Awarding $1,000 each in fiction and poetry and publication in the print issue of Mississippi Review

CONTEST BEGINS APRIL 2007
Our annual contest awards prizes of $1,000 in fiction and in poetry. Winners and finalists will comprise next Winter’s print issue of the national literary magazine Mississippi Review. Contest is open to all writers in English except current or former students or employees of The University of Southern Mississippi. Fiction entries should be 1000-5000 words, poetry entries should be three poems totaling 10 pages or less. There is no limit on the number of entries you may submit. Fee is $15 per entry, payable to the Mississippi Review. Each entrant will receive a copy of the prize issue. No manuscripts will be
returned. Previously published work is ineligible. Contest opens April 2006. DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 1, 2007. Winners will be announced in late January and publication is scheduled for April next year. Entries should have “MR Prize,” author name, address, phone, e-mail and title of work on page one.

KEY DATES FOR THE 2007 MR PRIZE
Contest begins: April 1, 2007
Postmark deadline: October 1, 2007
Winners announced: January 2008
Issue publication: April 2008

SEND YOUR ENTRIES TO
Mississippi Review Prize 2008
118 College Drive #5144,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-0001

The 2007 MR Prize issue is in production now and will be available in April of 2007. These are complete guidelines. For questions, e-mail rief@mississippireview.com or call 601-266-4321.