The Chicago Literary Awards are awarded annually and have been sponsored by ACM since 1998.

2005 chicago literary awards winners

Fiction
Mark S. Lindensmith for his fiction piece "Mark Twain"

Poetry
Ellen Wehle for her poem "Face"

2004 chicago literary awards winners

Fiction
Marla Becking for her story "How to House a Woman"

Poetry
Yerra Sugarman for her poem "Getting Back to the Matter of Day and Night"

Poetry
Julie Marie Wade for her poem "Y"

2003 chicago literary awards winners

Fiction
Suzanne Rivecca for her story "Life-Drawing"
Judged by Alan Cheuse

Poetry
Ada Limon for her poem "The Highway"
Judged by Wanda Coleman

2002 chicago literary awards winners

Poetry
Jude Nutter of St. Paul Minnesota for her poem "Love Walking Out of the Room"
Judged by Diane Wakoski

Fiction
Serena Crawford of Portland, Oregon for her story "Kippy's Return".
Judged by Rosellen Brown

Both winners receive $1000 and are featured in ACM #41, which can be ordered here.

2006 chicago literary awards submissions guidelines

• Fiction Prize: $1,000 & publication in ACM
  Poetry Prize: $1,000 & publication in ACM


• Judges: Charles Baxter in Fiction, Calvin Forbes in Poetry, and new this year Robin Hemley in Creative Nonfiction


• Deadline postmarked May 1, 2006


• Entry fees:

$12 / story, 6500 words maximum
$12 / set of 3 poems, 300 lines total per entry
$5 / each additional poem up to 100 lines


• Checks payable to Left Field Press


• No names on entries. Include cover page with name, address, e-mail address, phone number, titles, word count for fiction and creative nonfiction entries and line count for poetry


• Entries will not be returned


• If you wish, include SASE for notification of winners and/or SAS postcard for acknowledgement of entry. No certified mail, please


• Notification by August 1, 2006


• No previously published work eligible; ACM must be notified of simultaneous submissions & work must be withdrawn if accepted elsewhere

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