Michael Rubin Book Award: Submission Guidelines
2022 MICHAEL RUBIN BOOK AWARD IS OPEN TO PROSE MANUSCRIPTS BEGINNING FEBRUARY 15TH, 2022
The San Francisco State University Book Series annually publishes in alternate years the prose and poetry of students and recent graduates of SFSU whose work shows exceptional accomplishment and promise.
You may have seen past winners, Look Busy: One hundred 100-word stories by and for the easily distracted by Jane McDermott and Niagara Transnational by Sarah Heady in bookstores or online.
Submit your prose manuscript for the 2022 MRBA here.
DETAILS OF THE AWARD:
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The winning manuscript is published by Fourteen Hills Press and the SFSU Creative Writing Department.
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The 2022 MRBA will go to a prose submission.
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The author will receive 50 complimentary copies one month after the release of the book. The author will also have the opportunity to purchase additional copies of the book at a discount.
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Fourteen Hills Press will layout the book and decide on a cover design in cooperation with the author of the manuscript.
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Fourteen Hills Press will organize a release party in San Francisco to be held immediately before the release of the book.
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The book will be distributed through Small Press Distribution and the consignment efforts of the Fourteen Hills Press staff.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
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You must be currently enrolled as a student at SFSU or have graduated within the past two years.
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Your manuscript must be at least 45 pages in length, and no more than 175 pages in length.
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The cover letter field must include your name, the title of your manuscript, your phone number, mailing address, email, and SFSU student ID number (or graduation year).
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Your submission document must include a table of contents if there are multiple works within your manuscript.
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No revisions to the manuscript will be accepted after submission.
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Individual works may have been previously published in magazines or journals, but the entire manuscript must be unpublished. Manuscripts that have been previously self-published are ineligible.
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Manuscripts will be judged anonymously. Therefore, the author's name, other identifying information, and publication information must not appear within the manuscript. Only your uploaded manuscript is visible to the judge.
ABOUT THE JUDGE:
Shruti Swamy is the author of the story collection A House Is a Body, which was a finalist for the PEN/Bingham Prize, the LA Times First Fiction Award, and longlisted for the Story Prize. Her novel, The Archer, was longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. The winner of two O. Henry Awards, her work has appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeny's, and elsewhere.
Funding for the SFSU Book Series is provided by the students of SFSU through the Instructionally Related Activities Fund.
