Colorado Review


Colorado Review is a national journal of contemporary short fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, and book reviews edited by Stephanie G’Schwind, Matthew Cooperman, Sasha Steensen, and Donald Revell. Published three times a year, Colorado Review has a circulation of approximately 1000, is carried by university and public libraries all over the country, and is distributed by Ingram Periodicals and Kent News to chain and independent bookstores and newsstands nationally. Work first published in Colorado Review has recently been reprinted in the Best American Poetry, the Best Creative Nonfiction, and the Best New American Voices series; the Pushcart Prize anthology; Harper’s magazine; and elsewhere.

Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction ($1,000)

2009 NELLIGAN PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION. $1,000 awarded for the winning short story, plus publication in the fall 2009 issue of Colorado Review. Deadline: postmark of March 13, 2009. Entry fee: $10. Final judge: Robert Boswell. Friends and students of the judge are ineligible to compete. Obtain complete guidelines at http://nelliganprize.colostate.edu or Nelligan Prize, Colorado Review, Department of English, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.

Deadline:3/13/2009


Colorado Prize for Poetry ($1,500)

2009 Colorado Prize for Poetry. $1500 Honorarium and Publication. Manuscripts will be accepted from October 1, 2008, through the postmark deadline of January 12, 2009. Final judge: James Longenbach. Former and current students and friends of the judge are ineligible to compete. The winning book-length manuscript will be announced in May 2009 and published by the Center for Literary Publishing in the fall of 2009. Obtain complete guidelines at http://coloradoprize.colostate.edu or Colorado Prize, Colorado Review, Department of English, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.

Deadline:1/12/2009