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is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence, and is available to published and unpublished authors alike. Entries for the 2019 competition may be submitted from January 1 to February 28, 2019. We no longer accept submissions by post.

Who may enter

The competition is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence, and it is open to published and unpublished authors alike.

Description 
The Award Series is an annual competition for the publication of excellent new book-length works. The Award Series defines "book-lenght" as:
— Poetry: 48 pages minimum text;
— Short story or creative nonfiction collection: 150-300 manuscript pages;
— Novel: at least 60,000 words.

The AWP Award Series is open to all authors writing original works in English for adult readers. 

There are four Prizes: 
• The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry 
• The Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction
• The AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction 
• The AWP Prize for the Novel

Manuscripts must be uploaded to https://awp.submittable.com/submit from January 1 to February 28, 2019.

Entry fees
$30 for nonmembers and $20 for AWP members

Prizes
The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry offers an award of $5,500 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

The Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction offers an award of $5,500 and publication by the University of Massachusetts Press.

The AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction offers an award of $2,500 and publication by the University of Georgia Press.

The AWP Prize for the Novel offers an award of $2,500 and publication by New Issues.

Website
Please visit https://www.awpwriter.org/contests/awp_award_series_overview to learn more about the competition.

Deadline
28th February 2019