Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award
Amount : $2,000
Applicant must be between 20 and 35 years of age by deadline and a resident of Nevada or northern California for three consecutive years prior to deadline. Applicant must submit an unpublished work-in-progress: fiction (novel or short story), nonfiction, prose, or poetry. Nonfiction writers who are not recipients of the award may be considered for the $1,000 Special Award for Nonfictional Prose. No separate application is required for the special award.
Key Facts
| Type [?] : | Contest |
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| Award amount : | $2,000 |
| School specific [?] : | No |
| Est. Deadline [?] : |
January 31
01/31/2026 (56 days left) |
| Application received [?] : | 161 |
| Total granted [?] : | 2 (1.24% accepted) |
| Renewable : | No |
| Need to repay : | No |
| Required enrollment : | |
| Separate Application is required : |
Requirements
| Age : | Minimum : 20 ~ Maximum : 35 |
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| State : | California; Nevada |
| Major : | Creative Writing; English/English Literature |
Sponsor and Contact Information
| Sponsor name : | San Francisco Foundation |
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| Sponsor website : | http://www.sff.org |
| Sponsor address : |
225 Bush Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94104-4224 United States |
| Sponsor phone : | 415 733-8500 |
| Sponsor FAX : | 415 477-2783 |
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| Contact email : | Please login to view this information. |