CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW's Annual Literary Contests:
The 2013 Richard Peterson Poetry Prize,
Jack Dyer Fiction Prize,
&
John Guyon Literary Nonfiction Prize
$ 2000 prize for Poetry $ 2000 prize for Fiction $ 2000 prize for Literary Nonfiction
We are pleased to announce the winners and finalists of the 2012 Jack Dyer Fiction Prize, John Guyon Literary Nonfiction Prize, and Richard Peterson Poetry Prize.
Here are the results for the literary prize competitions, as well as all the finalists and the judges:
In fiction, the winning entry is “Laura, Lost” by Amy Merrick of Chicago, Illinois. In literary nonfiction, the winning entry is “Núi Khê Revisited” by Jim Fairhall of Chicago, Illinois. In poetry, the winning entry of three poems--"Memory Is a Kind of Broken Promise," "Suicide Is a Mind Stripping Petals Off Flowers," and "I Have Drinks with My Dead Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend"--is by Teresa Leo of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. Finalists in fiction are "Deserted" by Eric Gunter of Port Neches, Texas; and “Her Thirty-Seventh Year, an Index” by Suzanne Scanlon of Chicago, Illinois. Finalists in literary nonfiction are “Cleaving To” by Kristine S. Ervin of Houston, Texas; and “Dancing for the Bomb” by Iraj Isaac Rahmin of Houston, Texas. The finalists in poetry are three poems--"What Trees Remember," "Field in Late Summer," and "Permafrost"--by Lynne Martin Bowman of Greensboro, North Carolina; and three poems--"Rags a Lion," "Ghosts of Chicago," and "Teeth, Wind, Ice"--by Susan Elbe of Madison, Wisconsin. The final judge for the fiction and literary nonfiction competitions was Carolyn Alessio, CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW’s prose editor. The final judge for the poetry competition was Allison Joseph, CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW’s poetry editor and editor-in-chief.
All three winners will receive $2000 and their winning entries will appear in CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW, Volume 17, Number 1 (Winter/Spring 2012). Also, the finalists will be announced to our readers in this issue and each finalist will be offered publication in the issue with a minimum payment of $200 (all work in CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW receives $25 per published page). Congratulations to the winners and finalists, and thanks to all the entrants for their interest in CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW.
BELOW ARE THE GUIDELINES FOR THIS YEAR'S LITERARY CONTESTS:
One winner and two finalists will be chosen in each category. The three category winners will be published and the finalists offered publication (with a minimum payment of $200) in the Winter/Spring issue of CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW. The winners and finalists will also be announced in the March/April POETS & WRITERS and on the CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW Website.
Contest Guidelines
The postmark deadlines for this year's prize competitions are March 1, 2012 through May 2, 2012. Please do not send entries via FedEx, UPS, DHL, Express Mail--we don't want you to spend the extra amount when this is a POSTMARK deadline.
Entries must be previously unpublished, original work written in English by a United States citizen or permanent resident (current students and employees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are not eligible). Name, address, telephone number, email address, and work title (or titles for poetry entries) should appear only on a cover sheet for the entry. The author's name should not appear on any subsequent page. All entries must be postmarked between March 1, 2012 and May 2, 2012. Late entries will be returned unread. Enclose a #10, self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of winners. Do not include an envelope or postage for return of manuscript since entries will be recycled upon the decision of the final judges and notification of the winners.
Entry Guidelines (there is no theme for the Literary Prize entries; just send your best work):
Poetry entries should consist of 3 poems; 100 line limit per poem.
Prose entry length: up to 6000 words for fiction and up to 6500 words for literary nonfiction.
One poetry entry (3 poems; 100 line limit per poem), one story entry in fiction, or one essay entry in literary nonfiction per $20 entry fee; a writer may send up to three entries in one genre or a total of three entries if entering all competitions.
Entry fee: $20 for each entry (remember that a Poetry entry is 3 poems; 100 line limit per poem).
Please make checks payable to CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW.
Each fee entitles entrant to one copy of the 2013 Winter/Spring issue of CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW, which will include the winners of these competitions, and one copy of the 2013 Summer/Fall issue of CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW, our special issue "Prairies, Plains, Mountains, & Deserts." If you send two entries with $40, we will extend your subscription an additional year; if you send three entries with $60, we will extend your subscription two additional years.
Address:
Mail entries to: CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW Literary Contests, Dept. of English, Mail Code 4503, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1000 Faner Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901. Please indicate on the outside of the envelope if an entry is "POETRY," "FICTION," or "LITERARY NONFICTION."
We do not at this time accept electronic submissions, but we hope in the future when we have our own server dedicated to submissions to offer this option. We will let you know when this becomes possible.
If you don’t find the information you’re looking for on our website, we can always be reached for information about subscriptions, current guidelines, upcoming themes, or contests by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW
Department of English
Faner Hall 2380 - Mail Code 4503
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1000 Faner Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901EMAIL: jtribble@siu.edu
PHONE: 618-453-6833
FAX: 618-453-8224