The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
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2025 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize: Guidelines
The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
Prize: $1,000
Final Judge: Fatimah Asghar
Recent judges include Steven Dunn, Michael Martone, Renee Gladman, Leslie Jill Patterson, Hannah Pittard, and Rita Bullwinkel.
General Guidelines
- Submissions are open January 1 – March 31.
- A fee of $20 must be paid at the time of submission.
- Open to anyone writing in English. Translations are not eligible.
- Excerpts may have been published individually in magazines or anthologies, but the work as a whole must be unpublished.
- Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, please notify TRP immediately by withdrawing the manuscript via Submittable if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- Current and former students and faculty of Sam Houston State University are not eligible.
- Family and current or former students* of the final judge or TRP staff are not eligible.
- Current and former TRP authors are not eligible.
- Submitters must be 18+ years of age.
- Submissions are accepted through Submittable only.
- Winner will receive a $1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book.
- Winner will be announced in August 2025.
*Writers who studied with the final judge or TRP staff for a semester-length period are not eligible. Writers who studied with the final judge or TRP staff for two-week residencies, single workshops, or other instances less than a semester in length are eligible, provided the work submitted is previously unseen by TRP staff or the final judge.
Manuscript Guidelines
- Novella manuscripts should have a total word count of between 15,000 and 40,000 words.
- Please include a table of contents (if applicable), title page, and page numbers.
- Please double-space and use a 12pt. font.
- Do not include an acknowledgments page.
- Submissions are judged on an anonymous basis. Please remove any identifying information from the manuscript.
- Submit as a .pdf, .docx, or .doc file format.
- No revisions will be accepted once the manuscript is uploaded.
Winner will be announced on the TRP website. http://texasreviewpress.org