​The Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award is in its 23rd year; deadline June 27th. Prize: $500.00 for the best original unpublished (be it in print or online) poem in English or a translation into English from another language as long as the translator of the English unpublished version has the approval of the original poet that best describes LGBTQ+ life.

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The Gival Press Short Story Award is in its 21st year, deadline August 8th. Prize: $1,000.00 for the best original unpublished (be it in print or online), stand-alone story in English or a translation into English from another language as long as the translator of the English unpublished version has the approval of the original author of 5,000 to 15,000 words of high literary quality.

 

Please note that entries to the Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award and the Gival Press Short Story Award require a reading fee and must be submitted via Submittable. For complete details, see the link below.

 

https://Givalpress.Submittable.com

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     Please note that the contract for the winners of the Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award and the Gival Press Short Story Award includes a statement explaining that any Work created by AI (Artificial Intelligence software) will be eliminated from the contests.

​      Winner of the 2023 Gival Press Poetry Award is Rod Carlos Rodriguez of San Antonio. Judge/Poet Beverly Burch chose his ms titled A History of Echoes anonymously from a pool of finalists. The book will be published in October 2024, along with all the publicity normally done to promote Gival Press books.

     The Gival Press Novel Award and the Gival Press Poetry Award have closed / been discontinued as of January 2024 and Gival Press is not accepting queries for mss for publication.

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