Virginia Commonwealth University
Cabell First Novelist Award
Deadline:
January 14, 2014
Website:
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a first novel published during the previous year. The winner and the winner’s editor and agent also receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the First Novelist Festival at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. A committee of novelists and critics, including 2013 winner Ramona Ausubel, will judge. For books published between July 1 and December 31, 2013, submit three copies by January 14, 2014. There is no entry fee. Call, e-mail, or visit the website for complete guidelines.
Virginia Commonwealth University, English Department, P.O. Box 842005, Richmond, VA 23284. (804) 828-1329. Lena Moses-Schmitt, Contact.
>via: http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/cabell_first_novelist_award