Joseph Henry Jackson Award
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The Joseph Henry Jackson Award is a literary award
offered annually to promising young California writers. The award is sponsored by The San Francisco Foundation and administered by Intersection for the Arts
. There is no entry fee to apply for this award. Recipients receive $2000.
The award is a memorial to Joseph Henry Jackson, longtime literary editor of the San Francisco Chronicle
. Jackson was described as "the greatest bookman west if the Mississippi," and, as Anthony Boucher
noted, the only disputed part of the description was its geographical limitation. The award was established after his death in 1955.
The award is intended to encourage young writers of an unpublished manuscript that is completed or in-progress. All applicants must, therefore, be between 20 and 35 years of age.
Applicants must be residents of and currently living in northern California (anywhere in California north of the line dividing Monterery County from San Luis Obispo County) or the state of Nevada for three consecutive years immediately prior to the March 31 contest deadline. The unpublished work-in-progress submitted may be fiction (novel or short stories), nonfictional prose, graphic novel, or poetry.
This award is part of the annual Literary Competition administered by Intersection for the Arts' Literary Series
. The competition includes two other awards, the James Duval Phelan Award
and the Mary Tanenbaum Award
. In recent years, several Literary Competition award-winners have secured publishing deals with major publishing houses such as St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Knopf as a result of these awards. Former award recipients include Philip Levine, Ernest J. Gaines, Al Young, Michael Palmer, Frank Chin, Jane Hirschfield, Lyn Hejinian, David St. John, Dagoberto Gilb, Sallie Tisdale, and Karan Mahajan
.
Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
offered annually to promising young California writers. The award is sponsored by The San Francisco Foundation and administered by Intersection for the Arts
Intersection for the Arts
Intersection for the Arts, established in 1965, is the oldest alternative non-profit art space in San Francisco, California. Intersection's reading series is the longest continuous reading series outside of an academic institution in the state of California....
. There is no entry fee to apply for this award. Recipients receive $2000.
The award is a memorial to Joseph Henry Jackson, longtime literary editor of the San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
. Jackson was described as "the greatest bookman west if the Mississippi," and, as Anthony Boucher
Anthony Boucher
Anthony Boucher was an American science fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories. He was particularly influential as an editor. Between 1942 and 1947 he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle...
noted, the only disputed part of the description was its geographical limitation. The award was established after his death in 1955.
The award is intended to encourage young writers of an unpublished manuscript that is completed or in-progress. All applicants must, therefore, be between 20 and 35 years of age.
Applicants must be residents of and currently living in northern California (anywhere in California north of the line dividing Monterery County from San Luis Obispo County) or the state of Nevada for three consecutive years immediately prior to the March 31 contest deadline. The unpublished work-in-progress submitted may be fiction (novel or short stories), nonfictional prose, graphic novel, or poetry.
This award is part of the annual Literary Competition administered by Intersection for the Arts' Literary Series
Intersection for the Arts Literary Series
The Intersection for the Arts Literary Series is the longest running literary series outside of an academic institution in the state of California...
. The competition includes two other awards, the James Duval Phelan Award
James Duval Phelan Award
The James D. Phelan Award is a literary award offered annually to promising young California writers. The award is sponsored by and administered by Intersection for the Arts....
and the Mary Tanenbaum Award
Mary Tanenbaum Award for Nonfiction
The Mary Tanenbaum Award is a literary award offered annually to promising young California writers. The award is sponsored by and administered by Intersection for the Arts. There is no entry fee to apply for this award....
. In recent years, several Literary Competition award-winners have secured publishing deals with major publishing houses such as St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, Random House, and Knopf as a result of these awards. Former award recipients include Philip Levine, Ernest J. Gaines, Al Young, Michael Palmer, Frank Chin, Jane Hirschfield, Lyn Hejinian, David St. John, Dagoberto Gilb, Sallie Tisdale, and Karan Mahajan
Karan Mahajan
Karan Mahajan is a Joseph Henry Jackson Award-winning Indian novelist. Mahajan was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and grew up in New Delhi, India. He studied English and Economics at Stanford University. He currently lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn...
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