Texas Institute of Letters: Literary Contests

The Texas Institute of Letters literary contests are now open with prizes totaling more than $22,000. Deadline is January 15, 2019. Twelve categories: the Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction, the Carr P. Collins Award for Nonfiction, the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Work of First Fiction, the Ramirez Scholarly Book Award, the Helen C. Smith Award for Poetry, the John A. Robertson Award For Best First Book Of Poetry, the Edwin “Bud” Shrake Award for Short Nonfiction, the Kay Cattarulla Short Story Award, the Fred Whitehead Award for Design of a Trade Book, the Jean Flynn Best Middle-Grade Book Award, the Texas Institute of Letters Best Young Adult Book Award, and the Texas Institute of Letters Best Children’s Picture Book Award.

Eligibility for the awards requires that the author be born in Texas or have lived in Texas for at least five consecutive years at some time. A work whose subject matter substantially concerns Texas is also eligible.

http://www.texasinstituteofletters.org/awards/2018-contest-details.pdf