2017 Fiction Contest

Judge: Patricia Park OPENS: January 10th! DEADLINE: March 19th! PRIZE: $400 and publication in phoebe 46.2 (online issue) ENTRY FEE: $9 SUBMISSION SIZE: 1 piece per submission, up to 5,000 words. Patricia Park is the author of the debut novel Re Jane (Viking, May 2015), a modern-day interpretation of Jane Eyre. She has written for The New York Times Book Review,…

2017 Greg Grummer Poetry Contest

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Judge: Monica Youn OPENS: January 10th! DEADLINE: March 19th! PRIZE: $400 and publication in phoebe 46.2 (online issue) ENTRY FEE: $9 SUBMISSION SIZE: 3 to 5 poems per submission, totaling no more than 10 pages. Monica Youn is the author of Blackacre (Graywolf Press 2016), Ignatz (Four Way Books 2010), which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and Barter (Graywolf…

2016 Greg Grummer Poetry Contest

Judge: Jericho Brown DEADLINE: April 9th! PRIZE: $500 and publication in Phoebe 45.2 (online issue) ENTRY FEE: $10 SUBMISSION SIZE: 3 to 5 poems per submission, totaling no more than 10 pages. Jericho Brown grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana, and worked as a speechwriter for the mayor of New Orleans before earning his PhD in literature and creative writing from…

2016 Fiction Contest

Judge: Joshua Ferris DEADLINE: April 9th! PRIZE: $500 and publication in Phoebe 45.2 (online issue) ENTRY FEE: $10 SUBMISSION SIZE: 1 piece per submission, up to 5,000 words. Joshua Ferris is the bestselling author of three novels, Then We Came to the End, The Unnamed and To Rise Again at a Decent Hour. He was a finalist for the National Book…

2016 Nonfiction Contest

Judge: Harrison Scott Key DEADLINE: April 9th! PRIZE: $500 and publication in Phoebe 45.2 (online issue) ENTRY FEE: $10 SUBMISSION SIZE: 1 piece per submission, up to 5,000 words. Harrison Scott Key is the author of the memoir The World’s Largest Man (HarperCollins), a true story about what it’s like to be related to insane people from Mississippi, including the surprise revelation,…