These awards are for works that evoke the American South. For fiction and non-fiction, the awards are for published/soon-to-be-published books (see guidelines); for poetry, send a poem of up to 60 lines. Poems should evoke the US South. “Books must be published during the submission year and cannot be self-published. Advanced reader copies or proofs for books that will be published in October, November or December of 2026 are eligible.” And, “Winners also receive an expenses-paid trip to Oxford, Miss., where we celebrate the winning writers as part of the Oxford Conference for the Book.”
Value: $12,000 for prose; $3,000 for poetry
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Open for: Unspecified
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Deadline: September 30th, 2026