The Fabri Literary Prize was established in 2006 to honor the memory of

Frances Fabri Frances Fabri, born Sárika Ladányi (22 September 1929 – 9 January 2006), was a Hungarian-born author and Holocaust survivor. She was born in Békés, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary. Life At the age of fourteen she was deported to ...

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survivor, Frances Fabri spearheaded efforts in the United States to record survivor stories, helping to create the interviewing protocols that are used widely today. Frances had much respect for the storyteller’s craft. Throughout her adult life she wrote chronicles of her experiences in the concentration camps and recorded oral histories of fellow survivors. A collection of her short stories, ''Crickets Would Sing'', has been published posthumously by Plum Branch Press. Matthew McKay, psychologist and co-founder of

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, admired Frances’s determination to write and tell her story. His goal for The Fabri Literary Prize was to discover "deserving but underappreciated" works of fiction and have them published for the general book trade. The Fabri Literary Prize is open to unpublished novels written for adults with a variety of interests. Books for children or young adults and books that are focused on the religious market are excluded from consideration. Each prizewinner receives a publishing contract with a $7,500 advance and a $5,000 marketing budget. The Fabri Literary Prize is awarded once a year. The prize is administered by Boaz Publishing and deadlines for entry are announced on the Boaz Publishing web site. The winning novel is published by Boaz Publishing Company and distributed by New Harbinger Publications. Each prize session has judges with years of experience in the book industry. The inaugural prize was judged by

Jim Krusoe Jim Krusoe is an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. His stories and poems have appeared in ''Antioch Review'', ''Denver Quarterly'', ''BOMB'', ''Iowa Review'', ''FIELD (magazine), Field'', ''North American Review'', ''American Poet ...

, author of ''Blood Lake and Other Stories'',

Tara Ison Tara Ison (born 1964) is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She is the author of three novels: ''Rockaway'' (Soft Skull Press, 2013), ''The List'' (Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner, 2007), and ''A Child out of Alcatraz'' ...

, author of ''The List'', and Cyndi Hughes, book editor and producer of the Kansas Book Festival.

Fabri Prize Winners

*''Reservation Nation'' by David Fuller Cook (2007) *''The Great Days'' by Eli Brown (2008) *''Mike Tyson Slept Here'' by Chris Huntington (2009) *''Memories from Cherry Harvest'' by Amy Wachpsress (2012) published by Counterpoint Press in collaboration with Boaz

References

{{Reflist, 2 American fiction awards Awards established in 2006 Literary awards honoring unpublished books or writers