The Henry Dumas Prize for Fiction
Ends on
Closes: October 18
Judge: Bud Smith
Entries for The Henry Dumas Prize for Fiction should be a single prose work of fiction not exceeding 7,500 words. Entrants may submit more than once, but each new entry must be accompanied by a separate $20 entry fee.
Contest Guidelines:
- Open to English-language writers of any nation who haven’t published a full-length book and who have no book forthcoming before May 1, 2025. Writers who have self-published books remain ineligible. Writers who have already published chapbooks qualify.
- All submissions will be considered for inclusion in the print magazine.
- Only work previously unpublished in any venue will be considered.
- The contest will be judged blindly. Remove any identifying information from your submission. Submissions with identifying information will be disqualified.
- Submit your double-spaced work as a single .doc, .docx, or .pdf file.
- Close friends and previous students of the judge, as well as anyone recently affiliated with the University of Arkansas, which includes those who have studied or worked at UofA within the past 4 years, are ineligible.