Nimrod/Hardman Literary Awards
Nimrod International
Journal — Writers’ Guidelines
Subjects :
High-quality, literary poetry, prose and short essays. Two issues annually.
Spring issue: thematic, theme announced preceding fall. Previous themes have
included Writers of Age, Range of Light: The Americas, Australia, From Time
to Time,Islands, and Crossing Borders. Nimrod has also devoted numerous
issues to emerging writers from several countries.
Format:
Each issue is approx. 190 pages, perfect bound, four-color cover.
Alternate Formats:
Audio cassette and portions on Nimrod’s Web site:
http://www.utulsa.edu/nimrod
Subscriptions:
$17.50 – one year (outside USA $19); $30 – two years (outside USA $36);
institution rates: $30 – one year (outside USA $36). Subscription form on
Web site; download, print, and mail.
Sample Issues:
$10 each. Please send check or money order.
Payment:
Always pays with two contributors’ copies. Winners of Nimrod/Hardman Awards
receive $2,000 first prize, $1,000 second prize and publication.
Nimrod/Hardman Awards:
Annual contest begins January 1 and ends approximately April 30. Send SASE
or email for complete rules.
Over-the-Transom Submissions:
Accepted year ’round. Send SASE for notification and/or return of
manuscript. Turn-around time for over-the-transom submissions is one to
three months. Send SASE for guidelines, upcoming themes and contest
guidelines.
Fiction: Work must be previously unpublished. 7,500 words maximum. Vigorous,
fresh writing; characters should be well-developed and believable. Dialogue
should be realistic without being banal.
Poetry: Work must be previously unpublished. 3-10 pages. Poetry open to all
styles and sub j ects. We seek poems that go beyond one word or image, honor
the impulse to reveal a truth about, or persuasive version of, the inner and
outer worlds.
Reading a sample issue before submitting a manuscript is recommended.
Manuscript Format:
Fiction: double spaced, 1” margins on all sides, word processed, one side of
plain white paper only. Poetry: word processed.
Submit To:
Nimrod International Journal
University of Tulsa
800 South Tucker Drive
Tulsa, OK 74104
Nimrod does not accept e-mail transmissions unless the writer lives overseas
and has unreliable mail service.