AWP Award Series
Due Date: 02-28-2019
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) sponsors the Award Series, an annual competition for the publication of excellent new book-length works. The competition is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence, and is available to published and unpublished authors alike. Entries for the 2019 competition may be submitted from 1 January 1 to 28 February 2019. The AWP no longer accepts submissions by post. For more information, please visit https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/awp_award_series_overview.
AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction
The AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction offers an award of $2,500 and publication by the University of Georgia Press.
AWP Prize for the Novel
The AWP Prize for the Novel offers an award of $2,500 and publication by New Issues Press.
The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry
The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry offers an award of $5,500, supported by Amazon.com, and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
The Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction
The Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction offers an award of $5,500, supported by Amazon.com, and publication by the University of Massachusetts Press.