Saturday, July 13, 2024

Writing Competition: Orison Books Best Spiritual Literature Awards in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction

THE BEST SPIRITUAL LITERATURE AWARDS IN POETRY, FICTION, & NONFICTION

Each year from May 1 – August 1 we accept entries of unpublished single works in three genres (poetry, fiction, & nonfiction) for consideration for The Best Spiritual Literature Awards. The winner in each genre will receive a $500 cash prize as well as publication in Best Spiritual Literature, an annual collection of the finest spiritually engaged writing that appeared in periodicals the preceding year. (The unpublished work selected for The Best Spiritual Literature Awards will be featured alongside the reprinted material.)

Submit up to 3 poems (10 pp. max), 1 story (up to 8,000 words), or 1 work of nonfiction (up to 8,000 words). You may submit in multiple genres, and/or submit multiple entries in each genre.

Entry Fee: $12
Submission Period: May 1 – August 1

Electronic submissions via Duosuma only.

Do not include any identifying information in your manuscript or file name. Original English work only; no translations. Finalists will be selected by the editorial staff at Orison Books, and a winner will be selected in each genre by the judges: Sarah Ghazal Ali (poetry), Amit Majmudar (fiction), and Susanne Paola Antonetta (nonfiction). Current or former students of the judge in the genre in which they are submitting, or anyone with a close personal relationship with that judge, are not eligible to submit. The editors also reserve the right to select no finalists, in which case all entry fees will be refunded to contest entrants.

Submit your entry here.

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