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Dzanc Books announces the inaugural Dzanc Prize – a monetary
award to a writer with both a work in progress, and an interest
in performing some form of literary community service.<br>
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The award itself will be a total of $5,000 to be distributed in
two payments over the course of a twelve month period. The purpose
of this prize is to give monetary aid to a writer of literary
promise, in order to provide a budgetary cushion for them, allowing
the author to concentrate his/her efforts on the completion of
their work in progress.<br>
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Eligibility: Any author with a Work in Progress, and a project
in mind that can be deemed Literary Community Service. The author
must be working on literary fiction, and the community service
must occur within the United States of America.<br>
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Timing: The Inaugural Dzanc Prize will be issued for the 2008
calendar year. We will accept submissions from authors from now
through November 1, 2007. The announcement of the winning author
will be made during the month of December 2007. The announcement
will be made via email to the author, here on the website, as
well as sent to trade journals (<i>P&W</i>, <i>Publisher's
Weekly</i>, etc.).<br>
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Submissions: Authors please send your current cv, a description
of your Work in Progress, along with a ten page excerpt, and your
planned Literary Community Service. These should be sent as MS
Word Attachments in an email to <a href="mailto:info@dzancbooks.org" style="text-decoration: none;" class="alt" color="#0066FF">info@dzancbooks.org</a>.<br>
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Dzanc Books will be selecting the author who will receive this
$5,000 Prize based on a combination of the Work in Progress, and
the intended Literary Community Service. It would probably benefit
authors who are submitting to become familiar with Dzanc Books
and the types of authors we will be publishing, as well as the
Educational Programs Dzanc Books sets up and runs.<br>
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Some examples of Literary Community Service: <br>
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<b>- Running a series of writing workshops in a school<br>
- Volunteering to do a storytime session or series at your local
library<br>
- Volunteering to work at a local book festival (if the festival
is run as a non-profit)</b><br>
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The winner of the Dzanc Prize will receive a check for $2500 in
the month of January 2008. The remaining $2500 will be paid once
the Literary Community Service has been completed.<br>
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Dzanc Books will make no claims towards the winner and their Work
in Progress. If at the time the author has completed the work,
they wish to submit it to Dzanc Books, we will be delighted to
have a look. Their manuscript will go through the same reading
process every other submission goes through.<br>
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The submissions for the Dzanc Prize will be reviewed by, and the
prize will be awarded by a panel of Steve Gillis, Dan Wickett
and Keith Taylor. All writers, including friends and associates
of the panel, are eligible for the prize. The integrity and objectivity
of Dzanc Books will not be compromised and, given our vast connections
to so many great writers, exclusion of any kind would be impossible.<br>
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Any questions can be submitted to <a href="mailto:info@dzancbooks.org" style="text-decoration: none;" class="alt" color="#0066FF">info@dzancbooks.org</a>.</font><br>