Call For Submissions: UNO Publishing Lab Prize – $10,000 Advance!

The University of New Orleans Press is excited to announce that our fifth annual UNO Publishing Lab Prize is now open. We hope that you can forward this call for submissions to your members. We have always believed in paying our authors, and for the fifth year of the Publishing Lab, the advance has been increased from $1,000 to $10,000.

The University of New Orleans Press is looking for full-length fiction manuscripts, either novels or short story collections, for the fifth annual Publishing Lab Prize. The selected author will receive a ten thousand dollar ($10,000) advance on royalties and a contract to publish their winning manuscript with UNO Press. The work does not have to be regionally focused. There is no word limit. There is no limit on subjects covered. Submissions are open until August 31^st. More information, including the Submittable link, can be found at: http://www.unopress.org/lab.aspx

About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.