Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Award 2027 — $1,000 and Publication of a Prose or Graphic Narrative Chapbook (The Florida Review)
Orlando, FL, USA (University of Central Florida; online entry)Free: the link to apply at the organiser and a reminder before the deadline.
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The Florida Review, the literary journal of the University of Central Florida, honours its former editor Jeanne Leiby each year with the publication of a prose or graphic narrative chapbook.
Benefits
The winner receives chapbook publication, 50 copies of the chapbook and $1,000 upon publication (scheduled for November 2027). All entrants receive a one-year subscription to The Florida Review, and all entries are considered for excerpt publication in The Florida Review or Aquifer. Winners and… Read more
Eligibility
Writers and graphic narrative artists submitting up to 45 pages of prose (stories, essays, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid work) or black-and-white graphic narrative; no poetry. Pieces may have appeared in journals or anthologies but not in a single-author collection or chapbook.… Read more
Dates & details
- Deadline
- contest open 1 September 2026 – 7 January 2027, via Submittable
- Results
- May 2027
- Costs to the artist
- $25 entry fee
Free: the link to apply at the organiser and a reminder before the deadline.