THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD will be given to the best book of the year in English about France or the French-American encounter.
The winner of the Award receives a prize of $5,000. He or she is invited to Paris in October, 2013, with air travel and accommodation at the Library’s expense, for an award ceremony and other Library functions, including a public reading and a writing workshop.
Eligibility
- Any book-length prose fiction or nonfiction work, written originally in English, about France or the French-American encounter, will be considered by a committee of Award screeners.Nominated books must have been published between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
- Anyone – author, publisher, agent, reader -- may nominate books for this award.
- Books published exclusively in electronic form or on line are not eligible.
- A reprint of a book first published in another year is not eligible.
- Books by members of the Writers Council or screening committee are not eligible for the Award.
NOMINATIONS: The deadline for the nominations for the Award is June 1, 2013.
As soon as you know you would like to nominate a book, please email[email protected] with the title of the book(s) and the estimated date the Library will receive the book(s). Please nominate and send books as early as possible. All nominated books must be postmarked and mailed the American Library in Paris no later than June 1, 2013.
For more information, please consult the American Library Site here