Writing Competition: The Anne C. Barnhill Prize for Creative Nonfiction

The Barnhill Prize honors Anne’s generous spirit of support for all who love to read and write; her lifelong empathy with those who mine their childhood experience to understand themselves now; the natural vulnerability in her compelling prose and poetry; and her boundless generosity in sharing her writing passions with the world.

 

Selection process: Editors determine the pool of 10 finalist essays. Those 10 essays will be read by an outside judge who makes the final selection of one winning essay. The author of the winning essay receives a cash award of $250. The winner has ten days to accept the award. More information about this year's judge, M. Randal O'Wain, can be found here.

 

Eligibility: The competition is open to writers in English, whether published or unpublished. Previous winners of this award are not eligible to win again. Writers must be residents of North America.

 

Essay Guidelines:

• Essays should be double-spaced and no more than 3,500 words in length.

• The award recognizes outstanding creative nonfiction that reflects our mission: (See About)

• Essays are only accepted via our Submittable online platform. No paper, please.

• Please be sure essay pages are numbered and that your name is NOT on the document that is your essay.

• Please use a standard, easy-to-read font such as Times New Roman in twelve-point size.

• Essays may not have been previously published.

• Authors may submit more than one essay to the competition for consideration as long as no material is duplicated between submissions. Each submission will require a separate entry fee.

• Essays under consideration for this competition may be submitted elsewhere at the same time. Please withdraw your essay if it is accepted by another publisher and should no longer be considered for the Barnhill Prize for Creative Nonfiction competition. Withdrawal can be completed via the submissions manager website. Entry fees ($10 per submission) are not refundable.

•  Deadline: July 31, 2019

The final judge will not be aware of the names or publication records of the authors. If he believes he recognizes the work or identity of the writer, he will disclose that to our editors..
Please forward any questions to edg (at) longridgeeditors (dot) com. Thank you!