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The Payton James Freeman Essay Prize
The page announces the Payton James Freeman Essay Prize, a contest for unpublished nonfiction essays of up to 3,500 words on the theme of what comes after an unhappy ending. Drake University students and faculty choose the finalists, Cheryl Strayed selects the winner, and the winner receives $500, publication in The Rumpus, and an invitation to read at Drake University in February 2015. The contest honors Payton James Freeman, who died from Spinal Muscular Atrophy after living about five and a half years, and entries were due through Submittable by September 30, 2014.
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