2020 Dogwood Literary Awards

Description

You are invited to submit to Dogwood’s annual contest, which awards $1,000 each for the best essay, story, and poem submitted during the reading period.  Finalists are chosen by the editorial staff and accepted for publication; winners are then chosen from the finalist pool by a guest judge.  All steps of the consideration process are blind.  If you are not interested in entering the contest but would like your work considered by Dogwood, please see the “non-contest submissions” below.

The annual reading period for Dogwood is  July 1-September 5. During this period, we accept contest submissions through our online submission manager run by Submittable and non-contest submissions (for free) by mail.

Please note: all of our submissions are considered anonymously; if your name remains on the manuscript, you’ll get a note from us saying we can’t consider your work until it is rendered anonymous (see contest guidelines for assistance with that). In addition, please don’t submit if you happen to be a current or former student of the editor

Contest Submission Guidelines

Fiction and Nonfiction Submission Guidelines

• Submit fiction or nonfiction up to 22 pages using this online submission manager.
• Please title your submission with the title of your piece.
• Please double space and use 12-point font.
• Include a brief bio with contact information in the cover letter field on the submission manager, but no name should appear on the mss.
• Simultaneous submissions allowed if Dogwood is notified of acceptance elsewhere.
• Previously published work is not eligible.

Poetry Submission Guidelines

• Submit one, two, or three poems (max ten pages)
• Please include all poems in one document.
• Please single space and use 12-point font.
• In the submission manager, please include the titles of all poems in your submission title (rather than “Three Poems”).
• Include a brief bio with contact information in the cover letter field on the submission manager, but no name should appear on the mss.
• Simultaneous submissions allowed if Dogwood is notified of acceptance elsewhere.
• Previously published work is not eligible.