CONTESTS

Below you’ll find contest submission guidelines for the 2011 Wabash Prize for Fiction and the 2011 Wabash Prize for Poetry. For information about previous judges and winners, click here.

2011 WABASH PRIZE FOR FICTION

Final Judge: ANTONYA NELSON

First Prize: $1000 and winning entry published in Summer/Fall 2011 issue

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

Postmark Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by March 1, 2011.  Extended to March 8, 2011.

1. Submit one story or collection of related short shorts per standard entry. Please do not send excerpts or chapters of novels. Entries may be no more than 10,000 words.

2. A $15 reading fee (check or money order) payable to Sycamore Review must accompany each entry. The reading fee includes a copy of the prize issue. You may send more than one story, but each additional story must be accompanied by an additional $15 reading fee.

3. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable only if Sycamore Review is notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.

4. All entries must be typed and must include a cover letter with the author’s name and contact information (mailing address, telephone number, and email address) as well as the titles and word counts of all stories submitted. Information that identifies the author should NOT appear on the manuscript itself.

5. Manuscript pages should be numbered and should include the title of the piece. Manuscript pages should be double spaced.

6. Please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard if you wish to be notified upon receipt of your manuscript.

7. Manuscripts will not be returned. The winner will be announced by June 1, 2011 on Sycamore’s website.

8. All contest submissions will be considered for regular inclusion in Sycamore Review.

9. All entries must be previously unpublished.

10. Questions may be directed to sycamore@purdue.edu.

Send 2011 Wabash Prize for Fiction submissions and reading fee to:

2011 Wabash Prize for Fiction
Sycamore Review
Department of English
500 Oval Drive
Purdue University
West Lafayette , IN 47907

2011 WABASH PRIZE FOR POETRY

Final Judge: LOUISE GLÜCK

First Prize: $1000 and winning entry published in Winter/Spring 2012 issue

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS

Postmark Deadline: September 15, 2011

1. For each submission, send up to three poems.

2. A $15 reading fee (check or money order) payable to Sycamore Review must accompany each submission. The reading fee includes a year’s subscription to Sycamore Review, which will include a print copy of the prize issue and an electronic copy of the Summer/Fall 2012 issue.

3. Additional poems (beyond the initial three) may be included. Increase the reading fee $5 for each additional poem.

4. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable only if Sycamore Review is notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.

5. All entries must be typed and must include a cover letter with the author’s name and contact information (mailing address, telephone number, and email address) as well as the titles of all poems submitted. Information that identifies the author should NOT appear on the manuscript itself.

6. Manuscript pages should be numbered and should include the title of the piece.

7. Please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard if you wish to be notified upon receipt of your manuscript.

8. Manuscripts will not be returned. Winners will be announced on Sycamore Review’s website by Dec. 30, 2011.

9. All contest submissions will be considered for regular inclusion in Sycamore Review.

10. All poems must be previously unpublished.

11. Questions may be directed to sycamore@purdue.edu.

Send 2011 Wabash Prize for Poetry submissions and reading fee to:

2011 Wabash Prize for Poetry
Sycamore Review
Department of English
500 Oval Drive
Purdue University
West Lafayette , IN 47907