{"id":66,"date":"2020-10-07T17:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T22:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2022-10-24T10:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:58:29","slug":"eileen-mctavish-sykes-award-for-best-first-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/guidelines\/eileen-mctavish-sykes-award-for-best-first-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sponsor:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u200bThe Winnipeg Foundation, through a fund established by Manitoba children\u2019s author Eileen McTavish Sykes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Presented annually to a Manitoba <\/em><em>writer whose first professionally-published English- language book is deemed the best written.<\/em><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Eligibility:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<ul><li>Entry may be an English work of any genre (excluding academic texts, reference books, etc.), published between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022.<\/li><li>Eligible authors may have prior publication credits, such as magazines, literary journals, newspapers or chapbooks.<\/li><li>Eligible authors must have been residents of Manitoba for one of the past two years, and three of the past five years.<\/li><li>Co-authored books are eligible as long as all authors meet the residency criteria. Anthologies are eligible as long as the editor(s) meet the residency criteria.<\/li><li>Prize may be awarded posthumously to an author who has met the publication and residency requirements but has died within the award period.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Titles entered for this award may also be entered for other awards. Publishers must submit three (3) print copies for each prize; these copies will not be returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cash prize &#8211;<\/em> <em>Subject to availability of funds<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-off-white-color has-text-color\" href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/shrpbZ8lTQyeOEvE3\" style=\"border-radius:50px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Entry Form<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-red-background-color has-red-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsor:&nbsp;\u200bThe Winnipeg Foundation, through a fund established by Manitoba children\u2019s author Eileen McTavish Sykes Language: English Presented annually to a Manitoba writer whose first professionally-published English- language book is deemed the best written.&nbsp;Eligibility:&nbsp; Titles entered for this award may also be entered for other awards. Publishers must submit three (3) print copies for each prize; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/guidelines\/eileen-mctavish-sykes-award-for-best-first-book\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66\/revisions\/708"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}