Prairie Schooner is a literary magazine published quarterly at the University of Nebraskaâ€"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).
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 â€" present) is Jamaican poet and author Kwame Dawes.
- 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. 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. Manuscripts are accepted from all living writers, including non-US citizens, writing in English.
Winners
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
- Fiction: John Keeble, Nocturnal America
- Poetry: Kathleen Flenniken, Famous
2006
- Fiction: Jesse Lee Kercheval, The Alice Stories
- Poetry: Paul Guest, Notes for My Body Double
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
- Fiction: Greg Hrbek, Destroy All Monsters
- Poetry: James Crews, The Book of What Stays
2011
- Fiction: Karen Brown, Leaf House
- Poetry: Susan Blackwell Ramsey, A Mind Like This
2012
- Fiction: Xhenet Aliu, Domesticated Wild Things
- Poetry: Orlando Ricardo Menes, Fetish
2013
- Fiction: Amina Gautier, Now We Will Be Happy
- Poetry: R. A. Villanueva, Reliquaria
References
- Stewart, Paul R., The Prairie Schooner Story: A Little Magazine's First 25 Years (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1955)
External links
- The Prairie Schooner
- Prairie Schooner Book Prize, official website.