Publication of Novel and $1,000

Program Name: Starcherone Fiction Prize
Amount: $1,000 and publication at Starcherone Press
Application Fee: $30
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: maximum 400 pages
Contact: Starcherone Books, Starcherone Fiction Prize, P.O. Box 303, Buffalo, NY 14201, http://www.starcherone.com/engines.htm, publisher@starcherone.com
Application Online: none

$1,000 and Reading at Literary Festival

Program Name: Southern Illinois University, Devil's Kitchen Reading Award in Prose
Amount: $1,000, all-expenses paid reading at Devil’s Kitchen Fall Literary Festival
Application Fee: $15
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: published in last year (except those published by Southern Illinois University Press), no current students/employees of Southern Illinois University
Contact: Southern Illinois University, Devil's Kitchen Reading Awards, Department of English, Mail Code 4503, 1000 Faner Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901, 618-453-6833, http://www.siuc.edu/~grassroots/dkawards.html, grassrootsmag@gmail.com
Application Online: none

$2,500 for Historical Novel that Captures Spirit of America

Program Name: James Fenimore Cooper Prize
Amount: $2,500
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: historical novel with American theme, published in past two years,
Contact: Society of American Historians, James Fenimore Cooper Prize, 603 Fayerweather MC 2538, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, 212-854-5943, http://sah.columbia.edu/prizes/cooper.html, amhistsociety@columbia.edu
Application Online: none

$1,000 for Notable Novel

Program Name: Paterson Fiction Prize
Amount: $1,000
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: book published in the previous year
Contact: Maria Mazziottti Gillan, Passaic County Community College, Paterson Poetry Prize, The Poetry Center, 1 College Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07505-1179, 973-684-6555, http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/Fiction_P.html
Application Online: http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/Fiction_P.html

$500 for Children’s and Juvenile’s Books

Program Name: Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
Amount: $500 in each category: Pre-K to Gr. 3, Gr. 4 to 6, Gr. 7 to 12
Application Fee: $0
Income Requirements: none
Geographic Requirements: none
Other Requirements: book published in the previous year
Contact: Maria Mazziottti Gillan, Passaic County Community College, Paterson Poetry Prize, The Poetry Center, 1 College Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07505-1179, 973-684-6555, http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/Young_People_P.html
Application Online: http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/Young_People_P.html