The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing 2022

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The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing was created in 2016 to honor outstanding debut literary works by first-generation immigrants, awarded for fiction and nonfiction in alternating years.

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The competition is organized by the Restless Books, an independent, non-profit publisher located in Brooklyn, New York.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • Fiction manuscripts must be complete. Nonfiction submissions must consist of either a complete manuscript or a sample of at least 25,000 words and a detailed proposal that includes a synopsis and an annotated table of contents. All submissions must be in English (translations welcome).

  • Candidates must be first-generation residents of their country. ā€œFirst-generationā€ can refer either to people born in another country who relocated or to residents of a country whose parents were born elsewhere.

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  • Fiction candidates must not have previously published a book of fiction in English. Nonfiction candidates must not have previously published a book of nonfiction in English.Ā We encourage applicants to look at the other titles Restless has published and previous contest winners to get a sense of our aesthetic.

  • We will accept only one submission per candidate per submission period, and submissions must be under the author’s real name, not under a pseudonym. Agented submissions are welcome.

  • Candidates may not submit the same manuscript for the Prize in subsequent years unless specifically invited by Restless.

  • Restless reserves the right to invite writers to submit for the Prize.

  • Restless reserves the right to consider any Prize submission for publication.

  • Submitted manuscripts may be simultaneously under consideration for publication by other publishing houses. Once a manuscript has been selected as the winner of the Prize, Restless will contact the author and ask that the manuscript be withdrawn from consideration elsewhere. A publishing contract between the winning author and Restless Books must be signed before the winner is announced.

* Please note that while Restless Books welcomes all submissions for the Prize, we do not accept unsolicited manuscripts for our publishing program.

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Required Materials

Candidates are asked to submit a CV and a one-page cover letter as the first pages of their manuscript. The cover letter should address the candidate’s background as a writer, experience as an immigrant, and inspiration for the submitted work.

Restless will accept only electronic submissions by way of our submissions manager. The manuscript should be a PDF or Word file (.doc and .docx), and the text should be double-spaced, in twelve-point font, and with numbered pages. Fiction manuscripts must be a minimum of 45,000 words. Nonfiction samples must be at least 25,000 words.

There is no fee to submit a manuscript for consideration.

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