Congratulations, recent MFA graduate!

The MFA Award is for anyone in the world who has completed an MFA in Creative Writing in the past five years (January 2020 and later). Sorry no PhD or MAs in writing. Last year's winner was Narya Deckard; her poetry collection Wolfcraft will publish in February 2025. 

We are open to the following genres written in English: novels, novellas, story collections, and poetry collections. 

 Please read the guidelines below before submitting:

· We accept books 80 pages +, excluding front and back matter.

· There is a $10 submission fee for this contest

· You will be required to upload your degree or transcript excerpt (with blocked out SSN numbers & grades) 

· Please include a cover letter with a BIO.

- Please include a brief synopsis of the work on the first page of the manuscript.  

· Simultaneous submissions are okay. Please withdraw your work immediately if it is accepted elsewhere and you wish to pursue that publication. Refunds cannot be issues for withdrawals.

· We only accept unpublished works for this submission. Sections previously published as a chapbook or individual poems or stories are acceptable, but the manuscript as a whole should be unpublished. 

· Do not include any identifying information on your manuscript. This is a blind reading. The work is judged solely on the work, not who you are or where you’re from. This award is being judged by a diverse committee of MFA graduates, professors, writers, and editors. 

· Please double-space and submit as a Word document.

· Please, human-produced work with a soul only. NO AI. 

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