Everett Southwest Literary Award

Folks, due to Covid and all its attendant issues, we’re pushing back the OPENING of the Everett to JANUARY 1st! Good news, more time! For those of you who have sent your manuscripts, we’ll hang onto them for you. More news to come! PM us with any questions.

Are you ready? Polish that prose. Sharpen your short stories. This year's contest season begins November 1st. Master short story author and former Everett SW Literary Award winner, Kelli Jo Ford, will judge. Full contest details and all the information you'll need anon!

The Everett Southwest Literary Award is thrilled to announce this year’s winners as chosen by Final Judge Rob Roensch. First place goes to Kelli Jo Ford’s Crooked Hallelujah, which unsurprisingly has just been picked up by Grove/Atlantic, and John Poch’s masterful Mass Casualty Training Exercise receives second place. Competition was fierceour thanks to everyone who submitted their work!

The Oklahoma City Launch for Hit Your Brights is coming up at Commonplace Books on February 11th. Join me if you can! Books and people and food and wine, if you're into that sort of thing. :)

You asked for it, you've got it--we've extended the deadline for the Everett Southwest Literary Award by a week. New deadline is December 22nd!

11 days left to submit! $5K and $3K awards for first and second place short story manuscripts written about or by anyone living in Texas, Oklahoma, or New Mexico. Message us for details or see the website: http://sites.uco.edu/la/english/everett/