Barrow Street Press: 2023 Prose Book Contest
Extended Deadline: April 30, 2023
Barrow Street Press is proud to announce the 2023 Inaugural Barrow Street Prose Contest. Entry deadline extended to April 30, 2023. The 2023 Prose Contest will be judged by Mary Cappello. Our winner will receive $1,500 and the prizewinning book will be published by Barrow Street Press in 2024. This year’s contest welcomes submissions of creative nonfiction. The competition is open to all original works of creative nonfiction in English. All nonfiction subgenres are eligible: this includes personal essay; lyric essay; memoir; hybrid or experimental nonfiction; poetry in prose. (Please do not submit novels or stories, fiction manuscripts will not be read this year.) Select finalists will be considered for future publication, as funds allow. For contest queries, contact Rachel Rothenberg, Associate Editor: [email protected].