Prairie Schooner

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. 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).

For prairie schooners, see covered wagon.
Prairie Schooner
DisciplineLiterature
LanguageEnglish
Edited byKwame Dawes
Publication details
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Prairie Schoon.
Indexing
ISSN0032-6682
JSTOR00326682
Links

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 1963-1980 Bernice Slote served as the editor.

Notable contributors

Prairie Schooner Book Prize

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]

Winners

Source:[4]

2003

  • Fiction: K. L. Cook, Last Call
  • Poetry: Cortney Davis, Leopold's Maneuvers

2004

  • Fiction: Brock Clarke, Carrying the Torch
  • Poetry: Rynn Williams, Adonis Garage

2005

2006

2007

  • Fiction: Katherine Vaz, Our Lady of the Artichokes and Other Portuguese-American Stories
  • Poetry: Mari L'Esperance, The Darkened Temple

2008

  • Fiction: Anne Finger, Call Me Ahab
  • Poetry: Kara Candito, Taste of Cherry

2009

  • Fiction: Ted Gilley, Bliss, And Other Short Stories
  • Poetry: Shane Book, Ceiling of Sticks

2010

2011

  • Fiction: Karen Brown, Leaf House
  • Poetry: Susan Blackwell Ramsey, A Mind Like This

2012

2013

2014

  • Fiction: Bryn Chancellor, When Are You Coming Home?
  • Poetry: Jennifer Perrine, No Confession, No Mass

2015

  • Fiction: Dustin M. Hoffman, One-Hundred Knuckled Fist
  • Poetry: Safiya Sinclair, Cannibal

2016

  • Fiction: Venita Blackburn, Black Jesus and Other Superheroes
  • Poetry: Susan Gubernat, The Zoo at Night

2017

  • Fiction: Sara Batkie, Better Times
  • Poetry: Luisa Muradyan, American Radiance

2018

  • Fiction: Liz Breazeale, Extinction Events: Stories
  • Poetry: Aria Aber, Hard Damage

References
  1. "Prairie Schooner Book Prize". Prairie Schooner. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  2. Prairie Schooner Book Prize, The Official Blog of the Western Literature Association, February 11, 2010.
  3. Robert Lee Brewer (2011). 2012 Writer's Market Deluxe Edition, Writer's Digest Books, September 2, 2011. Pg.984.
  4. "Prairie Schoone Past Winners". Prairie Schooner. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  5. Debra Worley (July 11, 2012). "UNCW graduate wins prestigious prize for fiction writing". WECT. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  6. Christian Myers (August 28, 2012). "Professor's poem collection wins book prize". The Observer. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  • Stewart, Paul R., The Prairie Schooner Story: A Little Magazine's First 25 Years (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1955)
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