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| 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A $12,000 advance and publication by Graywolf in 2010 will be awarded to the best previously unpublished, full-length work of literary nonfiction by a writer not yet established in the genre.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on to James Baldwin, Joan Didion, and Jamaica Kincaid in our own time" Grey Wolf welcomes submissions from previously unpublished writers.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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| 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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| National Book Awards | Updated July 03rd, 2008 |
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Nominations and entries for the Nation Book Award must be submitted by PUBLISHERS only. One Winner in each genre receives $10,000 for the best book chosen in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature. Sixteen short-list prizes of $1,000 each will be awarded to the Finalists. Full-length books of fiction and general nonfiction are eligible. Collections of short stories and collections of essays by one author are eligible. Collected and selected poems by one author are eligible. All books must be published in the United States. Authors must be U.S. citizens. Books scheduled for publication between December 1, 2007 and November 30, 2008 are eligible. No entry will be ineligible because its author has previously won the National Book Award, or any other award. Self-published books and e-books are eligible, provided that the author/publisher also publishes titles by other authors. Entry forms must be postmarked no later than June 16, 2008. Judges must receive books, bound galleys, or bound manuscripts no later than August 15, 2008. Each author must be made aware of and consent to the entry of his/her book for the National Book Awards. looking for: Non-Fiction Book |
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| Summer Literary Seminars Kenya and Russia Contest | Updated October 22nd, 2008 |
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Three prizes, valued at $5,150 each, to attend the Summer Literary Seminars program in either Kenya or St. Petersburg, Russia, and publication in Maisonneuve, Walrus, or St. Petersburg Review are given annually for a single poem or a work of fiction or creative nonfiction. The prizes include airfare, accommodations, and tuition. Second prize in each category is full tuition, valued at $2,350, and third prize is a portion of tuition, valued at $1,175. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Creative Non-Fiction |
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| Intersection for the Arts Mary Tanenbaum Award | Updated September 20th, 2008 |
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Under the terms of the trusts, the awards are intended to encourage young writers of an unpublished manuscript that is completed or in-progress. All applicants must, therefore, be between 20 and 35 years of age on March 31, 2008. Originally established in memory of Joseph Henry Jackson, the Mary Tanenbaum Award recognizes outstanding nonfictional prose. Applicants must be residents of and currently living in northern California (anywhere in California north of the line dividing Monterery County from San Luis Obispo County) for three consecutive years immediately prior to the March 31 contest deadline. Eligible writers may submit one application form and three copies of one manuscript to apply for one, two, or all three awards. We will only accept one application and three copies of a single manuscript per writer. There is no application fee. No candidate may win more than one award. Previous winners are ineligible to receive the same award again. Winners will be announced by September 30, 2008. Judges reserve the right to make no awards if, in their view, no manuscripts are worthy. Applications and manuscripts for the 2008 awards will be accepted beginning February 1, 2008. Only submissions received via U.S. or International mail or courier services will be accepted. You may not hand-deliver your submission. Without exception, all submissions must bear an official U.S. or International mail or courier service postmark and be postmarked by March 31, 2008. Do not assume that submissions dropped in a mailbox will be stamped with a timely postmark. Manuscripts must be completely unpublished in its entirety or any parts contained therein. The manuscript must be no longer than 40 (forty) numbered, double-spaced pages (poetry need not be double-spaced), typed or printed on white 8.5 x 11 inch paper. For clarification: manuscripts cannot exceed 40 numbered pages maximum - not 40 double-sided pages, which would be 80 pages total. Manuscripts which are handwritten or are otherwise illegible will not be considered. Please bind manuscripts only with paper or binder clips; please do not use folders. The award judges will use a name-blind process. Manuscripts should be copied on the front and back of each page, and must include a separate cover page that gives the work's title and the length of the manuscript submitted for Award consideration. The applicant's name and address should not appear anywhere on the manuscripts submitted for consideration. Applicants may, however, use the manuscript's title and page numbers on the pages of the manuscript. Manuscripts with inappropriate identifying information will be deemed ineligible. No application will be accepted without the applicant's signature, signifying agreement to the conditions of the competition and verifying the validity of all statements contained therein. Proof of birth, age, and residence may be required and must be furnished within ten days if requested; please do not send or include this information with your application. Award-winning manuscripts become the property of The San Francisco Foundation and will become part of the Foundation's permanent archives located at the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Authors will retain full rights for the publication/distribution of their works. Final Checklist for Submissions 1) Three copies (double-sided) of manuscript (40 pages maximum - not 40 double-sided pages). 2) No name on manuscript. 3) Signature on application form. 4) Postmark on envelope (no later than March 31, 2008). 5) Self-addresses stamped postcard for confirmation of receiving manuscript (optional). send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Literary |
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| Intersection for the Arts James D. Phelan Award | Updated September 20th, 2008 |
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Under the terms of the trusts, the awards are intended to encourage young writers of an unpublished manuscript that is completed or in-progress. All applicants must, therefore, be between 20 and 35 years of age on March 31, 2008. Applicants for the 71st annual James D. Phelan Award must have been born in the state of California but need not be current residents. The unpublished work-in-progress submitted may be fiction (novel or short stories), nonfictional prose, poetry, graphic novel, or drama. Plays may be submitted in standard script format. Eligible writers may submit one application form and three copies of one manuscript to apply for one, two, or all three awards. Judges will only accept one application and three copies of a single manuscript per writer. There is no application fee. No candidate may win more than one award. Previous winners are ineligible to receive the same award again. Winners will be announced by September 30, 2008. Judges reserve the right to make no awards if, in their view, no manuscripts are worthy. Applications and manuscripts for the 2008 awards will be accepted beginning February 1, 2008. Only submissions received via U.S. or International mail or courier services will be accepted. You may not hand-deliver your submission. Without exception, all submissions must bear an official U.S. or International mail or courier service postmark and be postmarked by March 31, 2008. Do not assume that submissions dropped in a mailbox will be stamped with a timely postmark. Manuscripts must be completely unpublished in its entirety or any parts contained therein. The manuscript must be no longer than 40 (forty) numbered, double-spaced pages (poetry need not be double-spaced), typed or printed on white 8.5 x 11 inch paper. For clarification: manuscripts cannot exceed 40 numbered pages maximum - not 40 double-sided pages, which would be 80 pages total. Manuscripts which are handwritten or are otherwise illegible will not be considered. Please bind manuscripts only with paper or binder clips; please do not use folders. The award judges will use a name-blind process. Manuscripts should be copied on the front and back of each page, and must include a separate cover page that gives the work's title and the length of the manuscript submitted for Award consideration. The applicant's name and address should not appear anywhere on the manuscripts submitted for consideration. Applicants may, however, use the manuscript's title and page numbers on the pages of the manuscript. Manuscripts with inappropriate identifying information will be deemed ineligible. No application will be accepted without the applicant's signature, signifying agreement to the conditions of the competition and verifying the validity of all statements contained therein. Proof of birth, age, and residence may be required and must be furnished within ten days if requested; please do not send or include this information with your application. Award-winning manuscripts become the property of The San Francisco Foundation and will become part of the Foundation's permanent archives located at the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Authors will retain full rights for the publication/distribution of their works. Final Checklist for Submissions 1) Three copies (double-sided) of manuscript (40 pages maximum - not 40 double-sided pages). 2) No name on manuscript. 3) Signature on application form. 4) Postmark on envelope (no later than March 31, 2008). 5) Self-addresses stamped postcard for confirmation of receiving manuscript (optional). send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Literary |
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| Library of Virginia Literary Awards | Updated September 20th, 2008 |
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Books eligible for the Library of Virginia Literary Awards must have been written by a Virginia author or have a Virginia-related theme. A Virginia author is defined as a writer meeting one or more of the following qualifications: a native-born Virginian; an author living in Virginia; an author whose permanent home address is Virginia but who does not at present live in Virginia. The following types of books are not eligible for the awards: reference works, edited works, children's and juvenile literature, photographic books, and "how to" books. Any individual, organization, or company may nominate books to be considered for these awards. Each year's awards honor books written in the previous calendar year. Thus entries for the 2006 awards must have been published and distributed between January 1 and December 31, 2005. The deadline for entries is February 10, 2006. The completed entry form and three copies of the book (nonreturnable) must be on hand prior to that date. Entries will be forwarded to judges on receipt, so please enter as soon as possible. The Library of Virginia, as part of its management of the adjudication process, will request adjudication copies of eligible books nominated by interested readers. A panel of judges will consider all entries. Awards will be granted at the discretion of the panel. Panel members will represent a broad spectrum of expertise in writing and publishing. Entries will be judged principally on the quality of the writing, with organization and interpretation also playing a role in the decision. Finalists in each category will be notified by August 1, 2006. Winners will be announced at the annual awards celebration in October 21, 2006. send: Complete MS looking for: Non-Fiction Book specifically: Literary |
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