The Amity Literary Prize is an award honoring authors of unpublished non-fiction, fiction including novels, YA, collections of short fiction, and poetry collections. Authors writing in English—regardless of nationality, residence, or publication history—may enter the competition.
Winning manuscripts will be published by Anamcara Press. In addition to publication, the author will receive a $200 cash prize and a three day writing retreat in Lawrence, Kansas valued at $800. Though only one winner will be chosen, we may offer to publish other manuscripts submitted to the competition in addition to the prize winner.
AMITY: Friendship. 15th Century; Middle English amyte, amiste, borrowed from Anglo-French amité, amisté (earlier and continental Old French amistet, amistiet), going back to Vulgar Latin *amīcitāt-, *amīcitās, … of Latin amīcitia, from amīcus “friendly, well-disposed” — more at AMIABLE merriam-webster.com
SCHEDULE
- October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
- Results will be announced on or before April 1, 2024.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Authors writing in English, regardless of nationality, residence, or publication history may submit to the competition.
Only previously unpublished novels, YA novels, collections of short fiction, and poetry collections are eligible.
- Poetry manuscripts may be a collection or a single long poem but must include at minimum 60 – 120 pages of poetry.
- Fiction manuscripts, including collections of novellas, must be 70,000 words minimum.
- YA must be 50,000 words minimum.
All submissions must be submitted online through the Anamcara Press website. Manuscripts should be formatted 12-point type, double-spaced, and with a decent margin all around (1” is nice).
If your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under consideration for the Amity Literary Prize , please withdraw it from the competition by notifying Anamcara Press. Entry fees cannot be refunded.
Our books are produced as print-on-demand trade paperbacks and distributed to the trade by Ingram Book Group and its distribution partners at the standard discount. For more information, click here. They are made available to bookstores, libraries, and online retailers everywhere. Additionally, Anamcara Press distributes directly to Amazon, and has wide distribution of both eBooks and Audio books through Draft2Digital, and Dreamscape Distribution.
Fees are used as prize money for the winners, to pay for publication of the winning manuscripts and any other manuscripts chosen for publication, and to pay for promotion. No one establishes a literary press to make money. It’s a labor of love.
We practice Good Karma and look forward to receiving your submissions. Thank you for your contribution to Anamcara Press!
After paying the $25 entry fee you will be redirected to a page where you can submit your manuscript.
