Grants & Awards

Over 70 upcoming deadlines, plus 5 new awards, and 147 recent winners.

A prize of $10,000 is given annually to an emerging African American writer for a short story collection or novel published in the current year. The winner will also receive travel and lodging expenses to attend an awards ceremony in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in January 2018. Anthony Grooms, Elizabeth Nunez, Francine Prose, and Patricia Towers will judge. Submit eight copies of a short story collection or a novel

(or bound galleys) published in 2017 by August 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.