{"id":2298,"date":"2025-11-14T20:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2025-11-14T21:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:11:05","slug":"brooklyn-non-fiction-prize-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/?p=2298","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-169007\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Deadline: November 15, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications are open for the Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize 2025. The Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize will be awarded to the best Brooklyn- focused non-fiction essay which is set in Brooklyn and is about Brooklyn and\/or Brooklyn people\/characters.<\/p>\n<p>They are seeking compelling Brooklyn stories from writers with a broad range of backgrounds and ages who can render Brooklyn\u2019s rich soul and intangible qualities through the writer\u2019s actual experiences in Brooklyn. From the collection of selected Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize submissions, several authors will be selected to read from their work and discuss their Brooklyn stories with the audience at their annual finale event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The winner\u2019s award is $500.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to writers with a broad range of backgrounds and ages (minimum age 18 years old);<\/li>\n<li>Submissions should be between 4 to 10 pages. (Up to 2500 words).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Include the story title, your name, email and phone number on your submission document.<\/li>\n<li>The submitted writings will be judged by a panel of Brooklyn writers.<\/li>\n<li>All the finalists will be invited to read from their writing and their entries will be included in the Brooklyn Film &amp; Arts Festival\u2019s Brooklyn Non-Fiction Collection of stories in an online anthology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Send your Brooklyn Non-Fiction story as a Word document by email to: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/opportunitydesk.org\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" data-cfemail=\"87c5f5e8e8ecebfee9e1e6c7fee6efe8e8a9e4e8ea\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/filmbrooklyn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadline: November 15, 2025 Applications are open for the Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize 2025. The Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize will be awarded to the best Brooklyn- focused non-fiction essay which is set in Brooklyn and is about Brooklyn and\/or Brooklyn people\/characters. They are seeking compelling Brooklyn stories from writers with a broad range of backgrounds and ages [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow1K2_DA:productID":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}