Permafrost Magazine

Permafrost Magazine holds an Annual Book Prize contest for the best manuscript (genre alternating each year). The winner of the contest receives $1000 and publication through the University of Alaska Press. The book prize genre alternates through poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. (2025 is nonfiction)

Current and former University of Alaska Fairbanks and University of Alaska Press employees, current and former UAF students, and anyone who has served as an editor or reader for Permafrost whether for journal submissions or the book prize may not submit to the contest. Previous winners of the prize are also ineligible.

Permafrost Book Prize

Submissions should be approximately 150-300 double-spaced pages (45,000 - 90,000 words). Please note that these numbers are intended as a guide, and not a mandate. We are more interested in the quality of the work than adherence to a page or word count. 

Permafrost Book Prize

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