Sponsored by The Write Center, a $500 prize is offered to the best first novel by a US author. This includes titles from independent presses and self-publishes. Deadline is March 15.
Category: Contests
Sol Books Now Accepting Submission for Prose Series Contest
Sol Books grants one annual award for a novels and collections of short stories or essays. The winning entry will receive a standard royalty contract, with a $500 advance. Finalists may also be offered a publishing contract. GUIDELINES Submit at least 30,000 words of prose (fiction or nonfiction) without any identifying information appearing on the… Continue reading Sol Books Now Accepting Submission for Prose Series Contest
Sol Books Prose Contest
Congrats to Clyde Derrick, author of The Wash. His manuscript is the latest selected to be part of Sol Books Prose Series. Here’s what the judges had to say: Like the torrential flash floods that plague the town of Vista Linda, California, The Wash sweeps you up, drags you beneath its currents and desperately tries… Continue reading Sol Books Prose Contest
DePaul University Summer Writing Conference
Whether you’re a poet or a fiction writer, Depaul University is holding a contest to fill a featured reader slot at its Summer Writing Conference. The deadline in June 20th, and there is no entry fee.
McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns Prize
The Writer’s Center, in Bethesda MD, is offering a $500 prize to a first novel publishing in 2010. This includes independent, small, and self-publishing presses. And what’s great about the contest is that there is no fee!
Writer’s Digest Self-Published Books Awards
Self-published authors often get a raw deal—it’s difficult to place our books into chain bookstores, distributors are reluctant to carry our titles, and people in the publishing business tend to turn up their noses around our work. So it’s good to learn of a contest that helps promote those of us who have had the… Continue reading Writer’s Digest Self-Published Books Awards
Devil’s Kitchen Reading Series
Each year the English Department at Southern University Carbondale holds their Devil’s Kitchen Reading Series. They offer an award for best collection of poetry and one for best book of prose, for books published by independent, university, or commercial publishers in the year prior to the contest. What I like about this contest is that… Continue reading Devil’s Kitchen Reading Series