The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry | Danahy Fiction Prize
The Danahy Fiction Prize
Hardback Book Publication • $2,000 Award • Selected Poems in Tampa Review
Winning manuscripts are issued in both hardback and paperback editions & authors receive royalties on sales in addition to the cash award. Past winners include Jordan Smith, Julia B. Levine, Sarah Maclay, Lance Larsen, Jane Ellen Glasser, Steve Kowit, and Kent Shaw, and range from first books to new titles by well-published poets.
Guidelines for Submission
- Manuscripts must be previously unpublished. Some or all of the poems in the collection may have appeared in periodicals, chapbooks, or anthologies, but these must be identified.
- Manuscripts should be typed, with pages consecutively numbered. Clear photocopies are acceptable. Manuscripts must be at least 48 typed pages; we prefer a length of 60-100 pages but will also consider submissions falling outside this range.
- Please submit your manuscript as loose pages held only by a removable clip or rubber band and enclosed in a standard file folder. Do not staple or bind your manuscript.
- Entries should include a separate title page with author’s name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (if available).
- Entries must include a table of contents and a separate acknowledgments page (or pages) identifying prior publication credits.
- Submissions must be postmarked by Dec. 31. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but the University of Tampa Press must be notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- Include a nonrefundable handling fee of $25 for each manuscript submitted. Make check or money order payable to “University of Tampa Press.”
- The winning entry will be announced in the subsequent spring, usually by May 15. Enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard for notification of receipt of manuscript, and a stamped, self-addressed envelope for notification of contest results. No manuscripts will be returned; the paper will be recycled. All contestants enclosing SASE will be notified following the final selection.
Manuscripts should be sent to:
The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry
University of Tampa Press
401 West Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33606-1490
The Danahy Fiction Prize is an award of $1,000 and publication in Tampa Review given annually for a previously unpublished work of short fiction. Submissions between 500 and 5,000 words are preferred; manuscripts falling slightly outside this range will also be considered. Tampa Review editors will judge, and all entries will be considered for publication.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced and include a cover page with author’s name, mailing address, and other contact information, plus a total word count for the manuscript. Enclose a $15 entry fee payable to “Tampa Review.” All entrants receive a one-year subscription to Tampa Review. Entries must be postmarked by November 1 and mailed to:
Tampa Review
Danahy Fiction Prize
The University of Tampa
401 West Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33606-1490
