Submit To Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction 2024 and Phyllis Smart-Young Prize in Poetry 2024

The Madison Review accepts contest submissions from November 1st, 2023 to January 22nd, 2024. Contests will have a submission fee of $10

Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction 2024 and Phyllis Smart-Young Prize in Poetry 2024

The Madison Review accepts contest submissions from November 1st, 2023 to January 22nd, 2024. Contests will have a submission fee of $10.

Phylis Smart-Young prize in poetry:

Phylis Smart-Young submissions should adhere to poetry submission standards, with the exception the 5-poem maximum. Submissions should be exactly three poems, no fewer and no more, with a maximum length of 15 pages.

Chris O'Malley prize in fiction:

Chris O'Malley submissions are to follow the same standards as all other fiction submissions.

Writers may submit one entry per genre (one short story and/or group of three poems). Updates on the contests can be found on our Instagram and our Twitter feed.

Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction 2024 

The finest unpublished short story is awarded $1,000 and publication in the spring issue of The Madison Review!

Submissions are accepted November 1, 2023 to January 22, 2024.

30 page maximum for short stories.  

Only one submission is allowed per person per contest.

Manuscripts must be previously unpublished and should be double-spaced, with standard 1" margins and 12 pt font.

Phyllis Smart-Young Prize in Poetry 2024

Ends on Tue, Jan 23, 2024 7:00 AM

The finest triad of previously unpublished poems will be awarded the $1,000 Phyllis-Smart Young Prize in poetry and be published in our Spring edition of The Madison Review. 

Submissions should have standard 1" margins and should not exceed 15 pages. 

Submissions are accepted November 1, 2023 through January 22, 2024.   

Only one submission is allowed per person per year.  

Submit