The Obsidian Prize for Nonfiction

Through a literary prize, High Desert Journal aims to explore the realm described by poet Jarold Ramsey: "I believe in an ecology of story, memory and imagination as much as an ecology of land." As an organization focused on a specific place, we at High Desert Journal have discovered that a deep hunger of readers, writers, and artists exists for place-based arts and literature. We believe every place has an ecology of story, memory, and imagination that inspires us, connects us to one another and to a place. We want to offer the best of this "ecology" through the Obsidian Prize.

• 2012 Obsidian Prize for Nonfiction
• Judged by William Kittredge
• $1,000 prize and publication in the High Desert Journal
• 5,000 word max.
• $15 entry fee
• Deadline: CHANGED!! New deadline, April 12, 2012
• Only unpublished work accepted
• For writers working in or inspired by the West. Big Sky or big city. Send us your best work.
• Submissions are only accepted via SubmishMash.
• BLIND JUDGING. DO NOT PUT CONTACT INFORMATION ON MANUSCRIPT PLEASE.
• Click here to submit.