The Drue Heinz Literature Prize Call for Submissions 2014
The University of Pittsburgh Press announces the 2014 Drue Heinz Literature Prize for a collection of short fiction. The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press under its standard contract. The winner will be announced in December or January. No information about the winner will be released before the official announcement. The volume of manuscripts prevents the Press from offering critiques or entering into communication or correspondence about manuscripts. Please do not call or e-mail the Press.
Past Winners of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Eligibility
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The award is open to writers who have published a novel, a book-length collection of fiction, or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals of national distribution. On-line publication and self-publication do not count toward this requirement.
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The award is open to writers in English, whether or not they are citizens of the United States.
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University of Pittsburgh employees, former employees, current students, and those who have been students within the last three years are not eligible for the award. |
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Translations are not eligible if the translation was not done by the author.
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Eligible submissions include an unpublished manuscript of short stories; one or more novellas (a novella may comprise a maximum of 130 double-spaced typed pages); or a combination of one or more novellas and short stories. Novellas are only accepted as part of a larger collection. Manuscripts may be no fewer than 150 and no more than 300 typed pages. Prior publication of your manuscript as a whole in any format (including electronic) makes it ineligible.
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Stories or novellas previously published in magazines or journals or in book form as part of an anthology are eligible. |
Format for Submissions
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Manuscripts must be double-spaced on quality white paper, unbound, and pages must be numbered consecutively. Clean, legible photocopies on high quality white paper are acceptable. |
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Each submission must include a list of the writer's published short fiction work, with full citations.
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Manuscripts will be judged anonymously. Each manuscript should have two cover pages: one listing the title of the manuscript and the author's name, address, e-mail address (if available), and telephone number; and a second listing only the manuscript title. The author's name, other identifying information, and publication information must not appear after the first cover page.
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Manuscripts will not be returned.
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Multiple Submissions
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Manuscripts may also be under consideration by other publishers, but if a manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify the Press.
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Authors may submit more than one manuscript to the competition as long as one manuscript or a portion thereof does not duplicate material submitted in another manuscript. |
Dates for Submission
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Manuscripts must be received during May and June 2013. That is, they must be postmarked on or after May 1 and on or before June 30.
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Send submissions to:
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
University of Pittsburgh Press
3400 Forbes Avenue
Eureka Building, Fifth Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
If you have any questions about these guidelines, please e-mail info@upress.pitt.edu |
PAST WINNERS OF THE DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE
| YEAR |
Author |
Title (books in print are linked) |
Senior Judge |
| 2013 |
Anthony Wallace |
The Old Priest |
Amy Hempel |
| 2012 |
Beth Bosworth |
The Source of Life and Other Stories |
Sven Birkerts |
| 2011 |
Shannon Cain |
The Necessity of Certain Behaviors |
Alice Mattison |
| 2010 |
Tina May Hall |
The Physics of Imaginary Objects
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Renata Adler |
| 2009 |
Anne Sanow |
Triple Time |
Ann Patchett |
| 2008 |
Anthony Varallo |
Out Loud |
Scott Turow |
| 2007 |
Kirk Nesset |
Paradise Road |
Hilary Masters |
| 2006 |
Todd James Pierce |
Newsworld |
Joan Didion |
| 2005 |
David Harris Ebenbach |
Between Camelots |
Stewart O'Nan |
| 2004 |
Darrell Spencer |
Bring Your Legs with You |
Michael Chabon |
| 2003 |
Suzanne Greenberg |
Speed-Walk and Other Stories |
Rick Moody |
| 2002 |
John Blair |
American Standard |
Elizabeth Hardwick |
| 2001 |
Brett Ellen Block |
Destination Known |
C. Michael Curtis |
| 2000 |
Adria Bernardi |
In the Gathering Woods |
Frank Conroy |
| 1999 |
Lucy Honig |
The Truly Needy and Other Stories |
Charles Johnson |
| 1998 |
Barbara Croft |
Necessary Fictions |
Bharati Mukherjee |
| 1997 |
Katherine Vaz |
Fado and Other Stories |
George Garrett |
| 1996 |
Edith Pearlman |
Vaquita and Other Stories |
Rosellen Brown |
| 1995 |
Geoffrey Becker |
Dangerous Men |
Charles Baxter |
| 1994 |
Jennifer Cornell |
Departures |
Alice McDermott |
| 1993 |
Stewart O'Nan |
In The Walled City |
Tobias Wolff |
| 1992 |
Jane McCafferty |
Director of the World and Other Stories |
John Edgar Wideman |
| 1991 |
Elizabeth Graver |
Have You Seen Me? |
Richard Ford |
| 1990 |
Rick Hillis |
Limbo River |
Russell Banks |
| 1989 |
Maya Sonenberg |
Cartographies |
Robert Coover |
| 1988 |
Reginald McKnight |
Moustapha's Eclipse |
Margaret Atwood |
| 1987 |
Ellen Hunnicutt |
In the Music Library |
Nadine Gordimer |
| 1986 |
Rick DeMarinis |
Under The Wheat |
Alison Lurie |
| 1985 |
W. D. Wetherell |
The Man Who Loved Levittown |
Max Apple |
| 1984 |
Randall Silvis |
The Luckiest Man in the World |
Joyce Carol Oates |
| 1983 |
Jonathan Penner |
Private Parties |
Wright Morris |
| 1982 |
Robley Wilson |
Dancing for Men |
Raymond Carver |
| 1981 |
David Bosworth |
The Death of Descartes |
Robert Penn Warren |
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