Ninth Letter is pleased to announce our ninth annual Literary Awards call for submissions! We'll be accepting entries from March 8, 2022 to April 30, 2022 for our Literary Awards in three categories: Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction. $1000 prize + publication in the Fall/Winter 2022-23 edition of 9L. Judges are Emily Pittinos (creative nonfiction), Alex McElroy (fiction), and Anthony Cody (poetry). Full guidelines here.
Featuring new work from: Diane Seuss, Nancy Reddy, Jihyun Yun, Chad Davidson, Christine Hume, Josh Bell, Kevin Latimer, and more! Plus, the winners of our 2021 Literary Awards!
This project is partially supported by the Illinois Arts Council
Featuring new work from Allison S. Kingsley, Holden Wright, Liz Ulin, Gabrielle Griot, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Samantha Blysse Haviland, Sonya Lara, V. Batyko, Anne Marie Wells, Margaret Ezra Zhang, Neha Maqsood, AE Hines