River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize Series

Congratulations to Lisa Catherine Harper, winner of the 2010 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize for A Double Life: Discovering Motherhood.

River Teeth's editors and editorial board conduct a yearly national contest to identify the best book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction. The winner will be announced in March of the prize year.  The winner will receive $1,000 and publication by the University of Nebraska Press.

All entrants will receive a one-year subscription to River Teeth with their submission fee.

The 2011 Contest Deadline is December 31, 2010.

General Guidelines:

1. Manuscripts must be between 150-400 pages long
2. Manuscripts must be double-spaced
3. Include a title page with title only
4. Include a cover page with title and contact information
5. Include a $25 contest fee
6. Postmark Deadline is December 31 , 2010.
7. Mail entries to:

 

RIVER TEETH

Ashland University

401 College Ave.

Ashland, OH 44805

All Books Published by The University of Nebraska Press

 

http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu

 

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Past Winners:

2010 -A Double Life: Discovering Motherhood by Lisa Catherine Harper
2009 - Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus by Ana Maria Spagna

2008 - An Inside Passage by Kurt Caswell

2007 - The Enders Hotel by Brandon R. Schrand

2006 - House of Good Hope by Michael Downs

2005 - The World Before Mirrors by Joan Connor

2004 - Where the Trail Grows Faint by Lynne Hugo

2003 - The Untouched Minutes by Donald Morrill

2002 - Five Shades of Shadow  by Tracy Daugherty