Submission Guidelines

Southern Indiana Review will award a prize of $2000 and publication in SIR for a work of creative nonfiction written in English submitted under the following guidelines.

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Each submission must:

• Be available for exclusive publication in Vol. 22, No. 2 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 submitted). This non-refundable fee includes a year’s subscription to SIR. Make check or money order payable to Southern Indiana Review. Please do not send cash.

• 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 35 typed pages (12-point font) per each individual submission.

• Be addressed to Southern Indiana Review, Thomas A. Wilhelmus Award, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN, 47712.

• Be postmarked or electronically uploaded by June 1, 2015.

• 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 of Elena Passarello (excluding conference/short-term workshops) are not eligible for the Award.

• Current and former students and employees of the University of Southern Indiana are not eligible for the Award.
  All contest submissions will be considered for publication. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible. Handwritten submissions will not be accepted. All rights revert to the writer upon publication.