SSML Annual Writing Prizes
The Jill Barnum Midwestern Heritage Prize for Literary Criticism
The David Diamond Student Writing Prize
The Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize
The Paul Somers Prize for Creative Prose
The David Diamond Student Writing Prize
The Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize
The Paul Somers Prize for Creative Prose
Eligibility:
Entries must have been presented at the SSML Annual Symposium, must never have been published or committed for publication, must be original, and must have a demonstrable Midwestern character (e.g., topic, theme, tone, imagery, as appropriate to genre). Winning entries and honorable mentions will be published in the appropriate volume of MidAmerica. Non-winning critical entries will be considered--unless you request us not to do so--for publication in MidAmerica or Midwestern Miscellany and will go through the normal peer-review process.
Deadline: June 15
Inquiries: For further information on submitting your work for consideration please contact Marilyn J. Atlas, prize coordinator, at atlas@ohio.edu or 614.237.8925.