Deadline: March 3, 2023
Entry fee: $30
About the competition
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is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence, and is available to published and unpublished authors alike.
Competition guidelines
- Only book-length manuscripts are eligible. The Award Series defines “book-length” as:
- Poetry: 48 pages minimum text;
- Short story or creative nonfiction collection: 150–300 manuscript pages; and
- Novel: at least 60,000 words.
- Read the whole guideline and enter the competition here.
