William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

The following provisions govern the award of the 2005 competition for
the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing:

1. Stanford University Libraries on the recommendation of The Saroyan Writing Prize Committee intends to award two prizes of $12,500 each: one prize for a newly-published work of fiction, and one prize for a newly-published work of non-fiction. The Committee shall comprise the Stanford University Librarian, the President of the William Saroyan Foundation, and any others appointed by these two.
   
   
2. Nominating jurors for the prize are appointed by the Committee. They are invited to exercise their independent and collective judgment and submit three nominations. The jurors are advised that their nominations are for the information and advice of The Prize Committee only inasmuch as the Committee is charged with the responsibility and authority to select, accept, substitute or reject these nominations, and may in extraordinary circumstances offer its own. The nominating jury shall submit to the Committee three nominations.
3. Entries must be received or postmarked by U.S. Mail on or before 31 January 2005.
   
   
4. Competition for the Prize is limited to works published during the preceding calendar years January 2003-December 2004.
   
   
5. Nothing in this plan shall be deemed to limit in any way the authority and control of The Saroyan Writing Prize Committee.
   
   
6. Except for members of The Saroyan Writing Prize Committee, the William Saroyan Foundation, or previous winners, any author's published work is eligible for consideration.
   
   
7. The winning entries will be announced and awarded at a special event at Stanford University in July of 2005.
   
   
8. Finalists and prizewinners of the Prize will be listed permanently at this website [link home].