Prairie_Schooner_Book_Prize

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Prairie Schooner

US literary magazine

For prairie schooners, see covered wagon.

Prairie Schooner is a literary magazine published quarterly at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with the cooperation of UNL's English Department and the University of Nebraska Press. It is based in Lincoln, Nebraska and was first published in 1926. It was founded by Lowry Wimberly and a small group of his students, who together formed the Wordsmith Chapter of Sigma Upsilon (a national honorary literary society).

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Although many assume it is a regional magazine, it is nationally and internationally distributed and publishes writers from all over the United States and the world.

Prairie Schooner has garnered reprints, and honorable mentions in the Pushcart Prize anthologies and various of the Best American series, including Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best American Mystery Stories, and Best American Nonrequired Reading.

Editors and notable contributors

Prairie Schooner's current editor (2011–present) is Jamaican/Ghanaian poet and author Kwame Dawes. From 1963 to 1980 Bernice Slote served as the editor.

Notable contributors

Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize

The Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize is an American literary award presented yearly since 2003, one award for poetry and one award for fiction.[1] It is run by the literary magazine Prairie Schooner and University of Nebraska Press. Winners receive $3,000 and publication through the University of Nebraska Press.[2][3] Manuscripts are accepted from all living writers, including non-US citizens, writing in English.[2]

Past Winners[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Book Prize Guidelines". Prairie Schooner. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. [2]
    Prairie Schooner Book Prize, The Official Blog of the Western Literature Association, February 11, 2010.
  3. [3]
    Robert Lee Brewer (2011). 2012 Writer's Market Deluxe Edition, Writer's Digest Books, September 2, 2011. Pg.984.
  4. [4]
    "Book Prize Winners". Prairie Schooner. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
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    "Little Sinners". Prairie Schooner. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
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    Debra Worley (July 11, 2012). "UNCW graduate wins prestigious prize for fiction writing". WECT. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  7. [7]
    Christian Myers (August 28, 2012). "Professor's poem collection wins book prize". The Observer. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  8. [8]
    "Bedikian, Bassett win 2023 Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prizes". news.unl.edu. 2023-09-06. Retrieved 2024-05-09.

Further reading

  • Stewart, Paul R., The Prairie Schooner Story: A Little Magazine's First 25 Years (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1955). OCLC 2083315 LCCN 55-8931
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