Matt Clark Prize in Fiction and Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Contest
Contest entries are now OPEN for the 2012 Matt Clark Prize in Fiction and Poetry and the 2012 Creative Nonfiction Contest.
**NOTE: EXTENDED DEADLINE!! Entries postmarked by April 7th will now be accepted for consideration!!**
About the Matt Clark Prize
Matt Clark, beloved teacher, coordinator of creative writing at Louisiana State University, and a fine short story writer at the start of his career, died of colon cancer at the age of 31. Fascinated by tall tales and urban legends, Matt was in the process of inventing a new kind of Southwest magical realism, part Mark Twain, part Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In his honor, NDR sponsors the Matt Clark Prize in fiction and poetry.
Prize: The winner in each category receives $250 and publication in NDR. Finalists will also be considered for publication.
Deadline: April 7, 2012 (postmark date)
Fiction Judge: Christopher Chambers
Poetry Judge: Bhanu Kapil
Submit:
–previously unpublished short story (up to 6,000 words) or maximum of five poems per entry
–completed entry form with all contact information
–$10 entry fee
The $10 submission fee includes the option to purchase a discounted copy of the Spring 2010 25th Anniversary Double Issue for an additional $5.
Unlimited submissions are welcome; each submission must be accompanied by $10 fee. Make checks payable to New Delta Review. Simultaneous submissions with notification are welcome.
Mail submissions to:
New Delta Review
15 Allen Hall
Department of English
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Attn: Matt Clark Contest Fiction/Poetry
About the Judges
Christopher Chambers lives in New Orleans and teaches at Loyola University where he also edits the New Orleans Review. His work has appeared widely in literary magazines, and in the anthologies Something in the Water, French Quarter Fiction, and Best American Mystery Stories. He is the author of Delta 88, a forthcoming book of short fiction.
Bhanu Kapil has written four full-length prose/poetry works, The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers (Kelsey Street Press, 2001), Incubation: A Space for Monsters (Leon Works, 2006), Humanimal: A Project for Future Children (Kelsey Street Press, 2009), and SCHIZOPHRENE (Nightboat Books, 2011). Born in the UK to Indian parents, Bhanu lives in Colorado, where she teaches in The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University.
2011 Matt Clark Prize Winners and Judges
Fiction: “Between the Cold Heart and the Blue Dudes” by Stephanie Dickinson, selected by Susan Straight
Poetry: “The Modern Hagfish in Form” by Kate Rutledge Jaffe, selected by Johannes Göransson
About the Creative Nonfiction Contest
“Nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and, often, more accessible.” –Lee Gutkind
We agree. NDR seeks pieces that activate the compelling bits of “real” life. We welcome hybrid essays that expose the insides of things to risk making language do new things. Personal essays are welcome, too. Use a slice of memoir, but also use a dose of self-awareness. Autobiographical moments which are digested and used to engage the reader, not prove something to the reader, delight us.
Prize: $150 and publication in NDR. Finalists will be considered for publication.
Deadline: April 7, 2012 (postmark date)
Judge: Mark Richard
Submit:
–previously unpublished nonfiction piece (up to 4,000 words)
–completed entry form with all contact information
–$10 entry fee
$10 entry fee includes option to purchase a discounted copy of the Spring 2010 25th Anniversary Double Issue for an additional $5.
Unlimited submissions are welcome; each submission must be accompanied by $10 fee. Make checks payable to New Delta Review. Simultaneous submissions with notification are welcome.
Mail submissions to:
New Delta Review
15 Allen Hall
Department of English
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
ABOUT THE JUDGE
Mark Richard is the author of two award-winning short story collections, The Ice at the Bottom of the World, and Charity, the novel, Fishboy and the memoir House of Prayer No. 2. His short stories and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Harper’s, Esquire, Vogue, GQ, the Paris Review, and The Oxford American. He is the recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Whiting Foundation Writer’s Award, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. His television credits include “Party of Five”, “Chicago Hope”, “Huff”, “Criminal Minds:Suspect Behavior”, “Hell on Wheels”, and movies for CBS, Showtime, and Turner Network Television. He is the screenwriter of the film Stop-Loss and teaches in the Master of Professional Writing program at the University of Southern California.
2011 Creative Nonfiction Contest Winners
“Bello Rostro de la Muerte” and “Break the Plow”, by Rachael Hanel, selected by Eula Biss.
2012 NDR Chapbook Contest
Entries are now CLOSED for NDR’s 2012 Chapbook Contest, judged by Catherine Wagner. Thanks for your submissions! Winners will be notified soon.
