SUMMARY

Prize: $1000 & publication in Edition 25 of The Lifted Brow

Deadline: January 25th, 2015

Word limit: 5,000 words

Judges: Rebecca Giggs, John D’Agata, Mallory Ortberg

About:
In conjunction with The Lifted Brow’s print magazine relaunch in March 2015, this prize is looking to unearth new, audacious, authentic and/or inauthentic voices from both Australia and the world.

We applaud the current focus and fascination with boundary-pushing non-fiction writing that is published online, but we still believe there’s scope to experiment on the page, using true facts, words from life, journals, journalism, collage, theory, tricks, arguments, etc. The essay, as the end of experience, is a malleable form, and we want to celebrate that with this prize.

The Lifted Brow Prize for Experimental Non-Fiction seeks work that is unlike any other. We want to hear from writers we’ve never read before, and we want writers we already know and love to challenge themselves to create work unlike any they’ve previously produced.

‘Innovation’ is an IKEA word, but we’ll take it.

FYI, here are some of our favourite authors working in this non-genre:

Hilton Als
Chris Kraus
Wayne Koestenbaum
Kate Zambreno
Eileen Myles
Geoff Dyer
Georges Perec
Ali Smith
John Cage
Joe Brainard
Elizabeth Hardwick

PRIZE

AU$1000

publication in Edition 25 of The Lifted Brow, the first issue of our redesigned and relaunched format, out March 2015.

GUIDELINES

Entries are welcome from writers anywhere in the world.

We particularly encourage people who identify as queer and/or trans and/or of any colour, religion, or gender, and/or have a disability, and/or are rad and excellent and canny, to apply.

There is no age limit.

Online submissions only. Pay the entry fee, attach your submission. Easy!

Deadline is midnight AEST on January 25th, 2015. Late submissions cannot be accepted.

Include in your short cover letter: name, address, phone number, email address, title of piece, word count, one-paragraph bio, and one-paragraph synopsis of the piece.

All submissions will be read blind/judging is completely anonymous. As such, the author’s name must not appear anywhere in the document or in the name of the file. The file name should only include the title of the piece.

Each entry must be accompanied by an entry fee of $7. All entry fees go directly to the prize pool.

TLB staff are not eligible to enter.

Entries must be a single piece of up to 5,000 words, written in English (any endnotes should be included in that word count). Please make your entry legible.

All entries are final. No revisions are accepted.

Multiple entries are permitted, each with an entry fee.

Entries must be original works written by an individual author, group of authors or systems, and must not infringe upon anyone’s copyright.

Entries should not be on offer to other publications or prizes or anthologies for the duration of the prize.

Previously published, prize-winning, or broadcast work will not be accepted. (Previous online appearances constitute prior publication.)

If entrants subsequently withdraw their entries, the entry fee will not be refunded.

A shortlist will be announced in early February, followed by the announcement of the overall winner close to the publication date of The Lifted Brow Edition 25 — approximately March 1st.

The judges’ decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into about the judgements or the judging process.

Only shortlisted entrants and the winner will be notified. No feedback will be given on entries.

TLB reserves the right not to award a prize.