The Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award is an annual contest from The Florida Review, a literary magazine with a long-standing commitment to innovative prose and graphic narrative. The award honors Jeanne M. Leiby, former editor of both The Florida Review and The Southern Review, and reflects her dedication to nurturing singular voices in extended forms. The contest is open to single-author chapbooks in fiction, creative nonfiction, graphic narrative, or hybrid work, with a length limit of up to 45 pages. Poetry is not considered for this award. The winning writer receives chapbook publication, 50 copies of the chapbook, and a $1,000 prize. Additionally, all entrants receive a free one-year subscription to The Florida Review, ensuring that every submission is met with a tangible engagement with the magazine's literary community. The contest is administered with a blind reading process: manuscripts must not include the author's name or other identifying information on any page, and a separate cover letter and table of contents are required. The curatorial vision favors cohesive, book-length manuscripts that demonstrate a distinctive voice and a command of form, whether through a long story or essay, a collection of shorter pieces, a flash prose sequence, or a graphic narrative in black and white. The award seeks work that is ambitious in scope yet tightly constructed, and that contributes meaningfully to the traditions of its genre while pushing against their boundaries.