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[April 22, 2008] Hoffer Book Winners: The 2008 Eric Hoffer Book Award winners have been announced.
[April 15, 2008] Montaigne Medal Awarded: The first Montaigne Medalists announced.
[April 8, 2008] Hoffer Short List: Eric Hoffer Book Award short list announced.
[March 12, 2008] Montaigne Short List: Montaigne Medal short list announced.
[February 6, 2008] Montaigne Medal Launch: Hoffer Award unveils the Montaigne Medal for 2008.
[January 19, 2008] New Book Award Categories: Memoir & Poetry moved into their own award categories.
[December 17, 2007] Inside the Hoffer: Award Chairman Christopher Klim speaks with Library Juice.
[October 2, 2007] Best New Writing on Sale: The inaugural issue of Best New Writing is officially released, including the Hoffer Award story finalists.
[September 26, 2007] Hoffer Prose Award Announced: 2007 Eric Hoffer Award for prose given to Lance Olsen.
[September 15, 2007] Award Moves to E-Mail: Hoffer Prose Award moves to exclusive e-mail submission process.
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The Eric Hoffer Award (formerly the Writers' Notes Award) for short prose and books was established at the start of the 21st century as a means of opening a door to writing of significant merit. It honors the memory of the great American philosopher Eric Hoffer by highlighting salient writing.
The winning stories and essays are awarded prizes and published annually in the anthology, Best New Writing, along with the results of the book awards.
Two grand prizes are awarded annually: one for short prose (i.e. fiction and creative nonfiction) and one for independent books from small, micro, and academic presses, as well as self-published books. Prizes include a $500 award for short prose and a $1,500 award for best independent book. In addition to the two main grand prize awards, various other honors and distinctions are given for both prose and books, including the Montaigne Medal. Submissions are accepted each year by nominating books and prose. The book deadline is January 15th. The prose deadline is March 31st.
If you are ready to register for an Eric Hoffer Award, please use one of the easy procedures or forms below:
Prose Submission Page Book Nomination Form |
