Submissions Deadline: 2017 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence

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Deadline for submissions to the 2017 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence is August 15, 2017

 

The Gaines Award honors rising African-American Fiction authors in recognition of Louisiana native Ernest Gaines’ extraordinary contribution to the literary world.

 

Submission may be novels or short-story collections published in 2017, as well as Galleys for 2017 publications.

 

Submissions will be judged by a 5-judge national literary panel. The winner, to be announced in November, will receive the $10,000 award at a ceremony in January sponsored by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. This event honors work honors both the winning author and Mr. Gaines.  

 

Visit www.ernestjgainesaward.org for information on criteria, entrance forms, previous winners and more.