The Megaphone Prize

The Megaphone Prize is an annual contest from Radix Media dedicated to the discovery of timely, urgent, and interrogative collections from debut writers of color.

This year, the prize is open to personal essay collections by debut writers of color. Submissions are open September 15 to November 15.

The Guest Judge for this year’s prize is author Hanif Abdurraqib.

One winner will receive publication, $1,000, 20 author copies, and dedicated publicity cycle for their debut.

Requirements

Open to debut writers of color writing in the English language (not exclusively). Should not have published a full-length collection in the genre of submission.

There is an entry fee of $20. As a small press, charging an entry fee allows us to offset the printing costs of the project. If you are unable to pay the fee at this time, please email meher@radixmedia.org, and your submission fee will be waived. 25 fee waivers are available.

Please submit a manuscript of roughly 30,000-80,000 words. Your manuscript must be a single Word or PDF document.

Please direct all questions to meher@radixmedia.org