- Welcome
- Editors' Prize
- Subscriptions
- Submissions
Jabberwock Review is pleased to announce the publication of our Winter 2012 issue (32.2), featuring work by Sandra Beasley, Richard Boada, Christina Camarena, Pamela Davis, Toni Graham, Tim Hedges, Brittney Scott, Maggie Smith, Adam Tavel, Suellen Wedmore, and Spencer Wise.
Announcing our first annual
Nancy D. Hargrove Editors’ Prize for Poetry.
Congratulations to Nancy Hewitt, who has won the 2012 Nancy D. Hargrove Editors' Prize for poetry. Nancy's winning poems, "Proof" and "Midway," will be featured in our Summer 2012 issue.
We have also selected two finalists, whose poems will appear in the issue:
Judd Hess, "Coyotes"
Rochelle Hurt, "Music Box"
The submission period for the Editors' Prize is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered. Guidelines for the 2013 contest will be posted at a later date.
Congratulations to our 2011 Pushcart Prize nominees!
“The Tower,” a short story by Nathan Oates
“I Know You Rider,” an essay by William Huhn
“Chrononaut,” an essay by William Bradley
“Why Bioluminescent Shrimp Remind Me of Laura,” a poem by Anna Journey
“Husky,” a poem by Michael Boccardo
“The Birds of Home,” a poem by Anthony OpalAnd congratulations to Lania Knight, whose story "Starry Night," was reprinted in the New Stories of the Midwest 2011 anthology.
Jabberwock Review is a literary journal published semi-annually by students and faculty of Mississippi State University. The journal consists of art, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from around the world. Funding is provided by the Office of the Provost, the College of Arts & Sciences, the Shackouls Honors College, the Department of English, fundraisers, and subscriptions.
For further information about Jabberwock Review, contact
Michael Kardos, Editor
Lisa McMurtray, Associate Editor
THE NANCY D. HARGROVE EDITORS’ PRIZE FOR POETRY
DEADLINE: March 15, 2012
• Winner receives $500 and publication in Jabberwock Review.
• All finalists are considered for publication.
• All entrants receive a one-year (two-issue) subscription beginning with the prize-winning issue.
• Each entry should consist of 1-3 poems. The winning entry may be for a single poem or group of poems.
• Entry Fee: $15, which includes a one-year (two-issue) subscription to Jabberwock Review. (If you enter more than once, you may either extend your subscription or give the additional subscriptions as gifts.)
HOW TO ENTER
Online:
. The site will walk you through uploading your manuscript.
Entries will be read anonymously (blindly). For that reason, do not include any identifying information on the manuscript.
The website will prompt you to pay the entry fee through a secure online credit-card payment.
All manuscripts uploaded by 11:59 p.m. on March 15 will be considered.
By Mail:
Mail in each paper manuscript along with a $15 check for each entry made payable to “Jabberwock Review.” Check must draw from a US bank.
Each entry should include a cover page with the entrant’s name, address, e-mail, and telephone number. The Editors’ prize will be read blindly. For that reason, do not include any identifying information on the manuscript itself.
Mail manuscript and entry fee payment together to
Editors’ Prize
Jabberwock Review/Editors’ Prize
Department of English
Drawer E
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Manuscript and entry fee must be postmarked by March. 15, 2012.
No SASE required. Winner and finalists will be posted at www.jabberwock.org.msstate.edu on or before June 1.
PLEASE NOTE:
• All manuscripts must be original and previously unpublished.
• Simultaneous submissions are welcome; if your work is accepted elsewhere, please notify us right away at jabberwockreview@english.msstate.edu.
• Current students or staff of Mississippi State University are ineligible for the Editors’ Prize.
PROCEDURES:
All manuscripts entered are read anonymously. If there is any identifying information, it is removed. Manuscripts are only identified by number and title while they are being reviewed. The Jabberwock Review’s editorial staff will consider all manuscripts submitted according to these guidelines, and will select one winner and as many as 10 finalists.
Questions? Please drop us a line at jabberwockreview@english.msstate.edu.
We look forward to reading your work!
To subscribe to one year (two issues, $15.00) of Jabberwock Review, or to purchase a single issue($8.00), please CLICK HERE or send a check made payable to Jabberwock Review to: Subscriptions Jabberwock Review publishes a Winter and a Summer issue each year. |
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- Submissions will be accepted only from August 15 to October 20 and January 15 to March 15. Submissions received at other times will be returned unopened.
- Submissions should include a cover letter containing the author's name, address, phone number, email address, and a brief biographical statement.
- Please remember to include a stamped, self-addressed envelope (SASE) with your submissions.
- Please submit no more than 1 story or no more than 5 poems at a time.
- Manuscripts should be typed on one side only of 8 ½ x 11 white paper.
- The author's name and address(es) should appear on the first page of the manuscript, with each poem, or on the back of each piece of artwork.
- Poems of multiple pages should indicate whether or not stanza breaks accompany page breaks.
- Art will be published in black and white but may be submitted in color.
- Simultaneous submissions should be noted as such, and Jabberwock Review should be notified immediately in the event that the work is accepted elsewhere.
- Please do not send another submission until you have received a response on the first. Additional manuscripts will be returned unread.
- We will try to respond in three months. If you have not heard from us in five months, feel free to contact us about the status of your submission.
- Rights revert to the author upon publication, but please acknowledge Jabberwock Review in any future publications.
- Jabberwock Review welcomes all forms and styles of writing, from traditional to experimental.
Address submissions to appropriate editor (art, fiction, non-fiction, poetry) and mail to:
Jabberwock Review
Department of English
Mississippi State University
Drawer E
Mississippi State, MS 39762
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