Now accepting submissions for our 2025 Fugere Book Prize. Submit via Submittable.
Past winners:
2024 Fugere Book Prize Winner: David W. Berner for American Moon
2023 Fugere Book Prize Winner: Chris McClain Johnson for Three Guesses
2023 Fugere Book Prize Finalist: Joseph Bathanti for The Stranger
The 2022 Fugere Book Prize winner: Tara Deal for Life/Insurance
2025 Winner Receives:
$1000 and book publication by Regal House Publishing
The editors at Regal House Publishing will announce their longlist on July 15, 2025, and the winner on August 1, 2025.
Electronic Submissions
Accepting submissions via Submittable.
*Submission fee: $25
*Please note that, without the submission fee, we would not be able to accept contest submissions, or to offer a $1000 prize to the winner. As Regal House Publishing is a small press with limited staff capacity, contest submission fees allow us to maintain sufficient editorial resources for careful review of each and every manuscript. We understand that submission fees can be difficult to accommodate, but rest assured that because of them, your submission will be carefully read, reviewed, and considered for this prize. Thank you for your understanding.
Eligibility:
Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.
Previously published manuscripts are not eligible.
Employees and volunteers of Regal House Publishing, Pact Press, Fitzroy Books or The Regal House Initiative, their partners or spouses, their immediate families, or immediate family of the judge are not eligible.
Manuscript Format:
- Minimum of 17,000 words, maximum of 40,000 words.
- At least 11pt. font
- The entries will have a blind reading, so please do NOT include name, address, and telephone. number anywhere in the body of the manuscript. DO include it in the Submittable cover letter form.
- Do not send artwork or photographs.
- Paginate consecutively and include a table of contents, if pertinent.
- Attach publications acknowledgments, if any.
- Please adhere strictly to contest dates. Neither late nor early manuscripts will be accepted.
- Contestants may submit the manuscript elsewhere simultaneously, but must notify Regal House Publishing immediately if a manuscript is accepted by another publisher.
- Once submitted, manuscripts cannot be altered. Winner will be given the opportunity to revise before publication.
- Contestants may submit more than one manuscript, but a separate entry fee and entry form must accompany each manuscript.
Answers to FAQs:
- The winner will be announced on August 1, 2025.
- Winning manuscript will be published in paperback and ebook editions.
