Drue Heinz Literature Prize 2025
Opportunity type: Prize
For: Writers
Deadline: 30/06/25
Rewards: $15,000, + publication + promotion
Location Eligibility: Worldwide
About this opportunity
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to authors who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals.
Manuscripts are judged anonymously by nationally known writers. Past judges have included Robert Penn Warren, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Rick Moody, and Joan Didion.
Rewards
- Winners receive a cash prize of $15,000, publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press, and support in the nation-wide promotion of their book.
Eligibility
- The award is open to writers who have published a novel or a book-length collection of fiction with a reputable book publisher, or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in magazines or journals of national distribution. Digital-only publication and self-publication do not count toward this requirement.
- The award is open to writers in English, whether or not they are citizens of the United States.
Entry Fee
Free.
How to Apply
Apply using the link: Drue Heinz Literature Prize 2025
All questions regarding this award should be sent to eomalley@upress.pitt.edu.
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