Name	The American Poetry Review /Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry
Description	The annual American Poetry Review /Honickman First Book Prize offers publication of a book of poems, a $3,000 award, and distribution by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium. Each year a distinguished poet is chosen to be the judge of the prize and write an introduction to the winning book. The purpose of the prize is to encourage excellence in poetry, and to provide a wide readership for a deserving first book of poems.
Deadline	October 31
URL	http://www.aprweb.org/bookprize/bookprize.shtml
Prize	$3,000
Eligibility	American citizens

Name	The PEN/Faulkner Award
Description	The PEN/Faulkner Award is a national prize which honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year. Three judges are chosen annually by the Directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to select five books from among the 200 to 300 works submitted.
Deadline	October 31
URL	http://www.penfaulkner.org/submit.htm
Prize	$15,000
Eligibility	American citizen

Name	Paterson Poetry Prize
Description	$1,000 award. A book of poems must be 48 pages or more and have a print run of 500 copies or more Passaic County Community College is a publicly supported two-year college offering associate in arts and associate in science degree programs that lead to transfer to four-year colleges. Offering associate in applied science degrees and certificates in career specializations, the College provides more than forty degree and certificate programs to over 5,000 students. Student activities, cultural programming, and intercollegiate athletics provide students with a variety of extracurricular experiences.
Deadline	February 1, 2006
URL	http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/2005/2006_Paterson_Poetry_P.html
Prize	$1,000

Name	Orange Prize for Fiction
Description	Arts Council England is providing ￡30,000 over three years (￡10,000 per year) for bursary awards for the winners of the Orange Award for New Writers. By offering a bursary to a novelist or short story writer for her first publication, the Arts Council is able to support the professional development of a writer at a crucial stage in her career.
Deadline	November 26
URL	http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/news/index.html
Prize	￡30,000
Eligibility	By a woman of any nationality

Name	James Jones First Novel Fellowship
Description	The 14th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship will be awarded to an American author of a first novel-in-progress, in 2006, by the James Jones Literacy Society. Novellas and collections of closely linked short stories may also be considered for the competition.
Deadline	March 1
URL	http://www.wilkes.edu/pages/1159.asp
Prize	$10,000
Eligibility	Open to United States citizens