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Name & Prize URLDeadlineMonetary prize?RequirementWho submits?Submitted? Y/N + date
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**see awards at bottom with unclear submission procedures and deadlines**
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John Leonard Prize
https://www.bookcritics.org/awards/process/		January/February$1,000?Submit as early in pub year as possiblePublicity
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Palestine Book Awards
https://www.palestinebookawards.com/about		Submissions Jan-
May		Books on the subject of PalestinePublisher
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Carol Shields Prize for women writers
https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/		Mid-June$150,000
Published by women/nonbinary; publisher incurs $2k promotion cost if novel shortlisted, but if prohibitive, contact the prize
Publisher
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Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in fictionSpring/Summer?$5,000funded by the Carnegie Corporation and awarded by the
American Library Association		Someone from the ALA?
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VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardSubmissions open
July		$1,000a tribute to writers who have navigated their way through the
maze of imagination and delivered a great read, taking the
reader someplace new. Send PDF + 5 hardcopies.		Publisher
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Aspen WordsAugust 9$35,000$95 fee, for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital
contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative
power of literature on thought and culture		Publisher
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Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsSubmissions open
September		$10,000recognize books that have made important contributions to
our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich
diversity of human cultures		Publisher
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PEN/Hemingway, Faulkner, Open awardsSeptember$15,000$85 fee. Submit upon publication to 3 relevant categoriesPublicity
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Center for Fiction's First Novel PrizeMid-March$15,000Honors the best debut fiction of the year.Publisher
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Lammy (Lambda Literary) Awardsopens September, December$1k+$115 submission fee.Publisher
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Edmund White Award for Debut FictionMid-December deadline$1kLGBTQ, see Ferro-Grumley Award belowPublisher
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Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ FictionMid-December deadlineCan do a multiple submission alongside Edmund White Awd, $80Publisher
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American Book Award (& on pw.org)Mid-December deadlineSubmit two copies. Recognition for outstanding literary
achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse
literary community		Publisher
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Arab American Book AwardEarly March$0/?Publisher
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Stonewall Book AwardsEarly December$1kQueer fiction. Suggest via online formPublisher
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Chautauqua PrizeMid-December$7,500The Chautauqua Prize is a national prize that celebrates a
book of fiction or literary/narrative nonfiction that provides a
richly rewarding reading experience. $75, hard-copy sub. 		Publisher
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Jane Heidinger Kafka PrizeMid-January$15kAll books published in 2023Publisher
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William Saroyan International Prize for first novelsLate January$5,000Honors a literary style is characterized by originality, stylistic
innovation and what is often described as an “exuberant
humanism” and intended to encourage new or emerging writers		Publisher
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Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional
New LGBTQ Writers		Mid-February$1,500A Lambda special awardAuthor
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Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for FictionApril$25kSpeculative themes. Publisher
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Dayton Literary Peace PrizeFebruary$10,000invites nominations in adult fiction and nonfiction books
published within the past year that have led readers to a better
understanding of other cultures, peoples, religions, and
political points of view. $100 submission fee.		Publisher
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McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns first novel prizeLate June$3,000an exceptional first novel published in the previous
calendar year		Publisher
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National Book Critics Circle Awards?See John Leonard Prize infoPublicity
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Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction?$5,000given for the best published first novel or collection of short
stories of the preceding year. Nominated by an Academy of
Arts & Letters member. 		Academy member
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