The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction

1st Prize: $1,000

Final Judge: Sheila Bender

Deadline: Submissions must be entered between December 1, 2011, and March 15, 2012.

All manuscripts will be read blindly; readers and editors will not see a contestant’s name or cover letter. The author’s name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript.

Maximum length for prose is 6,000 words. No previously published works, or works accepted for publication, are eligible. Work may be under consideration elsewhere, but MUST be withdrawn from the competition if accepted for publication. Current students, faculty or staff of WWU are not eligible to enter the contests. If you know the contest judge personally, please refrain from entering the contest.

Winners will be announced by July, 2012.

Complete guidelines here:  Bellingham Review