind with a heavy clip. “Contest Entry” should be clearly indicated on both the outer envelope and the cover sheet. Include SASE for results only. If no SASE is sent, no contest results will be sent; however, the results will be posted on Nimrod’s website. Manuscripts will not be returned.
NEW! Online submissions: https://nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit.
Submitters must be living in the US by October of 2016 to enter the contest.
Winners will also be brought to Tulsa for the Awards Ceremony in October. All finalists will be considered for publication.
Send to:
Nimrod Journal
Literary Contest–Fiction or Poetry
The University of Tulsa
800 S. Tucker Dr.
Tulsa, OK 74104
Contact Information
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918-631-3080