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Submission Guidelines
For 2011 Submissions
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General guidelines:
- $1,500 will be awarded for the best short story, which will be published in the fall/winter 2011 issue of Colorado Review.
- This year’s final judge is Ron Carlson; friends and students (current & former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.
- Entry fee is $15 per story; there is no limit on the number of entries you may submit.
- Stories must be previously unpublished.
- There are no theme restrictions, but stories must be under 50 pages.
- All manuscripts must be typed and double-spaced.
- Contest opens January 1, 2011.
- Deadline is the postmark of March 11, 2011.
- Winner will be announced by July 2011.
- All submissions will be considered for publication.
To submit online:
- The story title and your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address should be in your cover letter, in a separate document from your story. Be sure your name is not anywhere in the story itself.
- Submit here.
To submit via regular mail:
- Include two cover sheets: on the first, print your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and the story title; on the second, print only the story title. Your name should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript.
- Enclose a check for $15 for each story. Checks should be made out to Colorado Review.
- You may submit multiple stories in the same envelope, and the check can be made out for the total.
- Provide SASE for contest results.
- Manuscripts will not be returned. Please do not enclose extra postage for return of manuscript.
- Entries must be clearly addressed to:
Nelligan Prize – Colorado Review
9105 Campus Delivery
Department of English
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105