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Award
Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award
Award opportunity. Deadline: 2026-09-01
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- Association of Jewish Libraries
- Deadline
- 1 September 2026
- Where
- United States
- Compensation
- $1000 cash award
- Disciplines
- writing, children\'s literature
About this opportunity
The Association of Jewish Libraries awards $1000 to an unpublished manuscript of Jewish fiction for ages 8-13. Submissions must be in English with universal appeal and positive aspects of Jewish life, with a deadline of September 1st, 2026.
Who can apply
- Recognizes unpublished manuscripts of Jewish fiction targeting ages 8-13.
- The committee defines an unpublished author as not having previously published any works of fiction for young readers.
- This includes self-published as well as commercially published work.
- The manuscript must be a work of fiction in English with universal appeal of Jewish content for readers aged 8-13 years, both Jewish and non-Jewish.
- It should reveal positive aspects of Jewish life.
- Short stories are not acceptable.