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| Bard Fiction Prize | Updated June 10th, 2008 |
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The Bard Fiction Prize is awarded to a promising, emerging writer who is an American citizen aged 39 years or younger at the time of application. In addition to the monetary award, the winner receives an appointment as writer in residence at Bard College for one semester, without the expectation that he or she teach traditional courses. The recipient gives at least one public lecture and meets informally with students. The creation of the Bard Fiction Prize, presented each October, continues Bard's long-standing position as a center for creative, groundbreaking literary work by both faculty and students. From Saul Bellow, William Gaddis, Mary McCarthy, and Ralph Ellison to John Ashbery, Philip Roth, William Weaver, and Chinua Achebe, Bard's literature faculty, past and present, represents some of the most important American writers of our time. The prize is intended to encourage and support young writers of fiction to pursue their creative goals and provide an opportunity to work in a fertile and intellectual environment. Last year's Bard Fiction Prize was awarded to writer Peter Orner for his first novel, set in Namibia, The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo (Little, Brown and Company, 2006). To apply, candidates should write a cover letter explaining the project they plan to work on while at Bard and submit a C.V., along with three copies of the published book they feel best represents their work. No manuscripts will be accepted. Applications for the 2009 prize must be received by July 15, 2008. send: Complete MS looking for: Novel specifically: Literary |
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| Humanitas Prize | Updated July 09th, 2008 |
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The HUMANITAS Prize was founded by Father Ellwood Kieser, C.S.P. who wanted to make a difference in the quality of entertainment. “People aren’t born fulfilled human beings,” said Kieser, “they become fulfilled through a long humanizing process.” He believed that film and television significantly contributed to this humanizing process by communicating values, forming consciences and motivating human behavior. HUMANITAS believes in honoring stories which affirm the dignity of human beings while also exploring the complexity and meaning of life. To qualify, a teleplay must have been written and produced in the English language for U.S. television. News and documentaries are not eligible. Material adapted from another medium may be eligible if, in the opinion of the judges, the adaptation is extensive. Such a program must have had a national telecast. To qualify, a screenplay for an English language feature film becomes eligible in the year in which it receives a national release. In the Sundance Feature Film Category an English language screenplay becomes eligible in the year in which the film is screened at the Sundance Film Festival. A feature length screenplay accepted into the Sundance Filmmakers Lab becomes eligible the year that the film is produced as a feature film. There is no entry fee or limit to the number of submissions. Send application, five copies of script, 1 brief paragraph storyline, and a DVD of the final film. The April 1 deadline has been extended to April 10. Prizes: Feature Film $ 25,000 Prime Time 90 minute $ 25,000 Prime Time 60 minute $ 15,000 Prime Time 30 minute $ 10,000 Children's Live Action $ 25,000 Children's Animation $ 25,000 Sundance Feature Film $ 10,000 send: Complete MS looking for: Screenplay |
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| The Drue Heinz Literature Prize | Updated October 17th, 2008 |
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The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals. On-line publication does not count toward this requirement. The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press under its standard contract. The winner will be announced by the University Press in December or January. No information about the winner will be released before the official announcement. The award is open to writers in English, whether or not they are citizens of the United States. Eligible submissions include a manuscript of short stories; one or more novellas (a novella may comprise a maximum of 130 double-spaced typed pages); or a combination of one or more novellas and short stories. Novellas are only accepted as part of a larger collection. Manuscripts may be no fewer than 150 and no more than 300 typed pages. Stories or novellas previously published in book form as part of an anthology are eligible. Each manuscript should have TWO cover pages: one listing the title of the manuscript and the author's name, address, e-mail address (if available), and telephone number; and a second listing only the manuscript title. The author's name, other identifying information, and publication information must not appear after the first cover page. Each submission must include a list of the writer's published short fiction work, with full citations. Manuscripts may also be under consideration by other publishers, but if a manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify the Press. Authors may submit more than one manuscript to the competition as long as one manuscript or a portion thereof does not duplicate material submitted in another manuscript. Manuscripts must be postmarked on or before June 30. send: Complete MS looking for: Novel |
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| Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards | Updated October 21st, 2008 |
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The author(s) must be regularly enrolled student(s) (undergraduate or graduate) at any University of California campus during the entire Fall Quarter 2007, Winter Quarter 2008 and Spring Quarter 2008. In addition, the writing awards are open to students who graduated in December 2007, provided that they were enrolled as full time matriculating students in the prior three standard academic quarters (i.e., Winter 2007, Spring 2007, Fall, 2007). University Extension students or students on leave of absence are not eligible. Only full-length dramatic writing in script form is eligible--equivalent of a three-act stage play, feature length screenplay, or a one hour (minimum) teleplay. CREDITS OF PREVIOUS WINNERS INCLUDE: THE GODFATHER, FORREST GUMP, SEX AND THE CITY, MUNICH, HAROLD AND MAUDE FIRST PRIZE $15,000 SECOND PRIZE $7,500 THIRD PRIZE $4,000 HONORABLE MENTION $2,000 & $1,000 Scripts must be accompanied by the following information: your full name, permanent address, telephone number, the name of your campus, your major, student number, status (undergraduate or graduate) and Social Security number. Please include official verification of enrollment for the Fall Quarter 2007, Winter 2008 and Spring Quarter 2008. Or if you graduated in December, 2007, please submit verification of enrollment for the prior three quarters before you graduated. Scripts not directly submitted to the School of Theater, Film and Television, UCLA, will not be included in the competition. send: Complete MS looking for: Teleplay |
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| Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards | Updated October 21st, 2008 |
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The author(s) must be regularly enrolled student(s) (undergraduate or graduate) at any University of California campus during the entire Fall Quarter 2007, Winter Quarter 2008 and Spring Quarter 2008. In addition, the writing awards are open to students who graduated in December 2007, provided that they were enrolled as full time matriculating students in the prior three standard academic quarters (i.e., Winter 2007, Spring 2007, Fall, 2007). University Extension students or students on leave of absence are not eligible. Only full-length dramatic writing in script form is eligible--equivalent of a three-act stage play, feature length screenplay, or a one hour (minimum) teleplay. CREDITS OF PREVIOUS WINNERS INCLUDE: THE GODFATHER, FORREST GUMP, SEX AND THE CITY, MUNICH, HAROLD AND MAUDE FIRST PRIZE $15,000 SECOND PRIZE $7,500 THIRD PRIZE $4,000 HONORABLE MENTION $2,000 & $1,000 Scripts must be accompanied by the following information: your full name, permanent address, telephone number, the name of your campus, your major, student number, status (undergraduate or graduate) and Social Security number. Please include official verification of enrollment for the Fall Quarter 2007, Winter 2008 and Spring Quarter 2008. Or if you graduated in December, 2007, please submit verification of enrollment for the prior three quarters before you graduated. Scripts not directly submitted to the School of Theater, Film and Television, UCLA, will not be included in the competition. send: Complete MS looking for: Play |
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| 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 | |
| Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards | Updated October 21st, 2008 |
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The author(s) must be regularly enrolled student(s) (undergraduate or graduate) at any University of California campus during the entire Fall Quarter 2007, Winter Quarter 2008 and Spring Quarter 2008. In addition, the writing awards are open to students who graduated in December 2007, provided that they were enrolled as full time matriculating students in the prior three standard academic quarters (i.e., Winter 2007, Spring 2007, Fall, 2007). University Extension students or students on leave of absence are not eligible. Only full-length dramatic writing in script form is eligible--equivalent of a three-act stage play, feature length screenplay, or a one hour (minimum) teleplay. CREDITS OF PREVIOUS WINNERS INCLUDE: THE GODFATHER, FORREST GUMP, SEX AND THE CITY, MUNICH, HAROLD AND MAUDE FIRST PRIZE $15,000 SECOND PRIZE $7,500 THIRD PRIZE $4,000 HONORABLE MENTION $2,000 & $1,000 Scripts must be accompanied by the following information: your full name, permanent address, telephone number, the name of your campus, your major, student number, status (undergraduate or graduate) and Social Security number. Please include official verification of enrollment for the Fall Quarter 2007, Winter 2008 and Spring Quarter 2008. Or if you graduated in December, 2007, please submit verification of enrollment for the prior three quarters before you graduated. Scripts not directly submitted to the School of Theater, Film and Television, UCLA, will not be included in the competition. send: Complete MS looking for: Screenplay |
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| 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: Novel specifically: Regional |
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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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| tags: $1000+ prize biography contest creative non-fiction history literary memoir narrative nonfiction news/current events no entry fee non-fiction | |
| 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: Short Story specifically: Translation |
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