SUBMISSIONS
THE 2024-2025 SUBNIVEAN AWARDS | OPEN NOW
Subnivean Awards
An international literary competition
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 21
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The 2024-2025 Subnivean Awards in fiction and poetry are now open. We look forward to reading work that rocks our socks off!
"I like sugar in everything but short stories."
— Final Judge in Fiction Soma Mei Sheng Frazier
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"Frazier captures the relatable toggle between the private and the collective, between sinking into the anxieties of your life and grieving for the cruelties of the world." —The New York Times
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“There’s always something more to say.”
— Final Judge in Poetry Albert Abonado
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"Albert Abonado's poems open us up to feast and to wonder." — Chen Chen
Five finalists' work will be
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forwarded on to the final judges in poetry and fiction
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published in the May 2025 issue
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featured in a virtual event to be promoted to thousands
Two winners (one in poetry, one in fiction) will receive the above and
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a blurb by the appropriate final judge
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a $150 prize
To read judges' blurbs about previous winners' work, click here.
But what about general submissions?
Yes, we read those year-round.
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The stories and poems that we are looking for need not fit into a particular mold; rather, we're seeking work that breaks the mold, grinds it into a fine powder, pours it in a pot of water and brings it to a boil, schleps it up a steep mountainside, drizzles it across the snow and lets it cool, there, into the desired shape.
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