Applicants are invited for Red Hen Press Ann Petry Award 2022. It seeks to publish prose literature by Black authors.

This Award is for a work of previously unpublished prose. Either a novel or a collection of short stories or novellas, with a minimum of 150 pages, by a Black writer.  The awarded manuscript is selected through an annual submission process, with primary review by the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance, who will winnow the submissions to a list of finalists for the final judge.

Award details

• $3000
• Book publication by Red Hen Press
• The opening chapter or story of the awarded manuscript will be published in the Peauxdunque Review
• Four-week residency at The Community Library’s Ernest and Mary Hemingway House in Ketchum, Idaho

School Enterprise Challenge 2022 (worth $25,000)

Eligibility of  Red Hen Press

The award is open to all Black writers, with the following exceptions:

• Authors who have had a full-length work published by Red Hen Press, or a full-length work currently under consideration by Red Hen Press
• Employees, interns, or contractors of Red Hen Press
• Relatives of employees or members of the executive board of directors
• Relatives or individuals having a personal or professional relationship with any of the final judges where they have taken any part whatsoever in shaping the manuscript, or where, for whatever reason, selecting a particular manuscript might have the appearance of impropriety

Application

To be certain that every manuscript finalist receives the fairest evaluation, all manuscripts shall be submitted to the judges without any identifying material. Bios, acknowledgments, and other identifying material shall be removed from judged manuscripts until the conclusion of the competition.

More Importantly, remove all names, bios, acknowledgments, and other identifying material from the submitted manuscript, and include only your name, contact information, and a short biographical statement in the cover letter field of Submittable.

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