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Sequoia Nagamatsu is reading Red Moon by Ben Percy and Inter-Ice Age Four by Kobo Abe October 16, 2013 - 1:31pm

The Psychopomp Magazine Short Fiction Award recognizes outstanding pieces of fiction that push the boundaries of genre and/or form. A sci-fi thriller with heart as a choose your own adventure? A movie monster with marital problems? Your imaginary friend re-imagined? Surprise us. Show us something we’ve never seen before. Note: As with our regular submissions, we ARE open to realist fiction and work that may veer towards the hard genre but are most interested in stories that work between these realms and/or is innovative in the way a story is told. 6,000 word max. $15 entry fee. 

First Place: $500 and publication online and in our prize chapbook

Second Place: Publication online and in our prize chapbook

Up to three finalists will also be considered for publication on our site.

~Winners and finalists will also have the opportunity to speak about their submission as part of a contest special features section. ~

FINAL JUDGE: Timothy Schaffert

Timothy Schaffert is the author of five novels, most recently The Swan Gondola (forthcoming from Riverhead/Penguin in February). He is also the author of: The Coffins of Little Hope (Indie Next pick; starred review from Publishers Weekly);Devils in the Sugar Shop (New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice); The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God (Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick); and The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters (currently in development as a feature film). He has won the Henfield Award and the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, and has been short-listed for the O. Henry Prize; his story, “Lady of the Burlesque Ballet” was listed as notable in Best American Short Stories 2013. He teaches in the English Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and serves as a contributing editor for Fairy Tale Review and director of the (downtown) omaha lit fest.

https://psychopompmagazine.submittable.com/submit (for further guidelines and to submit)