The Center for Fiction, New York founded in 1820 as the Mercantile Library, announced that Karl Marlantes won the 2010 Flahery-Dunnan First Novel prize, which includes a $10,000 cash award for Matterhorn (Atlantic Monthly Press & El Leon Literary Arts)
Center for Fiction
Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize
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Deadline: March 18, 2011
Entry Fee: $50
Web site: www.centerforfiction.org/awards
E-mail address: kristin@centerforfiction.org
A prize of $10,000 is given annually for a first novel published in the United States during the current year. Finalists receive $1,000 each. Publishers may submit six copies of a book (or bound galleys or manuscripts) published in 2011 with a $50 entry fee by March 18. Visit the Web site for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Center for Fiction, Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, 17 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017. (212) 755-6710. Kristin Henley, Programs Director.
Friday, February 18, 2011
ANGRY ROBOT BOOKS
Ok, here goes for the first update......You will need to sort the wheat from the chaff
www.AngryRobotBooks.com
SCI-FI / FANTASY / HORROR
Unagented sci-fi novelists are being given a window of opportunity to get their books into print in March, as Nottingham based sci-fi imprint Angry Robot has designated it an Open Door Month and is open to unsolicited manuscripts.
Angry Robot guarantee that every submission made during that month will be read; if anything is truly exceptional, it will be passed to AR founders for consideration. AR are interested in full-length genre and sub-genre novels in the realms of sci-fi, fantasy and horror for an adult readership.
They are looking for pacy stories, clever construction, confident writing, believable characters and a sense of heightened experience. They publish worldwide in print, e-book and audio formats, and pay advances and royalties.
Details of how to submit unagented novels during Open Door Month will be posted on the website at the beginning of March; unsolicited manuscripts received before that time will not be read. There are friendly but stern guidelines on their website that emphasis the importance of fulfilling their criteria to the letter.
A year after their formation in 2009 by publishing director Marc Gascoigne and editor Lee Harris, Angry Robot became part of the independent Osprey Group in May 2010.
Details: Angry Robot Ltd, Lace Market House, 54-56 High Pavement, Nottingham, NG1 1HW Tel: 0044 115 933 8456 (Marc), 0044 115 933 8455 (Lee) www.AngryRobotBooks.com
www.AngryRobotBooks.com
SCI-FI / FANTASY / HORROR
Unagented sci-fi novelists are being given a window of opportunity to get their books into print in March, as Nottingham based sci-fi imprint Angry Robot has designated it an Open Door Month and is open to unsolicited manuscripts.
Angry Robot guarantee that every submission made during that month will be read; if anything is truly exceptional, it will be passed to AR founders for consideration. AR are interested in full-length genre and sub-genre novels in the realms of sci-fi, fantasy and horror for an adult readership.
They are looking for pacy stories, clever construction, confident writing, believable characters and a sense of heightened experience. They publish worldwide in print, e-book and audio formats, and pay advances and royalties.
Details of how to submit unagented novels during Open Door Month will be posted on the website at the beginning of March; unsolicited manuscripts received before that time will not be read. There are friendly but stern guidelines on their website that emphasis the importance of fulfilling their criteria to the letter.
A year after their formation in 2009 by publishing director Marc Gascoigne and editor Lee Harris, Angry Robot became part of the independent Osprey Group in May 2010.
Details: Angry Robot Ltd, Lace Market House, 54-56 High Pavement, Nottingham, NG1 1HW Tel: 0044 115 933 8456 (Marc), 0044 115 933 8455 (Lee) www.AngryRobotBooks.com
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