[Cwgrad-announcements] Short fiction collection contest

[Vanessa Hua]

The Drue Heinz Literature Prize Call for
Submissions 2009
http://www.upress.pitt.edu/renderHtmlPage.aspx?srcHtml=htmlSourceFiles/drueheinz.htm

The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and
supports writers of short fiction and makes their
work available to readers around the world. The
award is open to writers who have published a
book-length collection of fiction or at least
three short stories or novellas in commercial
magazines or literary journals.

Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally
known writers; past judges have included Robert
Penn Waren, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver,
Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Rick Moody and
Joan Didion. The prize carries a cash award of
$15,000 and publication by the University of
Pittsburgh Press under its standard contract.

The winner will be announced by the University
Press in December or January. No information
about the winner will be released before the
official announcement. The volume of manuscripts
prevents the Press from offering critiques or
entering into communication or correspondence
about manuscripts. Please do not call or e-mail
the Press.

Past Winners of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize

Eligibility

1. The award is open to writers who have
published a book-length collection of fiction or
a minimum of three short stories or novellas in
commercial magazines or literary journals of
national distribution. On-line publication does
not count toward this requirement.
2. The award is open to writers in English,
whether or not they are citizens of the United
States.
3. University of Pittsburgh employees, former
employees, current students, and those who have
been students within the last three years are not
eligible for the award.
4. Translations are not eligible if the
translation was not done by the author.
5. Eligible submissions include a manuscript of
short stories; one or more novellas (a novella
may comprise a maximum of 130 double-spaced typed
pages); or a combination of one or more novellas
and short stories. Novellas are only accepted as
part of a larger collection. Manuscripts may be
no fewer than 150 and no more than 300 typed
pages.
6. Stories or novellas previously published in
book form as part of an anthology are eligible.
Format for Submissions

1. Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced on
quality white paper, unbound, and pages must be
numbered consecutively. Clean, legible
photocopies on high quality white paper are
acceptable.
2. Each submission must include a list of the
writer's published short fiction work, with full
citations.
3. Manuscripts will be judged anonymously. Each
manuscript should have two cover pages: one
listing the title of the manuscript and the
author's name, address, e-mail address (if
available), and telephone number; and a second
listing only the manuscript title. The author's
name, other identifying information, and
publication information must not appear after the
first cover page.
4.
Manuscripts will not be returned.

Multiple Submissions

1. Manuscripts may also be under consideration by
other publishers, but if a manuscript is accepted
for publication elsewhere, please notify the
Press.
2. Authors may submit more than one manuscript to
the competition as long as one manuscript or a
portion thereof does not duplicate material
submitted in another manuscript.
Dates for Submission

Manuscripts must be received during May and
June 2008. That is, they must be postmarked on or
after May 1 and on or before June 30.

Send submissions to:
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
University of Pittsburgh Press
3400 Forbes Avenue
Eureka Building, Fifth Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

If you have any questions about these guidelines,
please e-mail press(at)pitt.edu (replace (at) with @)
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