Deadline: 30 November 2024
The J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction is looking for carefully crafted short stories with vivid characters who encounter grace in everyday settings they want to see who, in the age they live in, might have one foot in this world and one in the next.
Prize Information
- 1st place: $700
- 2nd place: $300
- Up to 8 honorable mentions: publication in the journal and a one-year subscription
Application Requirements
- Only one submission per author will be accepted.
- Please do not submit any previously published work.
- Simultaneous submissions are welcome, but please withdraw your work immediately if it is accepted elsewhere.
- Please include in your contact information, including e-mail and mailing address, in your cover letter, as well as one or two lines with your biographical information as you would like it to appear if published.
- The word limit is 8,000 words. Longer submissions will be returned unread.
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