The 33rd Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize 2023 is open for submission. Read below to know about the submission guidelines, cash prizes and deadl
JEFFREY E. SMITH EDITORS’ PRIZE 2023
The 33rd Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize 2023 is open for submission. Read below to know about the submission guidelines, cash prizes and deadlines for submissions.
$5,000 Fiction | $5,000 Nonfiction | $5,000 Poetry
Winners receive publication, promotion, and a cash prize.
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Submission Guidelines
- Submit one piece of fiction or nonfiction up to 8,500 words or any number of poems up to 10 pages. Please double-space fiction and nonfiction entries.
- Multiple submissions and simultaneous submissions are welcome, but you must pay a separate fee for each entry and withdraw the piece immediately if accepted elsewhere.
- Entries must be previously unpublished.
- Standard Entry fee: $25. Each entrant receives a one-year subscription to the Missouri Review in digital format (normal price $24) and a digital copy of the latest title in our imprint, TMR Books, a short story anthology by former contributors (normal price $7.95).
- “All Access” Entry fee: $30. In addition to the one-year digital subscription to the Missouri Review and TMR Books e-book, the “All Access” entry fee grants access to the last 10 years of digital issues and the audio recordings of each digital issue.
Eligibility Criteria
Previous winners of the Editors’ Prize and current University of Missouri students and faculty are ineligible.
Previous Editors’ Prize finalists are welcome to enter again.
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DEADLINE: October 1, 2023
Winners will be announced in early 2024
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