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| Frederick Douglass Book Prize | Updated November 17th, 2008 |
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Each year the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition presents the Frederick Douglass Book Prize, a $25,000 award for the most outstanding nonfiction book published in English on the subject of slavery and/or abolition and antislavery movements. Publishers and authors are invited to submit books that meet these criteria. We are interested in all geographical areas and time periods. Please note, however, that works related to the Civil War are acceptable only if their primary focus relates to slavery or emancipation. Nominations for books published in 2007 will be accepted beginning in January 2008. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2008. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: African-American |
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| tags: $1000+ prize African-American any length contest creative non-fiction ethnic history narrative nonfiction non-fiction politics writing | |
| Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize | Updated October 22nd, 2008 |
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The year 2008 marks the eighteenth anniversary of the Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor documentary prize, a $20,000 award given annually by the Center for Documentary Studies. First announced a year after the Center's founding at Duke University, the prize was created to encourage collaboration between documentary writers and photographers in the tradition of the acclaimed photographer Dorothea Lange and writer and social scientist Paul Taylor. In 1941 Lange and Taylor published An American Exodus, a book that renders human experience eloquently in text and images and remains a seminal work in documentary studies. The Lange-Taylor Prize honors their important collaborative work. The Lange-Taylor Prize is offered to a writer and a photographer in the early stages of a documentary project. By encouraging such collaborative efforts, the Center for Documentary Studies supports the documentary process in which writers and photographers work together to record the human story. The prize is intended to fund collaborative work by a writer and a photographer in the formative or fieldwork stages of a documentary project. Submissions on any subject are welcome. Winners of the Lange-Taylor competition will have their work featured in Document, a periodical published by the Center for Documentary Studies, as well as in a virtual gallery on the CDS Web site. Collaboration is essential to the nature of the work this award supports; therefore, individual submissions will not be considered. More than two people may apply as long as one of the collaborators is a writer and one is a photographer working with black-and-white or color still photography. Individuals currently associated with the Center for Documentary Studies are not eligible for the prize. All required materials must be submitted under one cover during the month of January and postmarked no later than January 31, 2008. Each year a judging panel, including a prominent photographer and an accomplished writer, as well as individuals with experience in a variety of documentary arts, arts management, and publishing, is selected by the director and staff. Winners will be chosen and notified by mid-summer 2008. Public announcement of the winners will be made by the end of the summer. The award will be reported to the winners on a 1099-Miscellaneous tax form. It is the responsiblity of the winners to file their tax liability. Return of all submissions will be made after the final decision has been reached. Images can originate in any format, but must be submitted digitally on cd. (No e-mail submission of images is accepted.) All written materials should be compiled in the order requested below on white 8 1/2 x 11 paper with the writer's and photographer's last names at the top of each page. The writing sample should be double-spaced, while all other written materials should be single-spaced. An application fee of $35 is required. Enclose a one-page proposal letter describing the project and outlining work planned and a one-page statement about the collaboration of the writer and the photographer. This statement should consider how the writer and photographer plan to work together on a joint project. Consider also in the statement the relationship of the project's photographs and words. John Szarkowski observed that in Lange and Taylor's work, "the words and images . . . supplement[ed], [did] not repeat . . . each maintained its own integrity." Applicant is required to have a Writer's ten-page sample (double-spaced) on the proposed topic and in the style intended for project. If no work at all has been done on proposed topic, the writer should provide a sample demonstrating how the subject will be developed. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Creative Non-Fiction |
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| tags: $1000+ prize art contest creative non-fiction ethnic history journalism low entry fee memoir narrative nonfiction non-fiction personal essay photography/art politics travel/outdoors writing | |
| Pacific Rim Voices | Updated October 05th, 2008 |
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10.1.08 update- No 2008 contest. Do NOT submit. The Kiriyama Prize was established in 1996 to recognize outstanding books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia that encourage greater mutual understanding of and among the peoples and nations of this vast and culturally diverse region. The Prize consists of a cash award of US $30,000, which is split equally between the fiction and nonfiction winners. Beginning in 2008, if a work in translation is chosen as a winner in either category, the translator will receive $5,000 and the winning author $10,000. The purpose of the Kiriyama Prize is to promote outstanding books that will contribute to greater understanding of and among the peoples and nations of the Pacific Rim and South Asia. Therefore, to be eligible for the Prize, a book must relate in some significant way to the Pacific Rim or South Asia, to a particular culture or part(s) of these regions, or to people from these regions. The Prize is awarded in two categories: fiction and nonfiction. To be eligible, books submitted must be published in English. They may be works originally written in English OR translations from any other language into English. Only the first, published, English translation of any work is eligible. If a book has been published previously in English, subsequent translations are ineligible. Books submitted must be published in printed form for general commercial release. Self-published books are not eligible. Eligible books must be published in Canada and/or the United States. They may have been published in another country or countries previously. The first US and Canadian editions of the book in English must have been published during the 2007 calendar year. Books that were published before January 2007 in another language or country, but which are published for the first time in English in Canada or the US during 2007, are eligible provided they meet all other criteria for the Prize. Full-length books of both fiction and nonfiction are eligible. Collections of short stories or essays are also eligible; however, all books entered for the Prize must be written by either a single author or by two authors in collaboration. Edited volumes, anthologies, and other collections by more than two authors are not eligible. Books of poetry are no longer eligible for the award. Winning authors may be citizens of any country and may reside anywhere. The author must be living at the time of the closing date for entries (October 25, 2007). In the case of books by two authors, at least one of the authors must be alive on this date. No entry shall be ineligible because its author has won the Kiriyama Prize or any other prize previously. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Regional |
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| tags: $1000+ prize biography contest creative non-fiction essay literary memoir narrative nonfiction no entry fee non-fiction regional science and nature travel/outdoors | |
| Stanford University Libraries William Saroyan International Prize | Updated September 20th, 2008 |
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8.8.08 UPDATE- Contest is not running in 2008. Will begin accepting submissions in late 2009 with a deadline of Jan 2010. However, works published throughout that two year period will be eligible. Two prizes of $12,500 each are given biennially for works of fiction and creative nonfiction. The awards, cosponsored by the Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation, are intended to "encourage new or emerging writers and honor the Saroyan legacy of originality, vitality, and stylistic innovation." Submit five copies of a novel, short story collection, or work of creative nonfiction published between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2009, with a $50 entry fee by January 31. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Literary |
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| Graywolf Press Non-Fiction Prize | Updated September 20th, 2008 |
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A $12,000 advance and publication by Graywolf in 2010 will be awarded to the best previously unpublished, full-length work of literary nonfiction by a writer not yet established in the genre. Robert Polito will serve as the judge. “This prize seeks to acknowledge – and honor – the great traditions of literary nonfiction, extending from Robert Burton and Thomas Browne in the seventeenth century through Defoe and Strachey and on to James Baldwin, Joan Didion, and Jamaica Kincaid in our own time" Grey Wolf welcomes submissions from previously unpublished writers. Any writer who has published no more than two books of literary nonfiction (this excludes academic work and books in other genres) and resides in the United States is eligible. Collections of miscellaneous essays/prose are not eligible for the prize. Grey Wolf will consider one submission per person. Manuscripts submitted for previous years' prizes will not be reconsidered unless resubmission has been specifically invited by Graywolf’s editors or the judge. Timeline: Submissions must arrive in the Graywolf offices between September 1-October 1, 2008. Please note that this is not a postmark deadline. The winner will be announced in early 2009 and published in 2010. Procedure: Please send one hard copy of the finished, book-length manuscript, along with a one-page cover letter containing contact information, a brief description of the manuscript (2-4 sentences), and previous publication history to Graywolf Press, attention Nonfiction Prize. Manuscripts should contain approximately 175-400 pages of text, in a standard 12-point font, double-spaced, and printed on one side of the page only. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Literary |
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| French-American Foundation Translation Prizes | Updated October 14th, 2008 |
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The Florence Gould Foundation and the French-American Foundation are currently accepting submissions for their Annual Translation Prizes. This year the foundation will present a $10 000 cash award for the best English translation of French in both fiction and non-fiction. Translations for consideration must have been published for the first time in the United States between January 1 and December 31, 2008 and must be submitted, accompanied by the French original work by November 15, 2008 (one French copy and one English copy). All categories of work are eligible in fiction and non fiction, with the exception of technical, scientific and reference works, and children's literature. The prizes will be announced and presented in the spring of 2009. Each submissions must be sent with the the corresponding submission form with updated information for both Editorial and Publicity Departments for French and American publishers/editors and for the translator. Submissions will not be considered without duly filled submission form. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Translation |
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| Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize | Updated July 15th, 2008 |
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Publishers are invited to submit six copies of a published translation from the German language into English. The deadline for submissions is set for end of January. The translation must be published (not only distributed) in the US in the year prior to the submission deadline date. Entries may be fiction or non-fiction and may include: novels, novellas, short stories, plays, poetry, biographies, essays and correspondences. A five-member jury will select the winning translation. The selected translator of the will be invited, with travel and accommodations paid, to the award ceremony in Chicago. It will be hosted by the German Consul General of Chicago and usually takes place in the beginning of June. send: Complete MS looking for: Article specifically: Translation |
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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 | |
| Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize | Updated July 15th, 2008 |
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Publishers are invited to submit six copies of a published translation from the German language into English. The deadline for submissions is set for end of January. The translation must be published (not only distributed) in the US in the year prior to the submission deadline date. Entries may be fiction or non-fiction and may include: novels, novellas, short stories, plays, poetry, biographies, essays and correspondences. A five-member jury will select the winning translation. The selected translator of the will be invited, with travel and accommodations paid, to the award ceremony in Chicago. It will be hosted by the German Consul General of Chicago and usually takes place in the beginning of June. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Translation |
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| Whiting Writers Awards | Updated November 17th, 2008 |
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The MRS. GILES WHITING FOUNDATION is dedicated to the support of the humanities and of creative writing. Since 1985, the Foundation has supported creative writing through the Whiting Writers Awards which are given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays. The awards are based on accomplishment and promise. Candidates are proposed by nominators from across the country whose experience and vocations bring them in contact with individuals of extraordinary talent. Winners are chosen by a selection committee, a small group of recognized writers, literary scholars, and editors, appointed annually by the Foundation. Both nominators and selectors serve anonymously. The Foundation does not accept applications to the Writers' Program. The Whiting Writers’ Awards are intended for emerging writers. We hope to identify exceptional new writers who have yet to make their mark in the literary culture. The award is highly competitive. Up to ten awards will be made from approximately 90 to 100 nominations. Nominators are literary professionals across the country representing all literary genres who are likely to know about emerging writers at the beginning of promising careers. The majority are writers, often teachers as well, and the list has included editors, agents, critics, bookstore owners, reading series organizers, dramaturgs, and artistic directors of theaters. Nominators are contacted by the foundation and are each asked to nominate one emerging writer of exceptional talent and promise. The roster of nominators changes annually, although some nominators have served more than once. send: Complete MS looking for: Any specifically: Literary |
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