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.They believe every place has an ecology of story, memory, and imagination that inspires us, connects us to one another and to a place. They 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
•Only unpublished work accepted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.