Boudin Novelette Chapbook Contest – Final Judge Robert Olen Butler

2026 Boudin Novelette Chapbook Contest – Final judge: Robert Olen Butler Submit: 25-40 manuscript pages of a single story in a readable font like 12-point Times New Roman. Unpublished and original work only. Include only a title page. Prizes: The winner will receive $1,000, 25 author copies, an author-signing at AWP 2027, promotion in Boudin (“the spicy online cousin of The McNeese Review”), and a three-year subscription to The McNeese Review. The winning manuscript will be published as a special issue of The McNeese Review and distributed by TRP: The University Press of SHSU. boudin.submittable.com/submit