Guidelines
These are PERMANENT GUIDELINES. We accept entries beginning May 1 annually. Our deadline (postmark deadline) is October 31 annually. Results letters are sent by May 1 of the following year.
Please read guidelines carefully
POSTMARK DEADLINE OCTOBER 31
NEW AWARD: Award in the Essay
4 AWARDS: $1,000 each for Novel, Short Fiction, Essay, Poetry // $4,000 in awards
The $3,000 PORTFOLIO AWARD, offered from 2003-2007, HAS BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. OTHER SOURCES WHICH LIST THE PORTFOLIO AWARD ARE NOT CORRECT.
RESULTS LETTERS BY NEXT MAY
by e-mail if you include
e-mail address, or by snail-mail if you include a SASE
WEBSITEwww.danaawards.com
E-MAIL danaawards@
pipeline.com ordanaawards@gmail.com for
questions only.
NO E-MAIL OR ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSIONS.
IMPORTANT RULES:
ALL
WORK MUST BE UNAWARDED and UNPUBLISHED WHEN
SUBMITTEDTO US AND
NOT PROMISED FOR AWARD OR FOR PUBLICATION, EITHER IN PRINT OR ONLINE. YOU
MAY SIMULTANEOUSLY SUBMIT since we publish only in very rare years when we
have an agreement with a literary journal. If your work is accepted
elsewhere meantime, you can still win our monetary awards.
POEMS, STORIES, ESSAYS, OR NOVEL EXCERPTS ALREADY PUBLISHED INDIVIDUALLY
ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, EVEN IF SENT FROM PART OF A LARGER BOOK WHICH HAS NOT
BEEN PUBLISHED.
IMPORTANT: FOR ALL AWARDS, THE TERM MANUSCRIPT DOES NOT MEAN A
FULL BOOK. We mean first 40 pages for a Novel ms., 1 short story for
a Short Fiction ms., 1 essay for an Essay ms., and 5 poems for a Poetry
ms.
OUR 4 AWARDS
DANA AWARD FOR THE NOVEL is $1,000
for the first 40 pages ONLY of a
novel either completed or in progress (in-progress submissions should be
as polished as possible). All types of novels accepted (NO MEMOIRS).
No novels for or by persons under 16. Typed, double-spaced only.
DANA AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION is $1,000
for the best short fiction (NO MEMOIRS for this award. Instead, submit under ESSAY category below). Maximum 10,000 words per short story. No stories for or by persons under 16. Typed, double-spaced only.
DANA AWARD FOR THE ESSAY is $1,000 for the best Personal Essay, Memoir, or Creative Non-Fiction Essay. No essays for or by persons under 16. (Limit of 10,000 words per essay.) Typed, double-spaced only.
DANA AWARD FOR POETRY is $1,000
for the best group of 5 poems, judged on the overall excellence of all 5. 5 poems per entry. No light verse or verse for or by persons under 16. Poems may be thematically related but need not be. Poems longer than 100 lines are discouraged. Typed. Single-spaced preferred.
READING
FEES
·
· $15 per
5 poems
$15 per short story
$15 per essay
$25 per
novel entry
·
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: "DANA AWARDS"
From outside U.S., send INTERNATIONAL money
orders, traveler's checks, or bank checks (all must be formally stamped
by the issuing bank as "U.S.
funds" AND must
be drawn on U.S. banks only).
COVER SHEET: Include SEPARATE COVER SHEET with name,
address, phone number, e-mail address, title(s) of work(s) submitted. NO
AUTHOR'S NAME ON MANUSCRIPT.
SASE FOR RESULTS ONLY. NO MSS. RETURNED.
MAIL SUBMISSIONS TO:
MARY ELIZABETH PARKER, CHAIR
DANA AWARDS
200 FOSSEWAY DRIVE
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA USA 27455
FOR QUESTIONS ONLY, E-MAIL AT THIS ADDRESSdanaawards@pipeline.com
or