Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Book Award Guidelines

Sponsored by the Binghamton Center for Writers-State University of New York
with support from the Office of the Dean of Binghamton University's Harpur College of the Arts & Sciences

$1,000 Award for the book of fiction selected by our judges as the strongest novel or collection of fiction published in 2009.

Contest Rules:

1. Minimum press run: 500 copies.
2. Each book submitted must be accompanied by an application form.
3. Publisher may submit more than one book for prize consideration.
4. Three copies of each book should be sent to:

   • Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Director
     Creative Writing Program
     Binghamton University
     Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric
     Library North Room 1149
     Vestal Parkway East
     P.O.Box 6000
     Binghamton, NY13902-6000

5. Books entered in the competition will be donated to the contemporary literature collection at the Binghamton University Library and to the Broome County Library.
6. Books must be received in the English Department by March 1, 2010 to be considered for the prize.
7. Books cannot be returned.
8. For a list of winners, include a stamped, self-addressed envelope labeled:
   • “Binghamton University Fiction Book Award.”
9. Winners will be announced in Poets & Writers.

Link to an application here.