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General submissions are currently closed. Check back in October for more information.
Prairie Schooner publishes literary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, and accepts unsolicited manuscripts during open periods of submission (dates to be announced). We do not consider work that has been previously published, including work that has appeared online, and while we do consider work that has been simultaneously submitted to other journals, we request that you withdraw the piece immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. We do consider translations of work that have not been published prior in English.
For poetry, send a selection of up to seven poems contained within a single document. For fiction and essays, send only one selection at a time. To withdraw an individual poem from consideration, please send us a message through Submittable. To withdraw an essay or short story, please withdraw the full manuscript.
We prefer electronic submissions via Submittable. If you are only able to submit via mail, please click on “Contact” above for our address.
We encourage you to read Prairie Schooner before you submit. Why not subscribe? Or, consider purchasing back issues or the current issue.
Prairie Schooner Book Prize Contest:
For information on submitting a book-length manuscript to our Book Series competition, which runs January 15th to March 15th each year, please click here.
Annual Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest:
Each year from May 15th to August 1st, 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 $20. Winner receives $1,000 and publication in the following Spring issue.
More information about submissions here.