Stowe Prize for Literary Activism
Deadline November 1 (must be received by this date), formerly October 28. Highly recommended free contest gives a $10,000 award to a US author whose prose work (fiction and nonfiction compete together) "illuminates a critical social justice issue in contemporary society in the United States". Nominated work must have been published in the US within the past 3 years. This prize was launched in 2011 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the antislavery classic 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Complete sponsor's online entry form.
Published: October 6, 2024