Overview

The Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, Inc. will begin accepting entries for its 2012 competition on January 1, 2012. The deadline for 2012 is May 1, 2012. Please note changes throughout the guidelines have been made. Winners will be announced formally at the annual meeting of the Society, Faulkner for All, which takes place in November. A list of manuscripts which have been designated finalists and semi-finalists will be posted on the website by September 1. Winners will be notified with plenty of time to make plans to be present to receive their awards. The Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society will publish a list of all winners and finalists on its web site not later than January 31, 2013.

Divisions Of The Competition

Category One - Novel: Prize, $7,500

Funded annually by private donors. Requirements: an original work of fiction, previously unpublished. The Society places a word limit of 100,000 words on novels within the single entry fee of $40. Writers who wish to submit novels of up to175,000 words must pay a $75 fee. Novels in excess of 175,000 words must pay a $125 fee. Novels in excess of 225,000 words must pay a $200 fee. Novel manuscript entries must be submitted electronically in word.doc format to Faulkhouse@aol.com. Novels submitted in other formats will be automatically rejected. The entry will consist of two word documents—one a contact page with author’s name, address, e-mail address and phone number, category, title of manuscript and number of words; and, two, the entry consisting of a title page with title and category, and the actual manuscript. Attachment two, the entry, will have no author identifying information on it, as entries are read blind. Pages of actual manuscript are to be numbered. No hard copies of manuscripts are required or desired in this category. A hard copy of the entry form and the appropriate fee will be submitted by ground mail to Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, 624 Pirate’s Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116. All questions regarding the competition must be submitted to Faulkhouse@aol.com.

Category Two – Novella: Prize, $2,500

The Novella Prize is funded annually by private donors. Requirements: a short work of original fiction, previously unpublished. $35 entry fee. Works of fiction limited to 25,000 words will be accepted in the novella category. Novella manuscript entries must be submitted electronically in word.doc format to Faulkhouse@aol.com. Novellas submitted in other formats will be automatically rejected. The entry will consist of two word documents—one a contact page with author’s name, address, e-mail address and phone number, category, title of manuscript and number of words; and, two, the entry consisting of a title page with title and category, followed the actual manuscript. Attachment two, the entry, will have no author identifying information on it, as entries are read blind. Pages of actual manuscript are to be numbered. No hard copies of manuscripts are required or desired in this category. A hard copy of the entry form and the appropriate fee will be submitted by ground mail to Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, 624 Pirate’s Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116. All questions regarding the competition must be submitted to Faulkhouse@aol.com.
Category Three - Novel-in-Progress: Prize, $2,000

The award, created and originally funded by Edgar winner Julie Smith, is named The Evans Harrington Grant in memory of the late Mr. Harrington, a creative writing professor at the University of Mississippi. This category is open to aspiring novelists. Requirements: highly polished outline or synopsis, and first few chapters or first 50 pages. Entry must not exceed 12,500 words, one-page synopsis. Entries may be any form of novel, including literary, mainstream, or genre. $35 entry fee. Entries exceeding 12,500 words will not be accepted. Novels-in-progress manuscript entries must be submitted electronically in word.doc format to Faulkhouse@aol.com. Novellas submitted in other formats will be automatically rejected. The entry will consist of two word documents—one a contact page with author’s name, address, e-mail address and phone number, category, title of manuscript and number of words; and, two, the entry consisting of a title page with title and category, followed by a one page synopsis and the manuscript excerpt. Attachment two, the entry, will have no author identifying information on it, as entries are read blind. Pages of actual manuscript are to be numbered. No hard copies of manuscripts are required or desired in this category. A hard copy of the entry form and the appropriate fee will be submitted by ground mail to Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, 624 Pirate’s Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116. All questions regarding the competition must be submitted to Faulkhouse@aol.com.

Category Four - Short Story: Prize, $1,500

The Short Story Prize is funded by private foundations and private individuals. Requirements: a short work of fiction of less than 10,000 words. $30 entry fee. Short Story manuscript entries must be submitted electronically in word.doc format to Faulkhouse@aol.com. Short stories submitted in other formats will be automatically rejected. The entry will consist of two word documents—one a contact page with author’s name, address, e-mail address and phone number, category, title of manuscript and number of words; and, two, the entry consisting of a title page with title and category, and the actual manuscript. Attachment two, the entry, will have no author identifying information on it, as entries are read blind. Pages of actual manuscript are to be numbered. In this category, a single hard copy of the entry is required. It should be submitted with a hard copy of the entry form and the appropriate fee and sent by ground mail to Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, 624 Pirate’s Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116. All questions regarding the competition must be submitted to Faulkhouse@aol.com.

Category Five – Essay: Prize, $1,000

The Shelby Foote Prize is funded annually by private donors. Requirements: limited to 2,500 words. $30 entry fee. Requirements: original work of creative non-fiction. Essays can be on any subject . Essay manuscript entries must be submitted electronically in word.doc format to Faulkhouse@aol.com. Essays submitted in other formats will be automatically rejected. The entry will consist of two word documents—one a contact page with author’s name, address, e-mail address and phone number, category, title of manuscript and number of words; and, two, the entry consisting of a title page with title and category, and the actual manuscript. Attachment two, the entry, will have no author identifying information on it, as entries are read blind. Pages of actual manuscript are to be numbered. No hard copies of manuscripts are required or desired in this category. A hard copy of the entry form and the appropriate fee will be submitted by ground mail to Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, 624 Pirate’s Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116. All questions regarding the competition must be submitted to Faulkhouse@aol.com.

Category Six – Poetry: Prize, $750

The Marble Faun Prize for Poetry, created by Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, now is funded annually by New Orleans by private donors, including in 2010 David Speights in memory of his late wife, Marti Speights, who was a member of the Faulkner Society’s Advisory Council. Requirements: single work of original poetry of not more than 750 words. $25 entry fee. Poetry manuscript entries must be submitted electronically in word.doc format to Faulkhouse@aol.com. Poems submitted in other formats will be automatically rejected. The entry will consist of two word documents—one a contact page with author’s name, address, e-mail address and phone number, category, title of manuscript and number of words; and, two, the entry consisting of a title page with title and category, and the actual manuscript. Attachment two, the entry, will have no author identifying information on it, as entries are read blind. Pages of actual manuscript are to be numbered. No hard copies of manuscripts are required or desired in this category. A hard copy of the entry form and the appropriate fee will be submitted by ground mail to Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, 624 Pirate’s Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116. All questions regarding the competition must be submitted to Faulkhouse@aol.com.

Category Seven – Short Story by a High School Student:

Prize, $750, Student Author; $250, Sponsoring Teacher

A prize of $250 is awarded to the sponsoring teacher. The Betty Moss Prize is funded annually by Mr. and Mrs. Hartwig Moss, III, in memory of his mother. Requirements: original work of fiction of less than 5,000 words. Entries must have sponsoring teacher or school, preferably both. $10 entry fee to be paid by school or, in case of home schooled students, by teacher. Shorts stories by High School students must be submitted electronically in word.doc format to Faulkhouse@aol.com. Entries submitted in other formats will be automatically rejected. The entry will consist of two word documents—one a contact page with author’s name, address, e-mail address and phone number, category, title of manuscript and number of words; and, two, the entry consisting of a title page with title and category, and the actual manuscript. Attachment two, the entry, will have no author identifying information on it, as entries are read blind. Pages of actual manuscript are to be numbered. No hard copies of manuscripts are required or desired in this category. A hard copy of the entry form and the appropriate fee will be submitted by ground mail to Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society, 624 Pirate’s Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116. All questions regarding the competition must be submitted to Faulkhouse@aol.com.

Eligible media

Literary Arts