PUB: Mary C. Mohr Editors' Award

2011 Mary C. Mohr Editors' Award Guidelines

Southern Indiana Review will award a prize of $1500 for a short story, novella, or stand-alone novel excerpt submitted under the following guidelines. Each submission must:

  • Be available for exclusive publication in Vol. 19, No. 1 of SIR. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if the entry is published/accepted by another publication while under consideration, the author must promptly notify SIR in writing to withdraw the entry.
     
  • Include an entry fee of $20 ($5 for each additional entry). This non-refundable fee includes a year's subscription to SIR. Make check or money order payable to Southern Indiana Review.

  • List the author’s name, street address, email address (if applicable), phone number, and title of submission on a cover page.

  • List only the title of submission on each page thereafter.

  • Be fewer than 40 typed pages (12-point font) per each individual submission.

  • Be addressed to Mary C. Mohr Editors' Award, Southern Indiana Review, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN, 47712.

  • Be postmarked by October 1, 2011.

  • Include SAS postcard for receipt acknowledgement and/or SASE for contest results. All manuscripts will be recycled. Results will be posted on the SIR web site.

  • Current and former students and employees of the University of Southern Indiana are not eligible for the Award.
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