Prairie Schooner Creative Nonfiction Essay Winner

“Eleven Stories of Water and Stone” by Aurvi Sharma is the winner of the 2014 Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest, selected by judge Judith Ortiz Cofer.

Sharma’s essay is featured in the Spring 2015 issue of Prairie Schooner print edition and can also be read full-text online here.

Each year from May 1 to August 1, Prairie Schooner accepts submissions to the Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest, open to all types of creative nonfiction essays, up to 5,000 words. The entry fee is $18 and gets entrants a one-year subscription to the publication. Winner receives $250 and publication in the following Spring issue. See more specific guidelines here.