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Updated May 20th, 2009
Rating-big-rating-one
fee: $25, prize $2500, Deadline is March 31st, 2010

Each year, the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) invites publishers to nominate book-length translations, published in the preceding calendar year, for the ALTA National Translation Award. The award-winning book and translator are announced and featured at the annual ALTA conference held each fall, and a press release is distributed to selected major publications. The translator selected for this award receives a cash gift, currently set at $2500.

To be eligible for the award, a translation must have been published during the preceding calendar year by a U.S. or Canadian publisher and must be a book-length work, in English, of fiction, poetry, drama, or creative non-fiction (literary criticism and philosophy are not eligible). For nominated books selected as finalists, publishers will be asked to provide an original-language version of the text; any finalist for which no original-language version is provided will be excluded from further consideration.

The criteria for judging the award are: (1) the significance of the literary contribution of the original as well as of the translation; and (2) the success of the translation in recreating the artistry of the original. Translations of contemporary works will receive preference, although important retranslations or first-time translations of older works will also be considered to the degree that they make significant contributions to literature.

The deadline for nominating books published in the preceding calendar year is March 31. For each nominated book, send a letter of nomination, four copies of the book, and a $25 entry fee

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looking for: Non-Fiction Book

specifically: Translation
 
 
Updated October 14th, 2009
Rating-big-rating-three
fee: $12, word count: <5000, prize $2000, Deadline is March 31st, 2010

Welcome to Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. Any type of original short story, essay or other work of prose is eligible. Judge: John H. Reid

Submit: Short stories, essays or other works of prose, up to 5,000 words each. There are no restrictions on style or theme. Each entry should be your own original work. You may submit the same work simultaneously to this contest and to others, and you may submit works that have been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights.

First prize: $2,000. Second prize: $1,000. Third prize: $500. Fourth prize: $250. There will also be five High Distinction Awards of $200 each, and five Most Highly Commended Awards of $100 each.

Please include a cover sheet with your submission. It should note your name, address, phone number, email address (if you have one) and the titles of your entries.

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looking for: Article

 
 
Updated October 14th, 2009
Rating-big-rating-one
fee: no fee, prize $1000, Deadline is May 01st, 2010

The Committee on Honors and Awards of the Modern Language Association is pleased to invite authors to compete for the seventh annual William Sanders Scarborough Prize. A distinguished man of letters and former university president, William Sanders Scarborough was the first African American member of the Modern Language Association. He exemplified the life of the mind combined with community service.

Established in 2001, the prize is awarded annually for an outstanding scholarly study of African American literature or culture published the previous year. Books that are primarily translations will not be considered. The prize will be presented to the winning author at the association's annual convention in January 2011.

To enter a book into the competition, authors or publishers should send four copies and a letter identifying the work.


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looking for: Non-Fiction Book

specifically: African-American
 
 
Updated October 21st, 2009
Rating-big-rating-one
fee: $15, word count: < 5000, prize $150, Deadline is May 01st, 2010

Submissions via an online form ONLY.

The Broken Bridge Folio Series is a quarterly contest meant to carry on the spirit of the now defunct Broken Bridge Review, whose mission was “to provide emerging writers with a venue for publication at once competitive, respected, edgy, and beautiful.” At the time of its demise, BBR had moved from an annual review of poetry and fiction to a quarterly folio series.

A folio lives somewhere between a broadside and a chapbook, containing 10-16 pages of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. The Broken Bridge Folio Series is open to collaborative and co-written work as well as to work that defies clear genre distinctions—so long as you can in good conscious claim that your work belongs among the genre to which it is submitted, that is enough for us.

Each genre has its own deadline throughout the year:

May 1 -- Non-Fiction
August 1 -- Poetry
November 1 -- Fiction

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looking for: Article

specifically: Creative Non-Fiction
 
 
Updated May 20th, 2009
Rating-big-rating-one
fee: no fee, prize $1000, Deadline is May 01st, 2010

The Committee on Honors and Awards of the Modern Language Association is pleased to invite authors to compete for the fourth and fifth Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prizes. The prize is offered each even-numbered year and is awarded alternately to an outstanding translation in the field of Yiddish.

In the 2010 competition, the prize will be awarded to an English translation of a Yiddish literary work published between 2006 and 2009. In 2012, the prize will be awarded to an outstanding scholarly work in English in the field of Yiddish published between 2010 and 2011. Cultural studies, critical biographies, or edited works in the field of Yiddish folklore or linguistic studies are eligible to compete. The 2010 Leviant Memorial Prize, which consists of $1,000 and a certificate, will be presented to the winning translator at the association's annual convention in January 2011.

Entries may be sent at any time but must be received by 1 May 2008 for the 2008 prize and by 1 May 2010 for the 2010 prize or May 1 2012 for the 2012 prize.

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looking for: Non-Fiction Book

specifically: Ethnic
 
 
Updated October 14th, 2009
Rating-big-rating-one
fee: no fee, word count: 1000-3500, prize $200, Deadline is June 01st, 2010

The Jack Kavanagh Memorial Youth Baseball Research Award was established in 1999 by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) in recognition of Kavanagh’s writing and research achievements and his contributions to SABR. The Award was presented for the first time at the SABR National Convention in West Palm Beach, Florida in June, 2000.

The Kavanagh Award may be presented each year for either a research presentation given at the SABR National Convention (papers must accompany an oral presentation), or for a research paper that is submitted to the awards committee between the end of one SABR Convention and no later that June 1 of the following year by a researcher in grades 6-8 (middle school category), grades 9-12 (high school category), or undergraduates 22 and under (College Category).

Proof of age (driver’s license, birth certificate, etc.) must accompany all submissions. The entrant must not have reached their 22nd birthday by July 1 in the year the award is presented in order to compete.

The winner will receive a plaque honoring their achievement and the following, according to his/her category:
College ($200 prize and 1 year membership)
High School ($200 prize and 1 year membership)
Middle School ($100 prize and 2 year membership)

Additionally, the winning entry shall be published on the SABR Website and may be published in either The National Pastime or the Baseball Research Journal. All Finalists (3) shall receive one-year SABR memberships.

Papers submitted for the college and high school categories should be of magazine article length (approximately 3,500 words or less). Papers submitted for the middle school category should be 1,000 words or less. Sources may be cited in endnote or bibliographic form.

Any topic involving baseball research is appropriate. This includes but is not limited to biographic, oral history and statistical analysis. Researchers are expected to do their own work, however they may, and are encouraged to enlist the help of a mentor, perhaps a SABR member of member committee or a parent or other adult.

Cover Page should include Name; Address; Phone Number; E-mail; School Grade.

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looking for: Article

specifically: Sports/Collectibles