A prize of $1,000, publication in Salt Hill Journal, and an all-expenses-paid trip to read at the University of Louisville’s annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture is given annually for a work of fabulist fiction written in the vein of Italo Calvino. Submit up to 25 pages of a short story, novel, or novella with a $25 entry fee by October 15. E-mail or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
University of Louisville, Italo Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction, Department of English, Bingham Humanities 315, Louisville, KY 40292. Paul Griner, Director of Creative Writing.