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| The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | Updated September 02nd, 2008 |
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The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures. They are books that open and challenge our minds. Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is the only American book award designated specifically to recognize works addressing issues of racism and diversity. Past winners have presented the extraordinary art and culture of peoples around the world, explored human rights violations, exposed the effects of racism on children, reflected on growing up bi-racial and illuminated the dignity of people as they search for justice. The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is accepting entries through December 31, 2008. Awards are given for both fiction and non-fiction, with winners being announced in the spring. The awards are administered by The Cleveland Foundation. To be eligible, books must be written in English and published in 2008. Plays and screenplays are not eligible, nor are works in progress. Manuscripts and self-published works are not eligible. Upon receipt the books will be forwarded to the jury. All submitted materials become the property of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and will not be returned. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book |
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| tags: $1000+ prize African-American biography contest creative non-fiction ethnic family history literary memoir narrative nonfiction no entry fee non-fiction politics religious/inspirational world literature | |
| Lambda Literary Foundation Debut Literary Awards | Updated October 28th, 2008 |
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Two prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for debut books of fiction by a gay writer and by a lesbian writer published in the current year. Submit four copies of a first novel or a short story collection (or bound galleys) with a $20 entry fee by December 1. A book can be nominated only by its author or by its publisher. Each nomination includes a completed nomination form, an administrative fee of $20, and four (4) copies of the book. Only one nomination form is required per book; however, additional fees and books are required if a book is nominated in two categories. Example: A debut novel may be entered in both the Fiction and Debut Fiction categories. One (1) nomination form, two fees ($40) and eight (8) copies of the book will be necessary to be judged in both categories. The book must be published and distributed (i.e. available in bookstores) in the United States during 2008. Categories: Fiction—Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. Memoir/Biography—Posthumously published authors or those with co-authors are also eligible. Anthologies are not eligible. Mystery— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. Romance— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. LGBT Anthology—Collections of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or nonfiction are eligible. LGBT Arts & Culture—Books about music, architecture, visual arts, dance, film, TV, popular culture, essays, literary criticism, etc. LGBT Children’s/Young Adult—Fiction, nonfiction, picture books, poetry, and anthologies—whose intended audience are young readers—are all eligible. LGBT Drama/Theater—Books and anthologies of plays, histories of theater, drama studies are all eligible. An auto/biography of an actor, director, or theater professional is eligible, but may be better placed in Autobiography/Biography. LGBT Erotica—Anthologies, novels, memoirs, short story collections whose content is principally of an erotic nature. LGBT Nonfiction—Books and subjects for the general reader, e.g. histories, politics, community organizations, humor, parenting, religion, spirituality, relationships, psychology, travel, etc. LGBT Poetry—Single volumes, selected and collected poems, and anthologies are eligible. Chapbooks are not eligible. LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror—Novels, novellas, short story collections, and anthologies are eligible. LGBT Studies—Scholarly work oriented toward academia, libraries, cultural professionals, and the more academic reader. Betty Berzon Prize for Lesbian Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by lesbians who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone. Betty Berzon Prize for Gay Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by gay men who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone. Bisexual—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc. Transgender—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book |
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| tags: $1000+ prize LGBT YA art biography children's contest culture dating/relationships educational entertainment/pop culture family film/tv history humor literary low entry fee memoir music non-fiction parenting politics psychology religious/inspirational travel/outdoors | |
| IRA Dina Feitelson Research Award | Updated September 02nd, 2008 |
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The International Reading Association’s Dina Feitelson Research Award was established to honor the memory of Dina Feitelson. The award recognizes an outstanding empirical study that was published in English in a refereed journal and that reports on an investigation of aspects of literacy acquisition such as phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, bilingualism, home influences on literacy development, or cross-cultural studies of beginning reading. The results of the study should have clear implications for instruction. Empirical studies involve the collection of original data from direct experimentation or observation. Articles that develop theory without data, secondary reviews of the literature, or descriptions of the practical application of a theory are not eligible for this competition. The author(s) of the selected work will receive recognition at the Research Awards Luncheon of the Reading Research Conference on Saturday, May 2, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (one day prior to the International Reading Association’s Annual Convention). The selected author (s) will be notified of this information in January 2009. The quality of the publication is evaluated with respect to the following criteria: significance of the issue under investigation, appropriateness of methodology used to investigate the topic or problem, presentation and analysis of data, appropriateness of conclusions/interpretations, and implications of the study for school or classroom practice. For the 2009 award year, works published between January 2007 and December 2007, may be nominated. Manuscripts may be submitted for consideration by researchers, authors, and others. Two good quality, clear and complete copies of the published paper should be submitted with full bibliographic information identifying the author(s), source and publication date. Please use the cover sheet enclosed. send: Complete MS looking for: Article specifically: Educational/Career |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Lifestyle YA adult any length article children's contest creative non-fiction educational ethnic family narrative nonfiction no entry fee non-fiction psychology student technical writing | |
| GENEii Awards | Updated May 21st, 2008 |
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Category 1: Family, local-history stories, memoirs, or character sketches articles of 1,000-2,000 words in length, published or unpublished. If previously published, entries must be accompanied by the written permission of the publisher allowing article to be reprinted by SCGS. Awards: 1st Place, $200 2nd Place, $100 3rd Place, $75 Honorable Mentions, certificate Finalists, certificate Category 2: Family, local history, memoirs, or character sketches articles of 1,000 words or less, published or unpublished. If previously published, entries must be accompanied by the written permission of the publisher allowing article to be reprinted by SCGS. Awards: 1st Place, $100 2nd Place, $75 3rd Place, $50 Honorable Mentions, certificate Finalists, certificate Entry fee for entries from within the U.S.: $10. There is no entry fee for entries from outside the U.S. All submissions must be factual, honest, and as accurate as possible. We regard family- and local-history articles as historical documents that will be consulted and relied upon by future researchers. Information may be included that is speculative or impossible to verify, but the writer should indicate that this information is unproven, either in the text itself or in endnotes. Accounts of genealogical research procedures, “how-to articles,” advice, and/or general genealogical columns are not appropriate for this contest. Each entry should be sent to us in triplicate, with a cover letter stapled to the top of each copy, containing the author’s name, address, phone number and e-mail, the title of the entry, and the category entered, and, if it has been previously published, the information about where and when it appeared. Entries must be received between November 1 & December 31, 2007. Finalists, honorable mentions, and prize-winners will be notified by e-mail about May 1, 2008. The entire list of winners will be posted as soon as possible after May 1 on the SCGS Website and published in the SCGS quarterly journal, The Searcher. Finalists, honorable mentions, and prize winners will also be notified via Post Office mail after May 1, 2008. send: Complete MS looking for: Article specifically: Family/Parenting |
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| tags: Lifestyle article contest creative non-fiction dating/relationships family history low entry fee memoir narrative nonfiction non-fiction writing | |
| Tara L. Masih Intercultural Essay Prize | Updated November 13th, 2008 |
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The annual Soul-Making Literary Competition is an extended community arts outreach program of the National League of American Pen Women, Nob Hill, San Francisco Bay Area Branch open to everyone, everywhere and looks for original, freshly creative and finely crafted works that embraces all creative interpretations of English poet, John Keats' statement: "Some say the world is a vale of tears, I say it is a place of soul-making". The Tara L. Masih Intercultural Essay Prize should be up to 6,000 words. Judge's Comments: "I am looking for essays dealing with matters of culture, race, and a sense of place, either within the smaller microcosm of self-identity or within the larger environment of family, society and world interactions. I seek essays in the traditional form, my definition being the conscious shaping of nonfiction prose around a central idea or subject. In E. B. White’s words, you will be putting your "finger on a little capsule of truth,” using reality to point to your truth, not fiction". Do not put your names on your manuscripts, instead, enclose one 3x5 card typed, affixed with a printed label or carefully printed with your name, address, phone, fax, email, and title(s) of work(s) and particular category/categories entered. Young Adult entrants must indicate age on card and manuscript. Category must be indicated on 3x5 card as well as on manuscript.You may enter as many categories and as many times as you wish but you may not enter the same work in more than one category. Previously published works okay (except for Novel Excerpt); however, those winning awards in prior Soul-Making categories may not be resubmitted. Please enclose $5 per entry payable to NLAPW, Nob Hill Branch. Do enclose SASE in your entry package if you wish to receive contest results. Prizes awarded in each category: FIRST PRIZE: $100 SECOND PRIZE: $50 THIRD PRIZE: $25 Winners and honorable mentions will be invited to read at the subsequent awards event held every March at the Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, Civic Center. send: Complete MS looking for: Article specifically: Ethnic |
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| tags: $100+ prize YA article contest creative non-fiction essay ethnic family history literary low entry fee narrative nonfiction non-fiction personal essay politics regional writing | |
| The Writers Place Anthology Contest | Updated September 02nd, 2008 |
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The Writers Place announces a new literary contest focusing on poetry, fiction and non-fiction for our upcoming anthology, The 21st Century: Art, Business and Science. Themes may include (but are not limited to) global warming, energy, extended life span, political, social or economic policy effects, consumerism, nationalization, globalization, healthcare and technology and their effects on the individual, work and family. Editors are seeking non-fiction (up to 7,500 words). Authors can be male or female, any age, nationality, race, creed or sexual orientation. Editors' aim is to present a broad view of current society. First-Place winner will receive a $75 cash award, certificate of achievement and publication. Second-Place winner will receive a $50 cash award, certificate of achievement and publication. Third-Place winner will receive a $25 cash award, certificate of achievement and publication. Winning authors will receive a free year's subscription to Poets & Writers Magazine Material must be in English. Prose: 2,000 to 7,500 words double-spaced. All material should be the author's own original work. Completed submission form and release agreement to accompany submission, plus appropriate submission fee. Submissions received before March 1 are $10, between March 1-15, the fee is $15. send: Complete MS looking for: Article |
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| tags: article contest creative non-fiction culture essay ethnic events family low entry fee memoir narrative nonfiction news/current events non-fiction politics | |
