SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2023 PRIZE ARE CLOSED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU IN 2024.
Submissions for the 2023 Prize are now open! The submission window closes August 31, 2023.
Calendar Year 2023 Submissions Criteria (read carefully as our criteria has changed):
To be eligible the small press must meet each of the following:
The average annual net revenue of the small press, based on the two preceding years, must be less than US $750,000.00 (excluding arts grants).
The small press must be established in the US or Canada and dedicated to publishing new, literary fiction as its main creative aim.
The small press must be an independent financial body, defined as: an entity not wholly or partly owned by any other financial body or business, or sharing costs within a group or partnership, even if the group or partnership comprises other presses. (Exception may be possible in the case of a small press under common ownership with an affiliated, independent bookstore.) The prize was set-up to support presses taking financial risks by supporting creatively challenging work and cannot reward business that received financial benefit or favour from other commercial interests. For the sake of clarity support from arts grants do not fall under this restriction.
To be eligible the small press’s submission must meet each of the following:
The submitted book must be first published in the calendar-year of the prize in physical form.
No digital-only work.
Only one new novel or short stories collection by a single author, per publisher for the 2023 calendar-year.
No self-published work.
The book must be in English or translated into English.
ENTRY INFORMATION
Only one entry per press.
Entry requires a completed submissions form and a pdf of the work.
Opening date for receipt of submissions forms is July 1, 2023.
Closing date for receipt of submissions forms is August 31, 2023.
Once notified that your submission has been accepted, five physical copies of the work must be provided no later than November 1, 2023.