Ends on 4/30/2015
WILLOW BOOKS LITERATURE AWARDS
Prose Grand Prize: $1,000, book contract, and sponsored reading
Poetry Grand Prize: $1,000, book contract, and sponsored reading
DEADLINE EXTENSION: April 30, 2015
The Willow Books Literature Awards recognize literary excellence in prose and poetry by writers from culturally diverse backgrounds. The 2014 Grand Prize winners are David Garvin and Rachelle Linda Escamilla. The 2015 Judges are Ruth Ellen Kocher and Andrew Pham.
The submission deadline for entries is Thursday, April 30, 2015. Four Finalists will be announced on May 15, 2015. The Grand Prize winners will be announced on June 1, 2015.
PRIZES
A. Prose and Poetry categories will have two final judges, selected by Willow Books.
B. Aquarius Press/Willow Books will announce four Finalists on May 15, 2015. Between May 15 and May 30, 2015, short videos of Finalist excerpts will be featured by Willow Books online.
C. The two Grand Prize winners will each receive $1,000 (upon publication), a book publishing contract, and a sponsored reading at University of New Haven, which includes travel and an honorarium.
ELIGIBLE ENTRIES
Style, subject, and length requirements:
- Style and subject open. Manuscripts should be paginated and formatted in Adobe Garamond 11pt. font. Full-length prose manuscripts not exceeding 200 double-spaced pages in length (including front and back matter), are eligible. Collections of short stories, novellas, etc. are also eligible. Full-length collections of poetry by a single author are eligible (45-90 pages in length). Entries must not be under consideration by any other press at time of submission.
- Prose entries should be double-spaced with tabs/indents set at .3” with single spacing after punctuation. Poetry entries should be in standard format spaced as author would like poems to appear in final form, but with margins no wider than 4.5’’.
- Entries must be exported to pdf format for uploading to Submittable.
Additional guidelines for submission:
1. All manuscripts should include a title page, table of contents, and when appropriate, an acknowledgments page. Author must be a U.S. citizen and come from a culturally diverse background. Please include a brief bio (only) in your cover note on Submittable.
2. Anthologies containing work written by multiple authors are not eligible.
3. A planned reprint of a book published in a previous award year is not eligible.
4. In the event of a dispute as to eligibility, the Willow Books Editor and Publisher will decide whether a book is eligible, and their decisions will be binding.
5. Authors previously published by Aquarius Press/Willow Books and/or currently under contract are not eligible.
ENTRY OF BOOKS
A. Entries must be submitted no later than April 30, 2015.
B. Please submit your manuscript and submission fee via https://aquariuspress.submittable.com/submit . There is a $30 entry fee for prose titles, and $25 for poetry. Payment must be included at the time of entry upload. There is no limit on the number of entries, but each entry should have its own entry fee.
C. Entries deemed ineligible by the Aquarius Press/Willow Books shall still be subject to the stated entry fees per title.
D. Submissions cannot be revised once they are uploaded.
JUDGING
Each category has one final judge. The judges may change each year. Judges deliberate based on criteria determined by the Willow Books Editor and Publisher. In the event of a disagreement over the final selection, the Willow Books Publisher will make the final decision. The final judges for each category will select their finalist choices independently. Judges will determine the Grand Prize Winner in each category and notify the Willow Books Editor and Publisher. The Grand Prize winners will be announced by Willow Books in print and online.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE AWARDS
An eligible manuscript that is entered shall not qualify for a Willow Books Literature Award unless its author agrees to the following:
1. Finalists agree to prepare, at their own expense, a videotaped reading of an excerpt of their entry that is YouTube-quality, i.e., no longer than 10 minutes in length. (A standard reading is all that is required, and simple webcam/smart phone-style videos are sufficient.)
2. Finalists must agree to participate in Aquarius Press/Willow Books' website-related publicity, including any scheduled online events with readers from across the country.
3. Grand Prize winners must agree to appear for the University of New Haven reading (reading date TBD).
4. Grand Prize winners are responsible for meeting his/her own personal tax filing requirements.
Author agrees that the decision of the Aquarius Press/Willow Books and/or the judges will be final as to all matters, including eligibility, timeliness of submissions, and compliance with these Entry Rules and the Awards. Aquarius Press/Willow Books shall have the permanent right in any and all media throughout the world to use and exploit all radio, television, merchandising, promotional, and publicity rights that the author may have in connection with participation in the Willow Books Literature Awards without further consent or payment. Author also releases any claim he/she might have by virtue of his/her respective participation in the Willow Books Literature Awards competition, for use of his/her respective photographs, names, likenesses, voice, or appearances in connection with the Willow Books Literature Awards Program.
Ends on 4/30/2015
WILLOW BOOKS LITERATURE AWARDS
Prose Grand Prize: $1,000, book contract, and sponsored reading
Poetry Grand Prize: $1,000, book contract, and sponsored reading
DEADLINE EXTENSION: April 30, 2015
The Willow Books Literature Awards recognize literary excellence in prose and poetry by writers from culturally diverse backgrounds. The 2014 Grand Prize winners are David Garvin and Rachelle Linda Escamilla. The 2015 Judges are Ruth Ellen Kocher and Andrew Pham.
The submission deadline for entries is Thursday, April 30, 2015. Four Finalists will be announced on May 15, 2015. The Grand Prize winners will be announced on June 1, 2015.
PRIZES
A. Prose and Poetry categories will have two final judges, selected by Willow Books.
B. Aquarius Press/Willow Books will announce four Finalists on May 15, 2015. Between May 15 and May 30, 2015, short videos of Finalist excerpts will be featured by Willow Books online.
C. The two Grand Prize winners will each receive $1,000 (upon publication), a book publishing contract, and a sponsored reading at University of New Haven, which includes travel and an honorarium.
ELIGIBLE ENTRIES
Style, subject, and length requirements:
- Style and subject open. Manuscripts should be paginated and formatted in Adobe Garamond 11pt. font. Full-length prose manuscripts not exceeding 200 double-spaced pages in length (including front and back matter), are eligible. Collections of short stories, novellas, etc. are also eligible. Full-length collections of poetry by a single author are eligible (45-90 pages in length). Entries must not be under consideration by any other press at time of submission.
- Prose entries should be double-spaced with tabs/indents set at .3” with single spacing after punctuation. Poetry entries should be in standard format spaced as author would like poems to appear in final form, but with margins no wider than 4.5’’.
- Entries must be exported to pdf format for uploading to Submittable.
Additional guidelines for submission:
1. All manuscripts should include a title page, table of contents, and when appropriate, an acknowledgments page. Author must be a U.S. citizen and come from a culturally diverse background. Please include a brief bio (only) in your cover note on Submittable.
2. Anthologies containing work written by multiple authors are not eligible.
3. A planned reprint of a book published in a previous award year is not eligible.
4. In the event of a dispute as to eligibility, the Willow Books Editor and Publisher will decide whether a book is eligible, and their decisions will be binding.
5. Authors previously published by Aquarius Press/Willow Books and/or currently under contract are not eligible.
ENTRY OF BOOKS
A. Entries must be submitted no later than April 30, 2015.
B. Please submit your manuscript and submission fee via https://aquariuspress.submittable.com/submit . There is a $30 entry fee for prose titles, and $25 for poetry. Payment must be included at the time of entry upload. There is no limit on the number of entries, but each entry should have its own entry fee.
C. Entries deemed ineligible by the Aquarius Press/Willow Books shall still be subject to the stated entry fees per title.
D. Submissions cannot be revised once they are uploaded.
JUDGING
Each category has one final judge. The judges may change each year. Judges deliberate based on criteria determined by the Willow Books Editor and Publisher. In the event of a disagreement over the final selection, the Willow Books Publisher will make the final decision. The final judges for each category will select their finalist choices independently. Judges will determine the Grand Prize Winner in each category and notify the Willow Books Editor and Publisher. The Grand Prize winners will be announced by Willow Books in print and online.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE AWARDS
An eligible manuscript that is entered shall not qualify for a Willow Books Literature Award unless its author agrees to the following:
1. Finalists agree to prepare, at their own expense, a videotaped reading of an excerpt of their entry that is YouTube-quality, i.e., no longer than 10 minutes in length. (A standard reading is all that is required, and simple webcam/smart phone-style videos are sufficient.)
2. Finalists must agree to participate in Aquarius Press/Willow Books' website-related publicity, including any scheduled online events with readers from across the country.
3. Grand Prize winners must agree to appear for the University of New Haven reading (reading date TBD).
4. Grand Prize winners are responsible for meeting his/her own personal tax filing requirements.
Author agrees that the decision of the Aquarius Press/Willow Books and/or the judges will be final as to all matters, including eligibility, timeliness of submissions, and compliance with these Entry Rules and the Awards. Aquarius Press/Willow Books shall have the permanent right in any and all media throughout the world to use and exploit all radio, television, merchandising, promotional, and publicity rights that the author may have in connection with participation in the Willow Books Literature Awards without further consent or payment. Author also releases any claim he/she might have by virtue of his/her respective participation in the Willow Books Literature Awards competition, for use of his/her respective photographs, names, likenesses, voice, or appearances in connection with the Willow Books Literature Awards Program.