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Award
Luz-Silva Literary Fiction Prize
Award, publication opportunity. Deadline: 2026-09-15
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- DILIM Press
- Deadline
- 15 September 2026
- Where
- Philippines
- Compensation
- $1000 and publication
- Disciplines
- literary fiction, prose fiction
About this opportunity
The Luz-Silva Literary Fiction Prize is an award for writers with a tie to the Philippines, seeking full-length prose fiction manuscripts in English. The prize offers $1000 and publication of the winning work. Submissions for the 2026-2027 cycle, themed 'Food,' will be open from September 1 to September 15, 2026.
Who can apply
- Open to anyone with a tie to the Philippines who is writing in English.
- Prose fiction manuscripts (novella, novel, short story collection, experimental work or other prose).
- Maximum word count is 90,000 words.
- Individual pieces from the manuscript may have been published previously in magazines, chapbooks of fewer than 48 pages, personal blog posts, Substacks, or anthologies; however, the work in its entirety must be unpublished.
- Agented manuscripts are not eligible.
- Employees, board members, or close family members of the Luz and Silva families are not eligible.