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PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers 2020

PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers 2020

PEN America

PEN America

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OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

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Area
Host Country
Deadline
16 Nov 2019
Study level
Opportunity type
Opportunity funding
Full funding
Eligible Countries
This opportunity is destined for all countries
Eligible Region
All Regions

Benefits

  • Each of the twelve winning writers will receive a cash purse of $2,000 and will be honored at the annual PEN Literary Awards Ceremony in New York City.
  • The independent book publisher Catapult will publish the twelve winning stories in an annual anthology entitled The PEN America Best Debut Short Stories.

Eligibilities

  • PEN will only accept submissions from editors of eligible publications. Authors may not submit their own work.
  • Participating publications may be cultural websites, online magazines, or print magazines distributed in the U.S.
  • Editors from eligible publications may only submit a short story by a debut writer. The story must be the writer’s first English publication of ANY genre that has undergone an editorial review process and been accepted and published in a literary journal, book, media outlet, or other publication that the author is not academically or professionally associated with.
  • Stories must have been published or forthcoming in 2019.
  • Editors from eligible publications may submit up to four eligible stories from eligible authors in a given award year.
  • Editors from eligible publications must submit short stories that are up to 12,000 words in length.
  • The editor and author must agree to the award’s Declaration of Eligibility and Consent Form, which outlines serial rights for Catapult’s forthcoming anthology.
  • There are no restrictions on the candidate’s age or on the style of his or her work.
Eligible Regions: Open for All

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