Fabri Literary Prize

Fabri Literary Prize

The Fabri Literary Prize was established in 2006 to honor the memory of Frances Fabri. A Holocaust survivor, Frances Fabri spearheaded efforts in the US to record survivor stories, helping to create the interviewing protocols that are used widely today. Frances had much respect for the storyteller’s craft. Throughout her adult life she wrote chronicles of her experiences in the concentration camps and recorded oral histories of fellow survivors [cite web | url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6410360.html?nid=2286/ | title=Boaz Publishing Offers $10,000 for Unpublished Novels. | publisher=Publishers Weekly(2007-01-26)] . A collection of her short stories, "Crickets Would Sing", has been published posthumously by Plum Branch Press.

Matthew McKay [cite web | url=http://www.newharbinger.com/client/client_pages/aboutmatt.cfm/ | title=Matthew McKay, Ph.D. | publisher=New Harbinger Publications] , psychologist and co-founder of New Harbinger Publications [cite web | url=http://www.newharbinger.com/ | title=New Harbinger Publications.] , admired Frances’s determination to write and tell her story. His goal for The Fabri Literary Prize was to discover “deserving but underappreciated” works of fiction and have them published for the general book trade [cite web | url=http://www.nwowf.com/back_issues/200701.pdf | title=Contests. | publisher=Northwest Ohio Writers Forum E-Newsletter (2007-01)] .

The Fabri Literary Prize is open to unpublished novels written for adults with a variety of interests. Books for children or young adults and books that are focused on the religious market are excluded from consideration [cite web | url=http://www.boazpublishing.com/%20html%20pages/Francisfabriprize.htm/ | title=Fabri Literary Prize submission guidelines | publisher=Boaz Publishing Company] . Each prizewinner receives a publishing contract with a $10,000 advance and a $5,000 marketing budget [cite web | url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6410360.html?nid=2286/ | title=Boaz Publishing Offers $10,000 for Unpublished Novels. | publisher=Publishers Weekly(2007-01-26)] .

The Fabri Literary Prize is awarded twice a year. The first prize session is May 31; the second session is from July 1 through August 31 and the winner is announced on November 30. The winning novel is published by Boaz Publishing Company [cite web | url=http://www.writingnews.org/boaz-publishing-offers-10000-for-unpublished-novels/ | title=Boaz Publishing Offers $10,000 for Unpublished Novels. | publisher=writingnews.org (2007-01-27)] and distributed by New Harbinger Publications [cite web | url=http://www.nwowf.com/back_issues/200701.pdf | title=Contests. | publisher=Northwest Ohio Writers Forum E-Newsletter (2007-01)] .

Each prize session has judges with years of experience in the book industry. The inaugural prize was judged by Jim Krusoe, author of "Blood Lake and Other Stories" [cite web | url=http://www.boazpublishing.com/%20html%20pages/ | title=Blood Lake and Other Stories. | publisher=Boaz Publishing Company] , Tara Ison [cite web | url=http://www.taraison.com/ | title=Tara Ison.] , author of "The List", and Cyndi Hughes, book editor and producer of the Kansas Book Festival [cite web | url=http://www.kansasbookfestival.ks.gov/index.php/ | title=2007 Kansas Book Festival.] .

Fabri Prize Winners
"Reservation Nation" by David Fuller Cook (2007) [cite web | url=http://www.reservationnation.info/ | title=Reservation Nation.]
"The Great Days" by Eli Brown (2008) [cite web | url=http://www.thegreatdays.com/ | title=The Great Days.]

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