The Madison Review hosts the Phyllis Smart Young Prize in Poetry and the Chris O’Malley Prize in Fiction annually. The best unpublished short story and best group of three unpublished poems will each be awarded $1,000.00 and publication in the spring issue of The Madison Review. The Madison Review accepts short-fiction and poetry of all creative forms and content.

* All submissions must be received by February 1st, 2008. To be considered, submissions must include the following:
o an entry fee of $10.00 in the form of a check or money order payable to The Madison Review
o a business-size self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)
o a cover letter

Submissions are limited to one previously unpublished short story (30 pg. max.) or three previously unpublished poems (4 pg. each max.). All entries will be considered as submissions to The Madison Review for publication. Contest results will be announced March 15, 2008.

* Send manuscript entries and queries to:
o Phyllis Smart Young Prize in Poetry or Chris O’Malley Prize in Fiction
o C/O The Madison Review
o University of Wisconsin-Madison
o Department of English
o 600 N. Park Street
o 6193 Helen C. White Hall
o Madison, WI. 53706

mendota.english.wisc.edu/~MadRev/