We invite you to experience Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction, a journal devoted to publishing notable, innovative work in nonfiction. Given the genre's flexibility and expansiveness, we welcome a variety of works ranging from personal essays and memoirs to literary journalism and personal criticism. The editors invite works that are lyrical, self-interrogative, meditative, and reflective, as well as expository, analytical, exploratory, or whimsical. In short, we encourage submissions across the full spectrum of the genre. The journal encourages a writer-to-reader conversation, one that explores the markers and boundaries of literary/creative nonfiction.
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2012 Fourth Genre Michael Steinberg Prize for Nonfiction
· A prize of $1,000 and publication in Fourth Genre is given annually for an essay.
· All finalists are considered for publication.
· Submit an essay of up to 6,000 words with a $20 entry fee between January 1 and February 28.
· Marcia Aldrich will judge 2012 contest.
Send submissions to:
Fourth Genre Michael Steinberg Essay Prize
235 Bessey Hall
Dept. of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1033
For more information, or to view past winners, visit the Fourth Genre Michael Steinberg Essay Prize page.
Fourth Genre would like to thank outgoing senior editor Marcia Aldrich for her extraordinary contributions to the journal, to the work of nonfiction, and to the field. Her support of writers and her unflagging commitment to the very highest quality of writing are unequaled.
Fourth Genre is indexed or abstracted in: Current Abstracts, IBR Literary Reference Center, Literature Online (LION), Periodical Abstracts, Project Muse, ProQuest, Scopus, and Urlichsweb.