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Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Univ. of Georgia Press: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

Submission Guidelines

Each year the University of Georgia Press selects two winners of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Authors of winning manuscripts receive a cash award of $1,000, and their collections are subsequently published by The Press under a standard book contract. The Press may occasionally select more than two winners.

How winning manuscripts are selected: In the first round of the competition, each manuscript is read by one judge. Each judge then selects two manuscripts to be finalists. Each judge reads all the finalist manuscripts and ranks them accordingly. These rankings determine the two winners of the award. The judging process is a blind review process, meaning that judges are not informed of the identity of the author of each manuscript.

Judges of the 2007 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction are Melissa Pritchard, Gina Ochsner, and Gary Fincke.

ELIGIBILITY

1. The competition is open to writers in English, whether published or unpublished.
2. Stories that have previously appeared in magazines or in anthologies may be included.
3. Stories previously published in a book-length collection of the author's own work may not be included.
4. Collections that include long stories or novellas are acceptable. Estimated length of a novella is between 50 and 150 pages. Novels or single novellas will not be considered.

SUBMISSION FORMAT

1. Manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, and must fall within the range of 50,000 to 75,000 words (this is roughly 200 to 275 pages). Pages must be numbered consecutively (hand-numbering is acceptable).
2. This is a blind review process. Please include the author’s name, address, phone number, email address, and the title of the manuscript on the top cover sheet. On a second cover sheet, include only the title of the manuscript.
3. The author’s name should not appear anywhere except on the top cover sheet. Any manuscript including the author’s name elsewhere (for example, at the top of each page) will be returned, and the entrant will be asked to submit a new copy of the manuscript without the name included. Do not include biographical information or a list of previous publications.
4. All manuscripts must be accompanied by a $20 submission fee. Please make checks payable to the University of Georgia Press. Only checks drawn on a U.S. bank or international money orders in U.S. funds are acceptable.
5. Photocopies are acceptable if they are legible and printed on good quality white paper. Please check photocopies carefully to avoid having to send replacement pages or stories.
6. Do not send manuscripts in binder notebooks or bulky containers. Use two rubber bands and mail in a padded envelope.
7. Retain one copy of the manuscript for your files. Manuscripts submitted to the contest will not be returned.

DATES FOR SUBMISSION

1. Manuscripts must be submitted between April 1 and May 31. (Postmark should be no later than May 31.)
2. Send manuscripts to:
   The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
   The University of Georgia Press
   330 Research Drive
   Athens GA 30602-49010

MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS

1. Manuscripts under consideration for this competition may be submitted elsewhere at the same time. Please notify us immediately, however, if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while it is under review with our press.
2. Authors may submit more than one manuscript to the competition as long as each submission is accompanied by a $20 check, meets all eligibility requirements, and does not duplicate material submitted to us in another manuscript.

CHECKLIST
In order to be considered in the competition, each submission must include the following items:

1. $20 submission fee.
2. One self-addressed stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt of materials.
3. One self-addressed stamped envelope for notification of contest results.

WINNING MANUSCRIPTS

1. Winners are usually notified before the end of November.
2. Entrants who have enclosed an SASE will receive a letter announcing the winning manuscripts.
3. Authors of winning manuscripts will be expected to submit the manuscript on disk.

STATEMENT OF INTEGRITY

The University of Georgia is thoroughly committed to academic integrity in all of its endeavors.

The University of Georgia Press adheres to all University of Georgia policies and procedures. To help ensure the integrity of the competition, manuscripts are judged through a blind review process. Judges in the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction competition are instructed to avoid conflicts of interest of all kinds.

PLEASE NOTE: THE PRESS WILL ACCEPT NO PHONE CALLS REGARDING THE FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD.