The Crazyhorse Fiction Prize
and the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize:

$2000 each and publication in Crazyhorse.

Each year Crazyhorse offers the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize for a single short story and the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize for a single poem. The prize awards are currently $2000 for each genre, and the winning poem and piece of prose are published in Crazyhorse.  

To enter:

To enter, please mail a manuscript of up to twenty-five pages of fiction or up to three poems (up to 10 pages poetry).

All manuscripts must be original and unpublished. All entries are considered for publication.

Include a self-addressed stamped envelope for notification of winners; entry manuscripts can not be returned; receipt of entry can only be confirmed by self-addressed stamped postcard or by USPS delivery confirmation.

Each entry should have a cover page placed on the top of the manuscript with the entrant’s name, address, e-mail, and telephone number; please do not include identifying information on the manuscript itself.

For each fiction or poetry entry, please enclose a reading fee that includes a one-year/two-issue subscription to Crazyhorse: $15 for new entrants, $12 for renewing entrants (indicate you are renewing on your cover page).
For each additional fiction or poetry entry sent, your subscription to Crazyhorse will extend by one year.

Include reading fee payment with each entry: a check written out to “Crazyhorse” or the following Mastercard, Visa, or Amex information printed on your cover page: card type, name as it appears on card, card number, expiration date, signature, ZIP of card billing address, phone number of card billing address. The charge will appear on your card statement as “College of Charleston."

Entries are accepted from Sept. 1 to Dec. 16, 2006. Winners will be announced by April 30, 2007.


The postmark deadline for this year's prizes is December 16, 2006.

Send your entry to:

Crazyhorse Fiction Prize / The Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize
Crazyhorse

Department of English
College of Charleston
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424
U.S.A.