Nimrod International Journal welcomes submissions of poetry and short fiction. We publish two issues annually, and both issues contain work accepted as general submissions throughout the year. Our winter issue also features the winners and finalists of our annual Literary Awards.
Format
Each issue is approximately 130 pages, perfect bound with a four-color cover.
General Submissions
Accepted April 1-30 and November 1-30 each year. Turn-around time for general submissions is one to five months.
Prose: Work must be previously unpublished. 5,000 words maximum. Double-spaced.
Poetry: Work must be previously unpublished. 3-7 pages. One poem per page.
Payment
We pay $20 per poem/page of prose, with a maximum payment of $300. All contributors will also receive two copies of the issue in which their work appears. The First and Second Place winners of our two annual contests, the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, receive $2,000 and $1,000, respectively.
Nimrod Literary Awards
Annual contest begins January 1 and ends January 31.
Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction: 5,000 words maximum (one short story or a self-contained excerpt from a novel)
Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry: 3-8 pages. One long poem or several shorter poems.
No previously published works or works accepted for publication elsewhere. Author's name must not appear on the manuscript. Include a cover sheet with title, author's name, full address, phone, and email.
Submissions are open internationally.
All finalists will be considered for publication. In addition to publication and the prize money, winners will also be a part of an online awards ceremony and reading.
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Currently available digital issues:
Refuge, Vol. 67, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2024
Awards 45, Vol. 67, No. 1, Fall/Winter 2023
Body Language, Vol. 66, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2023
Awards 44, Vol. 66, No. 1, Fall/Winter 2022
What Now?: The Future We Make, Vol. 65, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2022
Awards 43, Vol. 65., No 1, Fall/Winter 2021
Endings and Beginnings, Vol 64, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2021
Awards 42, Vol. 64, No. 1, Fall/Winter 2020
Words on Play, Vol. 63, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2020
Awards 41, Vol. 63, No. 1, Fall/Winter 2019
Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, Vol. 62, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2019
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Please note that the availability of specific back issues is variable. You may email us at nimrod@utulsa.edu to check the availability of specific back issues, and we recommend doing so for back issues that are more than 5 years old.
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General Submission Reading Periods are April 1-30 and November 1-30.
- Up to 7 pages of poetry
- All poems should be included in a single file, no more than one poem per page
- Previously unpublished poems only
- Please include your name in the body of your manuscript
General Submission Reading Periods are April 1-30 and November 1-30.
- 5,000 words maximum
- Stories should be double-spaced
- Previously unpublished stories only
- Please include your name in the body of your manuscript