John Esten Cooke Fiction Award
The John Esten Cooke Fiction Award is given "annually to encourage writers of fiction to portray characters and events dealing with the War Between the States, Confederate heritage, or Southern history in a historically accurate fashion." The $1,000 grant and award competition, open to book-length works, is judged on “effectiveness of research, accuracy of statement, and excellence of style.” The Cooke Fiction Award is one of three literary prizes given annually by the Military Order of the Stars and Bars.
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