GLCA New Writers Awards
Deadline May 25, formerly June 25. Recommended free contest gives a reading tour of 13 Midwestern colleges, with a $500 honorarium per visit, for the US or Canadian author of a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction that is the author's first published book in that genre. One winner in each category. Publisher should nominate a book online and then submit 4 copies of book along with signed author's statement agreeing to the terms of the campus visits. Publisher may enter only one work in each genre. Self-published titles accepted. Books must have been published in the US or Canada and bear a publication imprint of 2023 or 2024. Selection process favors recipients of major first-book awards.
Source: https://www.glca.org/faculty/new-writers-award/
Published: February 29, 2024