Writers of short fiction, the window is open for submitting manuscripts for the 2018 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Manuscripts may be submitted between 9:00 a.m. on April 1 and 5:00 p.m. on May 31. The winner will be announced by late summer.
Visit the series page for guidelines and information on the review process and a list of some of the winning collections from the past 30+ years. Winners join the esteemed company of writers like Ha Jin, Antonya Nelson, Rita Ciresi, and Mary Hood.
This year’s series editor is Lee K. Abbott, and the judges are Tom Andes, Matt Cashion, Kris Faatz, K.K. Fox, and Mary Tabor.