Writing Competition: Crab Orchard Review 2016 Special Feature Issue

2016 Special Issue Feature Awards in Poetry, Fiction, & Literary Nonfiction

$2,000 prize in each genre

 All Entries must be submitted through SUBMITTABLE 

August 1, 2015 – October 1, 2015 

Entry Fee: $15.00 per entry 

All entrants receive the issue the winners appear in ($14.00)

BELOW ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR THIS YEAR'S SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURE AWARDS:

--Entries should fit the topic of the Summer/Fall 2016 special issue, “Family, Enemies, Friends: The Relationships Issue.” We are open to work that covers any of the multitude of ways that our relationships shape us, whether they are positive or negative, nurturing or adversarial. Family, enemies, or friends—we want to see work about people interacting with the people in their lives.
--One winner in each genre category—Poetry, Fiction, and Literary Nonfiction—will be selected by the editors of Crab Orchard Review to be published in the issue and receive a $2,000.00 award. The editors are looking for the work in each genre that best embodies the topic of the special issue. Entries must be previously unpublished*, original work written in English by a United States citizen, permanent resident, or person who has DACA/TPS status (current students and employees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are not eligible). The author's name should not appear on any page.
--All entries must be submitted online between August 1, 2015 and October 1, 2015 (entries will be accepted online until 11:59:59 PM (PST) on October 1, 2015). All entrants will receive notification of the results by email by November 30, 2015.
--All entries will also be considered for publication in the Summer/Fall 2016 special issue, “Family, Enemies, Friends: The Relationships Issue.” Regular Crab Orchard Review contributor payment rates ($25 (US) per magazine page. $50 minimum for poetry; $100 minimum for prose) apply to any accepted work that is not a genre winner.
--We hope to make all editorial decisions for the issue by the end of January 2016.

GUIDELINES:

--Poetry entries should consist of one poem up to five pages in length.
--Prose entry length: up to 6000 words for fiction and up to 6500 words for literary nonfiction.
--One poetry entry, one story entry in fiction, or one essay entry in literary nonfiction per $15.00 online entry fee; a writer may send up to three entries in one genre or a total of three entries if entering all competitions. --One winner in each genre category—Poetry, Fiction, and Literary Nonfiction—will be selected by the editors of Crab Orchard Review to be published in the issue and receive a $2,000.00 award. The editors are looking for the work in each genre that best embodies the topic of the special issue.