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New American Fiction Prize

The NEW AMERICAN FICTION PRIZE is awarded each year to a full-length fiction manuscript, such as a story collection, novel, novella(s), or something that blends forms, like a novel in verse. The winner receives $1,500 and a book contract, as well as 25 author's copies and promotional support. The submission period is usually February 15 - June 15.

2023 New American Fiction Prize final judge Gabriel Bump

2023 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Gabriel Bump

December 5, 2022

Submissions for the 2023 New American Fiction Prize are now open. Winner will receive a contract including a $1500, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. EXTENDED DEADLINE: July 1, 2023. All full-length fiction manuscripts are welcome, including novels, novellas, collections of stories and/or novellas, novels in verse, linked collections, as well as full-length collections of[Read More]

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Gabriel Bump

2022 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Weike Wang

February 15, 2022

Submissions for the 2022 New American Fiction Prize are closed and the reading committee is hard at work. Winner will receive a contract including a $1,500 advance, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. Extended deadline is July 1, 2022. All full-length fiction manuscripts are welcome, including novels, novellas, collections of stories and/or novellas, novels in[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Weike Wang

Maija Mäkinen

Maija Mäkinen wins 2021 New American Fiction Prize

January 28, 2022

We’re pleased to announce that Kristen Arnett has selected THE GHOSTS OF OTHER IMMIGRANTS: STORIES by Maija Mäkinen of Brooklyn, NY, to receive the 2021 New American Fiction Prize! A Finnish-born writer and translator, Maija’s stories, essays, and poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Iowa Review; Short, Vigorous Roots (Ooligan Press); Porterhouse Review;[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Maija Mäkinen

Erica Plouffe Lazure’s PROOF OF ME to Launch March 24

November 30, 2021

“Erica Plouffe Lazure’s stories are downright combustible: Proof of Me begins, quite literally, with a bang, and the intensity never wavers.” — NICK WHITE, author of Sweet & Low and How to Survive a Summer “Every sentence of Lazure’s prose is stamped with authority and confidence.” — AIMEE BENDER, author of The Butterfly Lampshade “Put[Read More]

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2021 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Kristen Arnett

May 26, 2021

Submissions for the 2021 New American Fiction Prize are open. DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2021 Winner will receive a contract including a $1,500 advance, publication, and twenty-five copies. Final judge is Kristen Arnett.

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Kristen Arnett

Winner of 2020 New American Fiction Prize: Erica Plouffe Lazure

May 30, 2020

We’re pleased to announce that Nick White has selected Proof of Me and Other Stories by Erica Plouffe Lazure of Exeter, New Hampshire,, to receive the 2020 New American Fiction Prize!

Filed Under: Announcements, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Erica Plouffe Lazure

Nick White

2020 New American Fiction Prize

January 2, 2020

Winner receives a publication contract, including a $1,500 advance, 25 author’s copies, and promotional support.

Deadline: June 15, 2020

Filed Under: Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Nick White

2019 New American Fiction Prize

June 1, 2019

Winner receives a publication contract, including a $1,200 advance, 25 author’s copies, and promotional support.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2019.

Filed Under: Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Judith Claire Mitchell

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2025 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Clancy Martin

Submissions for the 2025 New American Fiction Prize are now open. Winner will receive a contract including a $1500, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2025. All full-length fiction manuscripts are welcome, including novels, novellas, collections of stories and/or novellas, novels in verse, linked collections, as well as full-length collections of flash[Read More]

Sara Eliza Johnson

2025 New American Poetry Prize: EXTENDED DEADLINE February 3!

The 2025 New American Poetry Prize is open for submissions starting September 1, 2024. EXTENDED DEADLINE: February 3, 2025. The winning manuscript will be published and its author will receive $1500, promotional support, and 25 author copies. Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages, but there is no maximum length. All forms and styles of[Read More]

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