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COR Student Writing Awards
in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

$500 prize in each category ~ No Entry Fee

The Charles Johnson Fiction Award

The Rafael Torch Literary Nonfiction Award

The Allison Joseph Poetry Award

One winner will be chosen in each category. The three category winners will each receive an award payment of $500 and be published in the 2013 Winter/Spring issue of Crab Orchard Review.

Guidelines: The award competition is open to all undergraduate and graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents currently enrolled full- or part-time in a U.S. college or university. There is no entry fee. Entrants may only submit one story, one nonfiction piece, or one poem. Do not submit work in more than one genre. All entries will be screened by published and accomplished writers and editors. Entries must be previously unpublished, original work written in English by a U. S. citizen or permanent resident. Simultaneous submissions are considered, but an entry is ineligible to win if accepted for publication elsewhere. Name, address, telephone number, and email address should appear only on a cover page for the entry, which should also include the title of the work and the genre of the entry—either “Poetry,” “Fiction,” or “Literary Nonfiction.” The author’s name should not appear on any subsequent page. All entries must be postmarked between February 1, 2012 and March 15, 2012. All entrants will be notified of results by email.

Page Restrictions: Prose entry length: up to 4000 words for fiction or for literary nonfiction. Poetry entry length: one poem only, up to 3 pages in length. Entrants may only submit one story, one nonfiction piece, or one poem. Do not submit work in more than one genre.

Entry Fee: Free for all undergraduate and graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents currently enrolled full- or part-time in a U.S. college or university.

Entries must be clearly addressed to: COR Student Writing Awards, Dept. of English, Mail Code 4503, Southern Illinois University, 1000 Faner Drive, Carbondale, Illinois 62901. The outside of the envelope should be marked “Poetry,” “Fiction,” or “Nonfiction.”

For More Information About:

Charles Johnson, Rafael Torch, and Allison Joseph

Winners of the Charles Johnson Student Fiction Award 2011 - 2005

These awards are co-sponsored by:

Dr. Charles Johnson

Crab Orchard Review

Southern Illinois University Carbondale College of Liberal Arts

The English Department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale