CRWROPPS Post: 2020 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction

Subject: short story contest: 2020 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction

Colorado Review is accepting submissions for the 2020 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction from December 1 through March 14, 2020; the prize is given annually for the best short story.

General guidelines:

1. $2,000 will be awarded for the best short story, which will be published in the fall/winter 2020 issue of Colorado Review.

2. This year's final judge is Lori Ostlund; friends and students (current & former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni.

3.  Entry fee is $15 per story ($17 to submit online); there is no limit on the number of entries you may submit.

4. Stories must be previously unpublished.

5. There are no theme restrictions, but stories must be at least 10 and no more than 50 pages.

6. Deadline is the postmark of March 14, 2020 (note that we observe a 5-day grace period for both paper and online submissions).

7. Winner will be announced by June 2020.

8. All submissions will be considered for publication.

To submit online:

1. Submit at https://nelliganprize.submittable.com.

To submit via regular mail:

1. Include two title sheets: on the first, print your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and the story title; on the second, print only the story title. Your name should not appear anywhere else on the manuscript.

2. Enclose a check for $15 for each story. Checks should be made out to Colorado Review.

3. You may submit multiple stories in the same envelope, and a single check can be made out for the total.

4. Provide SASE for contest results.

5. Manuscripts will not be returned. Please do not enclose extra postage for return of manuscript.

6. Entries must be clearly addressed to:

Nelligan Prize - Colorado Review

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Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105

Questions? creviewATcolostateDOTedu or 970-491-5449