5. Faulkner Wisdom Competition: NOVEL IN PROGRESS

Description

Novel in Progress competition fee is $35.00 + $5.00 processing fee. Please refer to https://faulknersociety.org/william-faulkner-wisdom-competition/competition-guidelines/ for complete competition guidelines.

Category Five – Novel-in-Progress – Prize: $1,500

This award, created and originally funded by Edgar winner Julie Smith in memory of the late Evans Harrington Grant, a creative writing professor at the University of Mississippi, is now funded by other private individuals. Requirements: highly polished one-page synopsis, and first few chapters or first 25 pages. Entry must not exceed 7,500 words, including the one-page synopsis. Entries may be any form of novel, including literary, mainstream, or genre. Entries exceeding 7,500 words will not be accepted.