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[April 21, 2014] The da Vinci Eye Winners: The da Vinci Eye Winners announced.

[April 14, 2014] First Horizon Award Winners: First Horizon Award Winners announced.

[April 1, 2014] First Horizon Award Finalists: First Horizon Award Finalists announced.

[March 24, 2014] 2014 Award Schedule: The 2014 Eric Hoffer Book Award schedule has been announced.

[March 7, 2014] Montaigne & da Vinci Finalists: Montaigne Medal Finalists and da Vinci Eye Finalists announced.

[September 14, 2013] Eric Hoffer Prose Award Winners: The 2014 Eric Hoffer Prose Award winners have been announced.

[December 17, 2007] Inside the Hoffer: Award Chairman Christopher Klim speaks with Library Juice.

The Eric Hoffer Award for short prose and books was established at the start of the 21st century as a means of opening a door to writing of significant merit. It honors the memory of the great American philosopher Eric Hoffer by highlighting salient writing, as well as the independent spirit of small publishers. The winning stories and essays are published in Best New Writing, and the book awards are covered in the US Review of Books.

The Prizes
Two grand prizes are awarded annually: one for short prose (i.e. fiction and creative nonfiction) and one for independent books from small, micro, and academic presses, as well as self-published books. Prizes include a $250 award for short prose and a $2,000 award for best independent book. In addition to the two main grand prize awards, various other honors and distinctions are given for both prose and books, including the Montaigne Medal, the da Vinci Eye, and the First Horizon Award. Submissions are accepted each year by nominating books and prose. The book deadline is January 21st. The prose deadline is March 31st.

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