Applications Open for Binc Susan Kamil Writers Prize

Thanks to the Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Prize administered by the Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation, five aspiring writer-booksellers or creator-comic retailers will each receive $10,000 to focus on a full-length manuscript. The application period for the final year of the prize will start March 25 and run through April 22, 2026. To learn more about eligibility and apply visit https://bincfoundation.org/susankamil-scholarship/.

Any writer working on a full-length manuscript, graphic novel, or comic who is currently employed at a physical book or comic store in the U.S. and has been for a minimum of three months is eligible.

The prize was established by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and bestselling author Charles Duhigg and his wife, Liz Alter, a professor of biology at California State University Monterey Bay. Kamil was executive vice president and publisher of Random House when she died in 2019. Her publishing career, spanning more than 40 years, began in the 1970s working in the children’s book division of Macmillan Publishers. Over those years she was known for recognizing new literary voices and introducing them to the public.

SIBA is a sponsor of Binc.