Deadline: 30 September 2010
Geographical Restrictions: no mention
Reading Fee: none
Accepts (genre): short prose
Prize/Payment: $500
Each year, outstanding works of short prose deserve wider recognition. The Eric Hoffer Award for short prose recognizes excellence in writing with a $500 prize and various honors and distinctions. Works of short prose must be less than 10,000 words, previously unpublished, or published with a circulation of less than 500. The winning prose and selected nominations are published annually in the anthology, Best New Writing.
Anyone (including the author) can submit prose for The Hoffer Award. If you are familiar with the nomination process, visit the prose submission page. Otherwise, please use the following FAQ.
Why should prose be nominated for the Hoffer Award?
The Hoffer Award exists as a platform to honor short prose of exceptional merit. (Please read our mission statement.) Since its inception as the Writers' Notes Award, the Hoffer Award has grown in prominence each year. Winners of the “Hoffer” are given prizes, honors, and worldwide media exposure. The prizewinner and selected nominations are included in the annual anthology, Best New Writing. NOTE: The whole point of Best New Writing is to bring new work before the public. We take what we do very seriously, as we pass your story around the world to our veteran panel. Each story is read. Each story is evaluated in full. If you are considering a simultaneous submission, please don't send your story.
Who can be nominated for a Hoffer Prose Award?
The Hoffer Award is open to short works of fiction and creative nonfiction. Works must be less than 10,000 words, previously unpublished, or published with a circulation of less than 500. (If it was published on-line, please do not submit it.) Yes, you can nominate your own work. NOTE: Award is closed to the staff of Hopewell Publications and previous Hoffer Award winning entries.
More information here.
Geographical Restrictions: no mention
Reading Fee: none
Accepts (genre): short prose
Prize/Payment: $500
Each year, outstanding works of short prose deserve wider recognition. The Eric Hoffer Award for short prose recognizes excellence in writing with a $500 prize and various honors and distinctions. Works of short prose must be less than 10,000 words, previously unpublished, or published with a circulation of less than 500. The winning prose and selected nominations are published annually in the anthology, Best New Writing.
Anyone (including the author) can submit prose for The Hoffer Award. If you are familiar with the nomination process, visit the prose submission page. Otherwise, please use the following FAQ.
Why should prose be nominated for the Hoffer Award?
The Hoffer Award exists as a platform to honor short prose of exceptional merit. (Please read our mission statement.) Since its inception as the Writers' Notes Award, the Hoffer Award has grown in prominence each year. Winners of the “Hoffer” are given prizes, honors, and worldwide media exposure. The prizewinner and selected nominations are included in the annual anthology, Best New Writing. NOTE: The whole point of Best New Writing is to bring new work before the public. We take what we do very seriously, as we pass your story around the world to our veteran panel. Each story is read. Each story is evaluated in full. If you are considering a simultaneous submission, please don't send your story.
Who can be nominated for a Hoffer Prose Award?
The Hoffer Award is open to short works of fiction and creative nonfiction. Works must be less than 10,000 words, previously unpublished, or published with a circulation of less than 500. (If it was published on-line, please do not submit it.) Yes, you can nominate your own work. NOTE: Award is closed to the staff of Hopewell Publications and previous Hoffer Award winning entries.
More information here.
