Deadline: October 20, 2024
Entry fee: $45
About the competition
Eyelands has launched their contest for the seventh consecutive year. The organizer is seeking talented writers from all over the world!
Open to writers of any nationality. Participants must be 18 years old otherwise we need parents’ consent to accept the submission. Manuscripts must be written in English.
Categories: poetry, novellas, short story collections.
- Grand prize (published books): Five-day stay in Athens
- Grand prize (writers’ choice): Five-day stay in Athens
- Grand prize (unpublished books): Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books
Eleven more prizes are available, one for each category of every section, also win a handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards and a book from Strange Days books!
Translation and publication for poetry & short stories prize winners. Certification document for every prize winner and finalist.
Early bird submissions are availanle for writers on low income.
Final results are to be announced on December 30, 2024.
Competition guideline
- Opening: June 20, 2024
- Closing: October 20, 2024, at midnight PST.
- Submit your book or manuscript online
- Eligible submissions include: poetry, novellas, short story collections, novels, children’s and YA books, historical fiction/memoir, graphic novels.
- Multiple submissions allowed.
- Early bird submission fee for every additional submission
- Open to writers of any nationality
- Simultaneous submissions allowed, but please notify us if full manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
- Read the whole guideline and submit your entry here.
