Jane’s Stories Press Foundation announces that nominations are open for the Ninth Annual Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature. This award shall be bestowed to a book published in 2025 and bears the attributes of the award’s namesake. Its winner will be awarded a $500 cash prize. The Ninth Annual Clara Johnson Award Virtual Ceremony will be held in the fall of 2026.
The Jane’s Stories Board will choose the finalists from a field nominated by editors, publishers, authors, booksellers, librarians, and readers. The award intends to promote remarkable women writers, and the publishers of their progressive works which are by, for and about women.
An author may receive the Ninth Annual Clara Johnson Award for a specific work of prose, or for a body of work of fiction or nonfiction prose–published within the year of 2025. That is, January through December of 2025. The Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature will take into consideration literary works by women (born or identified).
The award is open to prose of all genres. This includes fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, or memoir. All subgenres are welcome. Works in popular categories, e.g., romance, and mystery are acceptable if they rise to the level being literary. Genre-bending is encouraged. Erotica or pornography is not accepted. We do not allow AI created text. Literature which denigrates any group or category of people will be eliminated, as well. We do not accept nominations which are self-published or pay-to-publish.
- Please download the Nominating Form.
- There is a $10 fee for each nomination submitted.
- Please find our payment link below. Note that the name on the credit card will be used for the administrative fee to ensure proper credit.
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