PUB: Indiana Review

Indiana Review's 2010 Fiction Contest
Judge: Dan Chaon

dan chaonDan Chaon is most recently the author of Await Your Reply,out this fall from Ballantine Books, as well as Among the Missing, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and You Remind Me of Me, which was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Science Monitor, and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. Dan's fiction has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, and The O. Henry Prize Stories. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in Fiction, and he was the recipient of the 2006 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Dan lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and teaches at Oberlin College, where he is the Pauline M. Delaney Professor of Creative Writing.

Contest Guidelines
POSTMARK DEADLINE: OCT. 15, 2010

Reading Fee: $15*
*Includes a one-year subscription

All entries are considered for publication.
All entries are considered anonymously.
Entry form must include name, address, phone number, and title. Entrant’s name should appear ONLY on the entry form.

Send only one story per entry, 35 double-spaced pages maximum, 12 pt. font.
Previously published works and works forthcoming elsewhere cannot be considered. Simultaneous submissions are okay, but the fee is non-refundable if accepted elsewhere. Multiple entries are okay, as long as a separate reading fee is included with each entry. Further, IR cannot consider work from anyone currently or recently affiliated with Indiana University or the prize judge.
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However, if this is impossible, please make checks payable to Indiana University.
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