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Award
Willie Morris Award for Southern Nonfiction
Award opportunity. Deadline: 2026-09-30
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- University of Mississippi
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Where
- Oxford, United States
- Compensation
- $12,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip
- Disciplines
- nonfiction, writing, creative nonfiction, literature
About this opportunity
The Willie Morris Award for Southern Nonfiction offers a $12,000 prize annually for a book of creative nonfiction that explores the complexities of the U.S. South. The winning author also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to speak at the Oxford Conference for the Book. Submissions of published books or advance reader's copies are due by September 30, 2026, with no entry fee.
Who can apply
- Award for a book of creative nonfiction published during the current year that asks readers “to engage with or reflect on the complexities of the U.S.
- South.” Submit a hard copy of a published book, or an advance reader’s copy of a book to be published in October, November, or December, by September 30.
- There is no entry fee.