Authors must be native or bona fide residents of a SELA state at the time the work was written or published. Works must be chosen based on literary merit. Two awards may be made: one in fiction and one in non-fiction. In each category, works must have been published within five years prior to December 31 of the year preceding the biennial conference. The person making the nomination must be a member of SELA.
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