The competition is run by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP), a nonprofit literary organization based in US.
” Only book-length manuscripts are eligible. The AWP Award Series defines “book-lenght” as:
• Poetry: 48 pages minimum text;
• Short story collection or creative nonfiction: 150–300 manuscript pages; and
• Novel: at least 60,000 and no more than 110,000 words.
To submit your work, you must use the online submission system available on the contest’s website.
Awards:-
• Donald Hall Prize for Poetry: $5,500 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press
• Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction: $5,500 and publication by Mad Creek Books, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press
• Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction: $2,500 and publication by the University of Georgia Press
• James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel: $5,500 and publication by the University of Nebraska Press
Deadline:- 28-02-2025
Entry fees:- $30 for nonmembers and $20 for AWP members
