Bayou Magazine's
2008 Nonfiction Bonanza

THIS YEAR'S BONANZA IS CLOSED.

Stay tuned. We'll announce the 2008 winner soon.

This prize is for NONFICTION ONLY.

We will accept submissions for the contest from September 15th, 2008 through March 31st, 2009. To be considered for the $250 Editor's Prize, simply

• send us 7500 words or less of your finest literary nonfiction along with
• a check for $10 made payable to UNO FOUNDATION.
• You may submit as many essays to the contest as you like, but each essay must be accompanied by a $10 check.
• While we have no preference for subject matter, as always, we do not accept scholarly papers nor will we accept submissions from UNO students or faculty. Friends and relatives of the judges (our nonfiction editors) may not enter the contest.
• Manuscripts should have a cover page with the author's name, the title of the piece, and all contact information, including phone and email address.
• The rest of the manuscript should be free of any identifying information except the title, which should appear next to the page number on every page.
• Please consult our general Submission Guidelines for formatting information.

SUBMISSION TIP: If you don't have an email address, get one now, as this is how we contact all our authors.

The winner's name as well as the title of the winning piece will be posted on this website. Winner will receive $250 and will be published in the Fall 2008 issue of Bayou Magazine.

The Nonfiction Bonanza is an editor's prize and will be chosen by Bayou's nonfiction editors.  The editors are a collaborative team made up of the students and faculty of the M.F.A. in nonfiction program at The University of New Orleans.

2007 NONFICTION BONANZA RESULTS:

Bayou Magazine is pleased to announce the winner of our 2007 Nonfiction Bonanza. Selected from hundreds of essays, William Borden's "Nile River Zig Zag" has been given the Nonfiction Editor's Prize. Mr. Borden received a cash award, and his essay will be published in Issue 48.

The editors were so impressed with the submissions that they selected two additional essays for equal honorable mention. Constance Adler's "My Bayou" and Sara Levine's "What Hands Can Do" will be published in Issue 48 along with the winner of the Editor's Prize.

Thank you to all who entered, and congratulations to our winners.

Each year one published essay is nominated by our nonfiction editors for inclusion in Best American Essays.  Recently, Eric Trethewey's "The Coat," (Bayou, no. 44) was cited among "Notable Essays of 2005" listed in Best American Essays 2006.

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