The Letter Review Prize is now open in five categories: Short Fiction (up to 5000 words), Nonfiction (up to 5000 words), Poetry (up to 70 lines), Unpublished Books (including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), and Reprints (previously published works which are not avail. online).

The total yearly Prize pool is $30,000 USD. Entry fee: $20 USD (Poetry $15). Winners are published online, and in our printed Winners Anthology. 10-20 per category are shortlisted. All entries considered for publication, and submission to prestigious anthologies such as The Pushcart Prize.

Judges’ feedback is available for all entries.

We are keen to encourage quality submissions, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.