General Guidelines for the 2022 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction:
- $2,500 will be awarded for the winning short story, which will be published in the fall/winter 2022 issue of Colorado Review.
- This year’s final judge is Ramona Ausubel; friends and students (current & former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.
- Entry fee is $15 per story ($17 via Submittable); there is no limit on the number of entries you may submit.
- Stories must be previously unpublished.
- There are no theme restrictions, but stories must be at least 10 pages (or 2500 words) but no more than 50 pages (12,500 words).
- All manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced.
- Contest opens December 1, 2021.
- Deadline is the postmark of March 14, 2022 (note that we observe a five-day grace period for both paper and online submissions).
- Winner will be announced by mid-June 2022.
- All submissions will be considered for publication.
- You do not need to be a Colorado or US resident to enter. If you are, however, a foreign national working in the United States, please check the conditions of your visa status with regard to receiving payment (in the event that your manuscript is selected as the winner) from entities other than your sponsor. Colorado State University cannot issue honoraria to foreign nationals with B1/WB, B2/WT, H-1B, or F-1 visas. A J-1 visa holder with a sponsor other than CSU must have written authorization from the Responsible Officer (RO) at their sponsoring institution prior to the activity.
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