Oregon Book Awards
| CATEGORIES | for U.S. WritersU.S. Writing ContestsEntry Fee | Poetry |Entry Fee | Fiction | Entry Fee | Non-Fiction | |
| DEADLINE | 26th August 2011 Friday |
| ENTRY FEE | $ 40 |
| PRIZE | ??? |
categories: • Poetry, including chapbooks of more than 20 pages in length. • Novel, minimum 40,000 words. • Short Fiction, including collections and anthologies. • General Nonfiction, such as biography, history, sciences, nature writing, landscape • writing and criticism. • Creative Nonfiction, such as autobiography, memoir and personal essay. • Children’s Literature, including poetry, fiction and nonfiction. This includes easy readers and picture-books. • Young Adult Literature, including poetry, fiction and nonfiction. • Drama, including full-length and one-act plays; radio, television and screenplays; and one-person productions that are published, or have had a staged reading or full production in a theatre or other official venue. Note: the Drama award is biennial and will not begiven in 2012. • Graphic Literature (please note there are separate guidelines and a separate entry form for the PNCA Graphic Literature Award) Eligibility Requirements • Work must be written by an Oregon resident, whose legal residence is in Oregon at least six months of the year. A resident who moves away from Oregon permanently after the submission deadline will be disqualified. A qualified resident who dies after submitting their book may receive a posthumous award. • An ISBN is required. • A title can be submitted in one genre only. • Books must have an original publication date between August 1, 2010 and July 31, 2011. A reprint of a book published in a previous award year is not eligible. In the case of a collected work, this timeframe applies to the publication as a volume, not of individual pieces. • Works of translation are ineligible. • Editors are ineligible. • Anthologies containing work written by multiple authors are not eligible. • All books for the genres listed here are judged for their writing, and the award is given to the writer. • Electronically published books should be submitted as bound, paper print-outs that • include full publication information (ISBN, editor, publisher, publication date, etc.). • Work authored by Literary Arts staff, board members or advisory committee members is precluded from consideration. • In the event of a dispute as to a title's eligibility, Literary Arts will make the final decision on eligibility. List of Submitted Titles Literary Arts will publish a list on our web site of all entries received in mid-August 2011. The list will be updated after the deadline submission has passed. to reflect all of the submissions received. Important Dates All entries must be received no later than 5 p.m. on August 26, 2011. This is not a postmark deadline; late entries will not be accepted. Finalists will be announced prior to a ceremony in the spring, at which the winners will be named. Selection Process Out-of-state judges are instructed to choose up to five finalists in each category, including a winner, using literary merit as the sole selection criterion. Literary Arts does not prescreen entries except to determine eligibility. Each judge has the option of selecting fewer than five finalists and of making no award. In all cases, judges’ decisions are final. Submission Copies and Fees Work may be submitted by the author, publisher, producer or any member of the public. Please submit two copies of your book and an entry fee of $40.00 Literary Benefactors The Oregon Book Awards are sponsored by: Oregon Arts Commission, the Oregon Cultural Trust, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by Brian & Gwyneth Booth, Nancy & Roderick Boutin, Betty Bradshaw, Leslie Bradshaw Endowment, The Collins Foundation, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Rocky & Julie Dixon, Gray Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, Robert & Cecelia Huntington, Irving Street Kitchen, Mancini Family, Anne Mendel & Mark Henry, Walt Morey Endowment, Multnomah County Library, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Center for the Book at the Oregon State Library, Oregon Writers' Endowment, The Oregonian, Regional Arts & Culture Council and Work for Art, Halle & Rick Sadle, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, and many individual donors. The Oregon Book Awards is a program of Literary Arts. Oregonians are passionate about books. And ideas, and great writing. Literary Arts shares this passion. Our mission is to engage readers, support writers and inspire the next generation with great literature. The programs of Literary Arts include: Writers in the Schools, Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, Portland Arts & Lectures and Delve: Readers' Seminars. For more information about the programs of Literary Arts please contact us at 503.227.2583 or visit Literary-Arts.org. Literary Arts 224 NW 13th Avenue, Suite 306 Portland, OR 97209 503.227.2583 www.literary-arts.org http://www.literary-arts.org/ http://www.literary-arts.org/index.php?article=975 Click on the link above and go to the contest official site |
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| Submitter | admin |
| Last Modified | 21st July 2011 Thursday |
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