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Rules This annual award is given to the
manuscript collection of short fiction selected by an independent judge to
be the best submitted. The winning author will receive publication under a
standard book contract that includes a cash prize of $1,500 as an advance
against royalties. The winner and finalists will be announced
in May.
Eligibility Requirements
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Submissions may include short stories, novellas, or a combination
of both (but a single novella is not an eligible submission).
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The competition is open to all writers in English.
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Previously published stories or novellas may
be included in the manuscript.
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Current students and employees of The Ohio State University
are ineligible.
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Manuscripts must be between 150 and 300 typed pages (approx.
40,000 to 80,000 words).
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Individual stories or novellas in the collection may not exceed 125 pages (approx. 35,000 words).
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No translations unless done entirely by the author.
Submission Format
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Manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, on quality white
8 1/2" x 11" paper, 250–300 words per page, one side only, pages numbered consecutively.
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Crisp photocopies are acceptable.
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Your identity is not revealed to the judges, so
your name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Instead, please include the following
with your submission:
- a cover sheet with name, street and email address, and
phone numbers
- an acknowledgement page with publication history for
any previously published work
- a title page listing title and approx. word count
- a table of contents page listing only the stories and/or
novellas and page number
- Include a self-addressed stamped envelope so we can notify
you of the contest results.
- Include a self-addressed stamped postcard if you wish to
receive confirmation of receipt of your manuscript.
- OSU Press assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged manuscripts.
- Do not send your only copy. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Deadline information
Manuscripts must be postmarked in the month of
January and
be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $20 (U.S. dollars). Send check
or money order (no cash) made payable to The Ohio State University.
Mail to Fiction Editor
The Ohio State University Press
180 Pressey Hall
1070 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1002
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 2009
Winner
Matt Debenham
The Book of Right and Wrong
Matt Debenham’s fiction has been published in Painted Bride Quarterly, North Atlantic Review, Dogwood, Weston Magazine, The Pinch, and Roanoke Review. He was Peter Taylor Scholar at the 2007 Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and has been the recipient of a fiction fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. He holds an MFA in Fiction Writing and Literature from the Bennington Writing Seminars and a BS in Film from Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts. He lives with his wife, Caissie St. Onge, and their two sons in Connecticut, where he works in educational sales.
And congratulations to the runners-up for 2009:
Gregory Spatz, Time Trials
Kent Nelson, The Spirit Bird
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