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Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award

The Florida Review is proud to announce the first annual Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award in Fiction or Graphic Narrative. For more information, write flreview@ucf.edu or call 407-823-5329.

  • Judge: David Huddle

  • Deadline: December 1, 2011

 

Prizes

 

  • First Place: $500 and chapbook publication (letter press and hand-bound by Hoopsnake Press)

  • Second Place: Tuition at Sanibel Island Writers Conference

  • Third Place: Registration for The Florida Writers Conference

 

Guidelines

 

  • Submit up to 35 pages (double spaced and in MS Word or pdf if prose fiction)

  • This is a blind-read contest. The manuscript should not have your name or other identifying information on any page

  • Submit a cover letter with your name and the title (or titles) of the submitted writing

  • Any combination of long or short stories or flash fiction will be considered

  • Graphic Narrative must be black and white and in jpeg format, up to 35 pages

  • Entry fee of $25 includes a subscription to The Florida Review

  • All submissions will be considered for publication in The Florida Review

  • Simultaneous submissions are OK as long as they are withdrawn immediately upon acceptance elsewhere

  • Submissions accepted until midnight on December 1, 2011

  • Notification of results will be posted on The Florida Review website by February 2012

  • In the unlikely event that no submitted manuscript is selected by the judge as fitting chapbook publication, only the second and third prizes will be awarded

  • Submit here to The Florida Review
via floridareview.cah.ucf.edu