Housatonic Book Awards
Event Details
The 2023 Housatonic Book Awards will be granted to full-length books published in 2022. Housatonic Award for Fiction Granted to a book of short or long fiction published in 2022. The award includes all forms of fiction, both literary and genre (mystery, fantasy, science fiction, thriller, etc.) as well as Young Adult and Middle Grade books.
Event Details
The 2023 Housatonic Book Awards will be granted to full-length books published in 2022.
Housatonic Award for Fiction
Granted to a book of short or long fiction published in 2022. The award includes all forms of fiction, both literary and genre (mystery, fantasy, science fiction, thriller, etc.) as well as Young Adult and Middle Grade books. The award carries a $1,000 honorarium in exchange for appearing at the January or August residency (the first week of the month) of the MFA in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University to give a public reading and a one-day, three hour workshop with MFA students. The award also includes a $500 travel stipend and hotel stay during the residency.
Housatonic Award for Poetry
Granted to a book of poetry of at least 40 pages published in 2022. The award carries a $1,000 honorarium in exchange for appearing at the August or January residency (the first week of the month) of the MFA in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University to give a public reading and a one-day, three hour workshop with MFA students. The award also includes a $500 travel stipend and hotel stay during the residency.
Housatonic Award for Poetry
Granted to a book of poetry of at least 40 pages published in 2022. The award carries a $1,000 honorarium in exchange for appearing at the August or January residency (the first week of the month) of the MFA in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University to give a public reading and a one-day, three hour workshop with MFA students. The award also includes a $500 travel stipend and hotel stay during the residency.
Housatonic Award for Nonfiction
Granted to a nonfiction book published in 2022 (including all subgenres—memoir, creative nonfiction, investigative and other varieties of journalism, travel, political, science, business communications, public relations, self help, etc.). The award carries a $1,000 honorarium in exchange for appearing at the January or August residency (the first week of the month) of the MFA in Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University to give a public reading and a one-day, three-hour workshop with MFA students. The award also includes a $500 travel stipend and hotel stay during the residency.