Submit to the Ninth Letter Literary Awards!

Three $1000 prizes, print + web publication, and a FREE one-year print subscription to Ninth Letter.

Want to have your work considered for publication in our print issue, get a shot at one of three $1,000 prizes, and get two print issues out of the deal? Submit your work to our annual contest. Our lovely guest judges are K-Ming Chang (fiction), Derrick Austin (poetry), and Jane Wong (creative nonfiction).

Check out our full guidelines, and send us your work! We are eager for work from emerging, mid-career, and establish writers from all backgrounds. We can’t wait to read your submissions.

Winter Web Edition: de/composition

Check out our latest web edition featuring work from 14 writers completely free!
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