Lamar York Prize for Fiction - $15.00
One prize of $1,000.00 and publication in The Chattahoochee Review is awarded to a winning story in the annual Lamar York Prize for Fiction, which honors the founder and former editor of The Chattahoochee Review.
Send one story of up to 5,000 words, double-spaced.
Entries must be postmarked or submitted between October 1 and January 31. All entries will be considered for publication.
Submissions are judged anonymously. Please include a cover letter with the entry’s title and entrant’s name, address, and phone number. Remove identifying information from the submission. We would greatly appreciate a note letting us know how you heard about the contest in your cover letter.
Simultaneous submissions are discouraged but permissible, though we ask to be notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere (gpccr@gpc.edu).
An entry fee of $15 (nonrefundable) includes a one-year subscription to The Chattahoochee Review beginning with the Spring 2013 issue. Each additional entry requires a separate fee but may include a gift subscription; please make a note with payment.
No theoretical, scholarly, or critical essays will be considered, but all other approaches and topics are welcome. Only unpublished essays and stories will be considered. While manuscripts will not be returned, authors may include a stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of receipt of manuscript.
Winners will be announced on TCR’s website in March and published in the Spring 2013 issue.
The editors support the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses Contest Code of Ethics, and will judge the prizes this year. The Editor and an outside judge in each category will make the final decisions. Faculty of GPC, former students of the editors, and close friends or associates should refrain from submitting. GO HERE TO SUBMIT