{"id":74,"date":"2020-10-07T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T23:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2022-10-24T11:05:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:05:35","slug":"margaret-laurence-award-for-fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/guidelines\/margaret-laurence-award-for-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Presented annually to the Manitoba writer whose English-language book of adult fiction is deemed the best written.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<ul><li>Entry must be a work of English-language adult fiction published January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. (Ineligible books: reprints, books for young people.)<\/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><li>Collected and\/or selected works by a single author are eligible unless they contain previously-published material contained in one or more books that have been previously shortlisted for a Manitoba book award.<\/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>Language: English Presented annually to the Manitoba writer whose English-language book of adult fiction is deemed the best written. Eligibility: 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. Cash Prize &#8211; Subject to availability of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/guidelines\/margaret-laurence-award-for-fiction\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction<\/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\/74"}],"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=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"https:\/\/manitobabookawards.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/713"}],"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=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}