May 24, 2012

Nonfiction contest: 2012 Thomas A. Wilhelmus Editors' Award

Southern Indiana Review editors will award a prize of $1500 and publication in SIR for a work of creative nonfiction submitted under the following guidelines.

Deadline: June 1

More information about the Thomas A. Wilhelmus Editors' Award:
http://www.usi.edu/sir/WilhelmusGuidelines-2012.pdf

Online submissions: http://www.usi.edu/sir/ssl/contest.aspx
Submission Guidelines


Each submission must:

Be available for exclusive publication in Vol. 19, No. 2 of SIR. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if the entry is published/accepted by another publication while under consideration, the author must promptly notify SIR in writing to withdraw the entry.

Include an entry fee of $20 ($5 for each additional entry). This non-refundable fee includes a year's subscription to SIR. Make check or money order payable toSouthern Indiana Review.

List the author's name, street address, email address (if applicable), phone number, and title of submission on a cover page.

List only the title of submission on each page thereafter.

Be fewer than 35 typed pages (12-point font) per each individual submission.

Be addressed to Thomas A Wilhelmus Editors' Award, Southern Indiana Review, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN, 47712.

Be postmarked by June 1, 2012.

Include SAS postcard for receipt acknowledgement and/or SASE for contest results. All manuscripts will be recycled. Results will be posted on the SIR web site.

Current and former students and employees of the University of Southern Indiana are not eligible for the Award.

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