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Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award

The Florida Review is proud to announce the second 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 James Poissant, author of The Heaven of Animals and Lizard Man

Deadline

Extended to December 30, 2013

Prizes

  • First Place: $1000 and chapbook publication
  • Second Place: Tuition at Sanibel Island Writers Conference and a selection of the entry considered for publication in The Florida Review
  • Third Place: Tuition at The Florida Writers Conference and a selection of the entry considered for publication in The Florida Review

Guidelines

  • Submit up to 45 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
  • 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  • Simultaneous submissions are OK as long as they are withdrawn immediately upon acceptance elsewhere
  • Online submissions will be accepted until midnight on December 30, 2013. Submissions sent by mail must have a December 30 postmark.
  • Notification of results will be posted on The Florida Review website by Summer 2014
  • 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: http://floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/chapbook.php