Raven Chronicles: 2026 Keepers of the Fire Prize
Raven Chronicles announces their 2026 Keepers of the Fire contest for fiction and nonfiction manuscripts. The Keepers of the Fire Prize honors daring and forward-thinking literary arts across cultures. Chosen authors will receive an advance of $1 000, September 2027 publication of their book, and 50% of net revenues on sales.
Each year they publish two books, one fiction (speculative, utopian, historical, etc.), and one nonfiction (creative nonfiction, memoir, scientific, historical, etc.).
They want original fiction or nonfiction that includes or addresses this general theme: deportation, deported, deportee, immigrant, without a country or legal status, to be a stateless person, to have no nationality, to be undocumented.
Fiction submissions:
- Creative fiction: from your point of view or from someone you know who has been deported, threaten with deportation; use your experience or your imagination
- Nonfiction submissions: they will accept essay collections for this theme.
Word Count: They accept book- or novella-length original work between 20 000 to 50 000 words. They do not take submissions over 50 000 words.
Submission fee: $10
Submission Deadline: 31 October 2026
IF you have questions, please email the Raven Chronicles at editors@ravenchronicles.org (Subject: Keepers of the Fire Book Contest).