Pamela Jackson
South Loop Review: Creative Nonfiction + Art
South Loop Review: Creative Nonfiction + Art is published annually by the Creative Nonfiction Program within Columbia College Chicago's English Department. The premiere issue was published in 1997 and contained some of the best student-generated work from the creative nonfiction and literature programs in the college. Beginning in 2003, South Loop Review began to solicit work nationally and engage in the public discourse on creative nonfiction by publishing creative nonfiction exclusively for a nationwide audience.
pjackson@colum.edu
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2012 SLR CNF Essay Contest:
Aug 1 -
May 1
(closed)
Creative Nonfiction:
Jan 1 -
Dec 31
(6 credits for 1 manuscript)
(6 credits for 1 manuscript)
Essays:
Jan 1 -
Dec 31
(6 credits for 1 manuscript)
(6 credits for 1 manuscript)
Poetry:
Jan 1 -
Dec 31
(6 credits for 1 poem)
(6 credits for 1 poem)
Submission Guidelines
SOUTH LOOP REVEIW IS SUSPENDING READING AND WILL NOT ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS FROM MAY 1. THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1, 2012. PLEASE CHECK BACK WITH US AT THAT TIME.
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The response time varies according to the number of submissions received.
We do not accept:
· work that is more than 20 text pages
· work that has been previously published
· more than two (2) text works per submission year
We are looking for diverse voices. We welcome essays and memoir, lyric and experimental forms, non-linear narratives and blended genre.
We recommend that you look at an issue before submitting.
GUIDELINES FOR THE 2012 CREATIVE NONFICTION CONTEST
Our 2012 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest is open to all nonfiction writers. We are looking for essays and memoir, lyric and experimental forms, non-linear narratives and blended genre.
Award: $1,000 and publication in volume 14.
Submission Fee: There is a $20 fee for each entry, plus a $4 processing fee. With your entry, you'll receive a two-year subscription to SLR.
Deadline Date: Deadline has been extended to May 1, 2012, at midnight Central Standard Time.
Judging: Ander Monson will judge the contest and the winner will be announced to the public by June 1, 2012. All writers who enter will be notified by email of the judge's decision.
Sending Work: We accept submissions only through our submission managing system: Tell It Slant (http://www.tellitslant.com). We do not accept submissions through postal services or to SLR’s email account.
If you have any questions or encounter technical difficulties, please contact Tell It Slant at http://www.tellitslant.com/home/contact or South Loop Review at southloopreview@colum.edu.
Formatting Manuscript: All manuscripts should be in 12-point type, with at least one-inch margins, and sequentially numbered pages. Your work should be double-spaced. The author’s name, address, telephone number, and email address should be typed at the top of the first page. Submitters should include a brief biographical note with their submissions.
Submissions will be accepted from August 1, 2011 to May 1, 2012. Entries must be previously unpublished and must be no longer than 20 pages.
Excerpt Sample
"Fragments of Teenage Magazines," by Kristen Radtke
All, some or none of these: The Betty, the Veronica,
the oversexed anime character, the Monet figure
forgotten for the lily pads.
These things are assumed to be true:
You are beautiful
You are straight
You beget classification
Answer the following by circling the letter that describes you most correctly. Tally up the number
of As, Bs and Cs to get your score.
