Applications Open for Binc’s Kamil Writers Prize
The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation has opened applications for its Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Prize through April 22, 2025.
The prize will award two aspiring writer-booksellers or creator–comic retailers with $12,500 to focus on a full-length manuscript. Any writer working on a full-length manuscript, graphic novel, or comic who is currently employed at a physical book or comic store in the U.S. and has been for a minimum of three months is eligible.
The Kamil Writers Prize was originally established by Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and author Charles Duhigg and his wife, Liz Alter. The pair named the prize after Susan Kamil, who was EVP and publisher of Random House when she died in 2019, and who became known for recognizing new literary voices and introducing them to the public.
“Booksellers are the heart of not only our literary communities, but defenders of democracy and freedom,” said Duhigg. “I hope this scholarship helps some writer, toiling away, know that there are legions cheering for their success.”
To learn more about eligibility and apply, click here.
