Fiction
Novels, novellas, short stories, story collections and other forms of fiction prose.
Poetry
A publicly released individual poem, sequence, chapbook or collection may constitute one entry. The object submitted must itself correspond to a publicly released literary object.
Literary Nonfiction
Including memoir, literary and personal essay, narrative nonfiction and related literary forms.
Graphic, Hybrid & Experimental Literature
For graphic narrative, hybrid and experimental literature whose form crosses conventional category boundaries or whose visual/material form is constitutive of the work.
One work, one path.
A submitted work enters one category and receives one Submission ID. Prize Administration may correct an obvious category mismatch before literary review where necessary.