THE PRIZE

Milkweed has restructured the prize: in the past we have solicited manuscripts specifically for the contest, but for all future contests, Milkweed Editions will award the National Fiction Prize to the best work of fiction Milkweed accepts for publication during each calendar year by a writer not previously published by Milkweed Editions. Submission directly to the contest is no longer necessary. Since we will now be choosing the winner from the manuscripts we accept for publication during a given year, all manuscripts submitted to Milkweed will automatically be considered for the prize. Judging will be by Milkweed Editions editors, and the winner of the prize will receive a $5,000 cash advance as part of any royalties agreed upon in the contractual arrangement negotiated at the time of acceptance.

SUBMISSIONS

Submissions should adhere to Milkweed’s fiction submission guidelines. Manuscripts should be one of the following: a novel, a collection of short stories, one or more novellas, or a combination of short stories and one or more novellas. Work previously published as a book in the United States is not eligible, but individual stories or novellas previously published in magazines or anthologies are eligible. Manuscripts that have been submitted previously to Milkweed should not be resubmitted. Milkweed’s editors reserve the right not to award the prize for any given year. Milkweed Editions welcomes submissions from international authors.

WINNERS of the MILKWEED NATIONAL FICTION PRIZE:

• 2007 The Farther Shore by Matthew Eck
• 2006 Visigoth by Gary Amdahl
• 2005 Crossing Bully Creek by Margaret Erhart
• 2004 Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner
• 2002 Roofwalker by Susan Power
• 2001 Hell's Bottom, Colorado by Laura Pritchett
• 1999 Falling Dark by Tim Tharp
• 1998 Tivolem by Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
• 1997 The Tree of Red Stars by Tessa Bridal
• 1996 The Empress of One by Faith Sullivan
• 1995 Confidence of the Heart by David Schweidel
• 1993 Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
• 1992 Larabi's Ox by Tony Ardizzone
• 1990 Aquaboogie by Susan Straight
• 1989 Blue Taxis by Eileen Drew
• 1988 Ganado Red by Susan Lowell