AWP Award Series Creative Nonfiction Prize
"Even with our best efforts, our work is not always deemed successful. This year, our judge for Creative Nonfiction, Lia Purpura, did not
select a winner for the competition. Because we know such a decision is
unpopular, I am writing to explain why this is an outcome that AWP
allows in the adjudication of our awards.
"The Award Series guidelines have stated—ever since the inception of the
Series in 1975—that the judge makes the final decision and no award is
given if the judge finds no manuscript that merits the award. Every
entrant agrees to this and other terms before submitting works into the
competition via Submittable.
"The outcome of no winner has occurred several times in the 40-year
history of the series."
A reminder that even our best work may not be seen as such by others. So goes the world of the working writer.
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