Bellingham Review Literary Awards
Bellingham Review
Literary Awards
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Bellingham Review are given annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The 49th Parallel Poetry Award is given for a poem or group of poems of any style or length. Timothy Liu will judge. The Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction is given for a short story or novel excerpt of no more than 8,000 words. Claire Davis will judge. The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction is given for an essay of no more than 8,000 words. Dinty Moore will judge. Submit up to three poems, a short story or novel excerpt, or an essay with a $15 entry fee ($10 for each additional entry), which includes a subscription to the Bellingham Review, by March 15. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for complete guidelines. Bellingham Review, Literary Awards, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. Rose Meitzen, Managing Editor.
Posted in Ephemera, Literary Contests
February 12th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Michelle, if an award is named for someone known for a particular flavor of that genre, is it best to submit in that genre? In other words, would it be hopeless to submit anything other than an essay about nature for the contest named for Annie Dillard?
February 12th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
Hey, that’s a good question…I’ve kind of always wondered this myself. Like the Nelson Algren Award–do stories with midwestern themes have a better chance? Some prizes release the name of the judge, in which case you might be able to discern something about the particular judge’s tastes based upon what s/he has written or what journal s/he edits; I think who’s judging the contest any given year would probably (but not definitely) be a better indication of what type of material to submit. Also, maybe the spirit of the contest’s namesake is more important than the subject that person wrote about. I’m just guessing here, though!
February 22nd, 2007 at 8:24 am
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