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Award Criteria
The prize is awarded annually to a published work of fiction that best illuminates the role of
lawyers in society and their power to effect change.
The work must be:
- A published book-length work of fiction
- Published originally in 2015a
- Readily available to readers via commercial sources (retail or online bookstores such as Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or iTunes)
- An electronically published work with an ISBN may be submitted but unpublished manuscripts may not.
Entry Rules
Please submit this original, signed form, along with 12 copies of the book (or for titles published
as e-books only, a digital file we may duplicate for the judges) to:
Harper Lee Prize
The University of Alabama School of Law
101 Paul Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
The deadline to receive entries is March 31, 2016. There is no entry fee.
Selection Process
After the entries close, a panel will review the entries and select three finalists,
to be announced in May 2016.
- The finalists will be submitted to the prize selection committee for judging.
- Members of the public will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite among the finalists on the ABA Journal website, and the winner of the public vote will be considered during the prize selection process. The winner will be honored at the 6th Annual Harper Lee Prize ceremony in September 2016.
Eligibility
Previous winners are ineligible.
Previous Winners
- 2011: John Grisham, The Confession
- 2012: Michael Connelly, The Fifth Witness
- 2013: Paul Goldstein, Havana Requiem
- 2014: John Grisham, Sycamore Row
- 2015: Deborah Johnson, The Secret of Magic
Publisher and Author Agreement
- The title, author, and cover image of the book may be used in conjunction with Prize publicity.
- The entry may be listed on the ABA Journal website during the public voting process if selected as a finalist.
- If chosen as a finalist, the author agrees to participate in a Harper Lee Prize podcast, available via the ABA Journal website.
- The author will attend the Harper Lee Prize award ceremony in September 2016.
The Winner
The winner will be:
- Announced on the ABA Journal and Harper Lee Prize websites
- Honored at the Harper Lee Prize award ceremony in September 2016
- Given a copy of the 50th Anniversary Edition of To Kill a Mockingbird signed by Harper Lee
- Entitled to use the Harper Lee Prize logo on the cover of the winning book
- Entitled to identify the book as the Prize winner in other promotional materials
In addition:
- An excerpt from the winning book may be published in the ABA Journal.
- The book may be sold on the ABABooks.com website if it is selected as a finalist or winner.
By publisher signature below, the author and publisher agree to these terms of entry.
Unsigned entries will not be considered.
For questions about the Harper Lee Prize, please contact Monique Fields at mfields@law.ua.edu or
205.348.5195.
Deadline for entries: March 31, 2016
