{"id":1198,"date":"2025-06-24T18:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/?page_id=1198"},"modified":"2025-09-18T22:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:06:24","slug":"balcones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/balcones\/","title":{"rendered":"Balcones Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We believe that writers deserve to be compensated for the vital work they do. Each year, we award an outstanding work of fiction, poetry, and creative non fiction a Balcones Literary Prize. To help support their continued work, the winners each receive $1,500, as well as travel and lodging to read from their prize-winning work and teach a class with Austin Community College students in Austin, TX. Winners also serve as the final judge in their genre for the following year\u2019s Balcones Prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We believe that writers deserve to be compensated for the vital work they do. Each year, we award an outstanding work of fiction, poetry, and creative non fiction a Balcones Literary Prize. To help support their continued work, the winners each receive $1,500, as well as travel and lodging to read from their prize-winning work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"three_columns","heading":"","column_1":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/725856\/a-thousand-times-before-by-asha-thanki\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1274 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/balcones-fiction-image-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/balcones-fiction-image.png?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/balcones-fiction-image.png?w=453&amp;ssl=1 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.touchnet.com\/C20395_ustores\/web\/store_main.jsp?STOREID=85&amp;SINGLESTORE=true\"><strong>Balcones Prize for Fiction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Balcones Center for Creative Writing at Austin Community College is pleased to announce the Balcones Fiction Prize ($1,500) in recognition of an outstanding book of fiction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prize Information Eligibility: Books of prose may be submitted by author or publisher; send three copies; books must bear a publication date between January 1, 2025 and December 23, 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Nominations Accepted: September 1, 2025 \u2013 January 31, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Reading fee: $30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","column_2":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.yale.edu\/book\/9780300273922\/ward-toward\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1277 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/balcones-poetry-image-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/balcones-poetry-image.png?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/balcones-poetry-image.png?w=444&amp;ssl=1 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.touchnet.com\/C20395_ustores\/web\/store_main.jsp?STOREID=85&amp;SINGLESTORE=true\"><strong>Balcones Prize for Poetry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Balcones Center for Creative Writing at Austin Community College is pleased to announce the Balcones Poetry Prize ($1,500) in recognition of an outstanding book of poetry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prize Information Eligibility: Books of poetry of 42 pages or more may be submitted by author or publisher; send three copies; books must bear a publication date between January 1, 2025 and December 23, 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Nominations Accepted: September 1, 2025 \u2013 January 31, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Reading fee: $25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","column_3":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org\/pandemonium-logs\/9781978835276\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1279 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/balcones-nonfiction-image-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/balcones-nonfiction-image.png?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/balcones-nonfiction-image.png?w=430&amp;ssl=1 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.touchnet.com\/C20395_ustores\/web\/store_main.jsp?STOREID=85&amp;SINGLESTORE=true\"><strong>Balcones Prize for Creative Nonfiction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Balcones Center for Creative Writing at Austin Community College is pleased to announce the Balcones Creative Nonfiction Prize ($1,500) in recognition of an outstanding book of creative nonfiction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prize Information Eligibility:\u00a0Books of literary nonfiction may be submitted by author or publisher; send three copies;\u00a0books must bear a publication date between January 1, 2025 and December 23, 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Nominations Accepted: September 1, 2025 \u2013 January 31, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Reading fee: $30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"After completing the submission form","column_1":"<p>Mail 3 copies of the book to:<\/p>\n<p>C. Prudence Arceneaux<br \/>\nACC Creative Writing Dept. \u2013 Balcones Prize<br \/>\n6101 Highland Campus Drive<br \/>\nAustin, TX 78752<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.touchnet.com\/C20395_ustores\/web\/store_main.jsp?STOREID=85&amp;SINGLESTORE=true\">Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to nominate a book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/crw\/balcones-fiction-and-poetry-prizes\/\">Click Here<\/a>\u00a0for the latest news about the Balcones Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Nonfiction Prizes.<\/p>\n<p>For additional info, please email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:balcones@austincc.edu\">balcones@austincc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"hero_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image_content":{"ID":1312,"id":1312,"title":"Balconeslogo (1)","filename":"Balconeslogo-1.png","filesize":145384,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/Balconeslogo-1.png?fit=814%2C746&ssl=1","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/balcones\/balconeslogo-1\/","alt":"","author":"41","description":"","caption":"","name":"balconeslogo-1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1198,"date":"2025-07-24 22:26:02","modified":"2025-07-24 22:26:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":814,"height":746,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/Balconeslogo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/Balconeslogo-1.png?fit=300%2C275&ssl=1","medium-width":300,"medium-height":275,"medium_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/Balconeslogo-1.png?fit=768%2C704&ssl=1","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":704,"large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/Balconeslogo-1.png?fit=814%2C746&ssl=1","large-width":814,"large-height":746,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/Balconeslogo-1.png?fit=814%2C746&ssl=1","1536x1536-width":814,"1536x1536-height":746,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/07\/Balconeslogo-1.png?fit=814%2C746&ssl=1","2048x2048-width":814,"2048x2048-height":746}},"image_description":"","readability":["true"]}],"sidekick":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}