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THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PROSE AWARD

Submissions of Book-Length Nonfiction Manuscripts for Annual North American Indian Prose Award Welcomed

The annual award, co-sponsored by the University of Nebraska Press and the University of California, Berkeley, is given on the basis of literary merit, originality, and familiarity with North American Indian life. The competition invites biography, autobiography, history, literary criticism, essays, nonfiction works for children, and political commentary; it excludes fiction, poetry, interviews, drama, and work previously published in book form. The award is open exclusively to persons of North American Indian descent. The winner receives a cash advance of $1000 and publication of the award-winning manuscript by the University of Nebraska Press.

The annual deadline for submissions is July 1. Finalists are chosen by November 1, and the author of the award-winning manuscript is notified by January of the following year. A public award ceremony will be held at the Newberry Library in Chicago upon publication of the book.

Manuscripts and queries should be directed to: North American Indian Prose Award, University of Nebraska Press, 1111 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0630 or email Gary Dunham.

Winners of the North American Indian Prose Award

Diane Glancy, Claiming Breath

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Completing the Circle

K. Tsianina Lomawaima, They Called It Prairie Light: The Story of the Chilocco Indian School

W. S. Penn, All My Sins Are Relatives

Vincent Mendoza, Son of Two Bloods

Brenda Child, Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940

Leroy TeCube, Year in Nam: A Native American Soldiers Story

Amanda J. Cobb, Listening to Our Grandmothers Stories: The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949

Phyllis Ann Fast, Northern Athabascan Survival: Women, Community, and the Future

Rules for Entry

1. Manuscripts must be prose book-length nonfiction. Novels, short stories, interviews, drama, and poetry will not be considered. Eligible manuscripts include history, biography, autobiography, literary criticism, essays, nonfiction works for children, and political commentary.

2. Manuscripts must be previously unpublished in book form. They may include parts that have been published in journals, but all rights and permissions must be secured by the author.

3. Manuscripts may not be under consideration at another press.

4. Manuscripts must be submitted in double-spaced typescript. Improperly prepared typescripts will be returned to the authors unread.

5. Manuscripts should be accompanied by a return envelope with adequate return postage.

6. The competition and award are limited exclusively to people of North American Indian descent. Authors should include a résumé or brief autobiographical sketch.

7. Manuscripts submitted for the award will be considered for publication on their own merits, whether or not they win the award.

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