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Welcome to the SIUC Website for CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW

Crab Orchard Review is a biannual journal of creative works published by the Department of English of Southern Illinois University Carbondale featuring new fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, and book reviews of small press and university press titles.

Our new url is CrabOrchardReview.siuc.edu. Now that we have this new url operational, we will begin to implement the redesign of the entire site. We hope to have the redesign up and running by September 1, 2009. For the foreseeable future, you can also connect to this site through CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW's old url http://www.siuc.edu/~crborchd/.

The SIUC website for CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW provides links to information on calls for submissions, CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW's annual literary contests, and the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry (which is co-published with Southern Illinois University Press).

WE ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR THE CRAB ORCHARD SERIES IN POETRY FIRST BOOK AWARD COMPETITION. THE FIRST BOOK AWARD COMPETITION WILL ACCEPT ENTRIES POSTMARKED MAY 15, 2009 THROUGH JULY 1, 2009. CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE GUIDELINES.

WE HAVE NOW CLOSED THE CURRENT SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR THE MAGAZINE. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT NEW WORK UNTIL AFTER AUGUST 1, 2009. CLICK HERE FOR OUR REGULAR SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND SUBSCRIPTION AND SINGLE COPY ORDERS.

--OUR NEXT THEMATIC ISSUE WILL CELEBRATE OUR FIFTEENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION AND THE TOPIC WILL BE LAND OF LINCOLN: WRITING FROM AND ABOUT ILLINOIS. WE INVITE BOTH ILLINOIS WRITERS AND WRITING ABOUT THE PEOPLE, PLACES, PAST AND PRESENT OF ILLINOIS FOR THIS SPECIAL ISSUE. SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED BEGINNING AUGUST 1, 2009 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2009 (POSTMARK PERIOD).--

CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW's ANNUAL LITERARY CONTESTS. THE RICHARD PETERSON POETRY PRIZE, JACK DYER FICTION PRIZE, AND JOHN GUYON LITERARY NONFICTION PRIZE ARE NOW CLOSED FOR ENTRIES. WE WILL NOTIFY ALL ENTRANTS OF THE RESULTS BY JULY 30, 2009. CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE GUIDELINES.

LINKS FOR CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW:

A Letter from Allison Joseph, the Editor of CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW

Frequently Asked Questions About CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW

General Guidelines

Calls for Submissions for Upcoming Issues

CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW's annual literary contests in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction

The Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award Competition

The Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards

IF YOU DON'T FIND THE INFORMATION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ON OUR WEBSITE, WE CAN ALWAYS BE REACHED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS, CURRENT GUIDELINES, UPCOMING THEMES, OR CONTESTS BY SENDING A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE TO:

CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW

Department of English

Faner Hall 2380 - Mail Code 4503

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

1000 Faner Drive

Carbondale, IL 62901

PHONE: 618-453-6833

FAX: 618-453-8224

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