The Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction – Deadline: April 30, 2024 at midnight

The Guernica Prize recognizes the best literary novel that pushes boundaries and is cutting edge. Each entry must be an unpublished novel of at least 40,000 words.

A $50 entry fee (online submission through Submittable only) must accompany each submission. Authors may submit more than one submission. The name of the author should appear nowhere in the submission.

The prize consists of $1,000 and a publication contract with Guernica Editions.

Please name your file your manuscript title or the first three words of the manuscript title if the title is longer than three words. Each entry must be submitted separately online and each requires an entry fee.

The Guernica Prize is open to Canadian citizens and/or residents of Canada only.

The closing date for the Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction is 30 April, 2024 at midnight.


See previous winners: 

The Confessions of Joseph Blanchard (Ian Colford, 2023)
An Idea About My Dead Uncle (K.R. Wilson, 2019)
This Cleaving and This Burning (J.A. Wainwright, 2020)
The Shade Tree  (Teresa Shea, 2021)
Dancing in the River (George Lee, 2022)

Forthcoming 2024: Blessed Nowhere (Catherine Black)