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Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award

The Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award is a Contest sponsored by San Francisco Foundation.

Award Information:

Amount of Contest: Average: $2000
Application Deadline: 31-Jan
Requirements: Applicant must be between 20 and 35 years of age by deadline and a resident of Nevada or northern California for three consecutive years prior to deadline. Applicant must submit an unpublished work-in-progress: fiction (novel or short story), nonfiction, prose, or poetry. Nonfiction writers who are not recipients of the award may be considered for the $1,000 Special Award for Nonfictional Prose. No separate application is required for the special award.
Eligibility: Other

Sponsorship provided by:

San Francisco Foundation
225 Bush Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94104-4224
USA
Phone Number: 415 733 8500
Fax Number: 415 477 2783
http://www.sff.org

You can find out more by contacting:

Kevin B. Chen
Program Director, Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
US
Phone Number: 415 626 2787
Fax Number: 415 626 1636

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