{"id":809,"date":"2013-12-10T00:33:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T05:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?p=809"},"modified":"2021-12-06T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:34:12","slug":"last-call-eric-hoffer-book-awards-2000-grand-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/last-call-eric-hoffer-book-awards-2000-grand-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Call Eric Hoffer Book Awards &#8211; $2000 Grand Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions for the <em>Eric Hoffer Awards for Short Prose and Independent Books<\/em> ends January 21st for books and March 21st for prose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?s=book+contests\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-810\" title=\"Last Call Eric Hoffer Book Awards - $2000 Grand Prize\" alt=\"Last Call Eric Hoffer Book Awards - $2000 Grand Prize\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/award-ribbons.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/award-ribbons.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/award-ribbons-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Two grand prizes are awarded annually: one for short prose (i.e. fiction and creative nonfiction) and one for independent books from\u00a0 small, micro, and academic presses, as well as self-published books. Prizes\u00a0 include a $250 award for short prose and a $2,000 award for best independent book. In addition to the two main grand prize awards, various other honors and distinctions are given for both prose and books, including the\u00a0Montaigne Medal,\u00a0the da Vinci\u00a0Eye, and the First Horizon Award. <strong>Submissions are accepted each year\u00a0by nominating books and prose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information or to submit work for consideration, visit <a title=\"book awards contests, cook awards competitions, book contests, author contests, author awards, writers awards, book awards programs, book contests that award money\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hofferaward.com\/\">The Eric Hoffer Award <\/a>website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions for the Eric Hoffer Awards for Short Prose and Independent Books ends January 21st for books and March 21st for prose. 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