Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award
Deadline February 17, formerly February 15. Recommended free contest awards $1,000 for a book published within 3 calendar years immediately preceding the year of the competition (e.g., a copyright notice of 2023-2025 for current contest) by authors with a connection to the state of Kansas by birth, education, employment, residence, or other significant claim. Award alternates between genres every 3 years. Fiction is the 2026 deadline genre, and entries must be book-length novels or collections of short stories. Publishers, authors, or anyone interested in seeing a book considered must submit 2 signed copies of each book nominated. Sponsored by Washburn University's Center for Kansas Studies, the Thomas Fox Averill Kansas Studies Collection at Mabee Library, and the Friends of Mabee Library.
Source: https://www.washburn.edu/library/ksbookaward/call-for-submissions.html
Published: November 28, 2025
