University of North Texas

The winner of this annual award will receive $1000 and publication by UNT Press. Entries will be judged by an eminent writer.

Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction

Entries must be a collection of any combination of flash fiction, short stories, or novellas, from 100 to 200 book pages in length (word count between 27,500 and 50,000). 

Material should be previously unpublished in book form. Once a winner is declared and contracted for publication, UNT Press will hold the rights to the stories in the winning collection. They may no longer be under consideration for serial publication elsewhere and must be withdrawn by the author from consideration.

Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction

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