Hey! Submit to our contest, and please pass this on to any writers you know who might be interested. 

(In case the name of the journal is confusing— this is a magazine published at Columbia, not one meant for publishing Columbia students’ work. Past issues have included work by Matthew Derby, Eula Biss, and other such stars of my personal pantheon.)

To be repetitive and blunt: please enter, and please reblog the heck outta this.

$500 prizes in each genre: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

Plus publication in our landmark 50th issue.

Judges:

Nonfiction:
Anne Fadiman
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
National Book Critics Circle Award 1997

Fiction:
Dinaw Mengestu
How to Read the Air
The New Yorker “20 Under 40” 2010

Poetry:
Eileen Myles
Inferno: a poet’s novel
Lambda Literary Award 2010

Runners-up will be considered for publication on our website.

Entry fee is $14 and includes a copy of Journal 50.
Deadline: February 1, 2012.

Submit your work via our submission manager: https://columbiajournal.org/submissions/

Please note: after your file is uploaded, you will be automatically directed to our payment portal, which will allow you to buy a virtual “ticket” to the contest ($13 plus 75₵ processing fee).

Literary fame and cash can be yours!