The submissions period for the 2016 edition is July 15 to October 16, 2015. For detailed guidelines, see the Submissions link. All published work is eligible for prizes for best work in a genre.

The Bell Jar was published less than a month before Sylvia Plath killed herself on 11 February 1963. To mark the 50th anniversary of her death, writers and poets reflect on what her work means to them