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Prose: Work must be previously unpublished. 5,000 words maximum.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Poetry: Work must be previously unpublished. 3-7 pages.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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If you live outside the U.S. and would like to subscribe to Nimrod, please email nimrod@utulsa.edu with your mailing address. We will then send you specific information about the shipping cost for your subscription and a link to subscribe.
Order a digital sample issue to acquaint yourself with the journal or a specific back issue of interest to you. All digital issues are in PDF format.
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
Order sample print issue(s) to acquaint yourself with the journal or specific back issues of interest to you.
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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The Nimrod Literary Awards: The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry
First Prize: $2,000 and publication
Second Prize: $1,000 and publication
The winners will also take part in a virtual Awards Ceremony and reading in the autumn of 2025. Work by all finalists will be published and paid at our standard publication rate. In the poetry category, work by semi-finalists will also be published and paid at our standard publication rate. The final judge for the 2025 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry is
Contest Rules Contest begins: January 1, 2025 Postmark Deadline: January 31, 2025
Poetry: 3-8 pages of poetry (one long poem or several short poems) No previously published works or works accepted for publication elsewhere. Author’s name must not appear on the manuscript. Include a cover sheet containing titles, author’s name, full address, phone number, and email. The Nimrod Literary Awards are open internationally. Multiple submissions are acceptable.
Online Entry Fee: Each entry must each be accompanied by an entry fee of $25, which includes both entry fee & a one-year subscription (two issues). Writers may submit multiple entries and/or in multiple categories, but each entry must include its own fee.
Postal Submissions: Submissions are also accepted by post. “Contest Entry” should be clearly indicated on both the outer envelope and the cover sheet. Manuscripts should be stapled, if possible; if not, please bind with a heavy clip. Manuscripts will not be returned. Include SASE for results only. If no SASE is sent, no contest results will be sent; however, the results will be posted on Nimrod’s website. Postal submissions have an entry fee of $20 per entry.
Mail to: Nimrod International Journal Literary Contest–Fiction or Poetry (indicate the appropriate category) The University of Tulsa 800 S. Tucker Dr. Tulsa, OK 74104
Questions: nimrod@utulsa.edu
Please note: We do not provide fee waivers for either of our contest. We do provide them for general and thematic submissions if the Submittable fee or postage would pose a substantial burden for the author.
The Nimrod Literary Awards: The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction
First Prize: $2,000 and publication
Second Prize: $1,000 and publication
The winners will also take part in a virtual Awards Ceremony and reading in the autumn of 2025. All finalists will be published and paid at our standard publication rate.
The 2025 final judge for fiction is .
Contest Rules
Contest begins: January 1, 2025
Postmark Deadline: January 31, 2025
- 7,500 words maximum (one short story or a self-contained excerpt from a novel)
- No previously published works or works accepted for publication elsewhere.
- Author’s name must not appear on the manuscript.
- In the Cover Letter field, provide the author’s name, full address, phone number, and email; title of the submission; and a short biographical statement.
The Nimrod Literary Awards are open internationally. Multiple submissions are acceptable.
Online Entry Fee: Each entry must each be accompanied by an entry fee of $25, which includes the entry fee, Submittable's fee, and a one-year subscription (two issues). Writers may submit multiple entries and/or in multiple categories, but each entry must include its own fee.
Postal Submissions: Submissions are also accepted by post. “Contest Entry” should be clearly indicated on both the outer envelope and the cover sheet. Manuscripts should be stapled, if possible; if not, please bind with a heavy clip. Manuscripts will not be returned. Include SASE for results only. If no SASE is sent, no contest results will be sent; however, the results will be posted on Nimrod’s website. Postal submissions have an entry fee of $20 per entry.
Mail to:
Nimrod International Journal
Literary Contest–Fiction
The University of Tulsa
800 S. Tucker Dr.
Tulsa, OK 74104
Questions: nimrod@utulsa.edu
Please note: We do not provide fee waivers for either of our contests, and we do not make exceptions. We do provide them for general and thematic submissions if the Submittable fee or postage would pose a substantial burden to the author.