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October 20, 2009
The Dzanc Prize
In 2007, to further its mission of fostering literary excellence, community involvement, and education, Dzanc Books created the Dzanc Prize, which provides monetary aid in the sum of $5,000, to a writer of literary fiction. All writers applying for the Dzanc Prize must have a work-in-progress they can submit for review, and present the judges with a Community Service Program they can facilitate somewhere in the United States. Such programs may include anything deemed "educational" in relation to writing. Examples would include: working with HIV patients to help them write their stories, doing a series of workshops at a drop-in youth homeless center, running writing programs in inner-city schools, or working with older citizens looking to write their memoirs. All community programs under the Dzanc Prize must run for a full year.

The submissions for the Dzanc Prize are reviewed by, and the prize will be awarded by, a panel of Steve Gillis, Dan Wickett, Steven Seighman, and Keith Taylor. All writers, including friends and associates of the panel, are eligible for the prize. The integrity and objectivity of Dzanc Books will not be compromised and, given our vast connections to so many great writers, exclusion of any kind would be impossible.

Any questions can be submitted to prize@dzancbooks.org.

GUIDELINES

Those submitting should send to prize@dzancbooks.org, the following:

a) an MS Doc file of their work in progress
b) an MS Doc file of their Literary Community Service - this plan should be in as great detail as they can provide, including sign-offs from personnel where they believe it will be necessary (for instance, if the LCS is to work in a retirement home - we'd like to know the specific retirement home and that they have somebody's approval to set up such a program)
c) an MS Doc file of their latest cv/resume

DEADLINE: November 01, 2009.

The 2009 winner will be notified in January 2010.
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