The CURIOUS MEDAL
We’re very late in acknowledging writers.
The market for second-hand books in the United States amounts to more than $3 billion dollars a year. Yet no writer receives any recompense or recognition for their essential contribution to this important area of bookselling.
Until now.
what is this prize?
The Curious Medal for Literary Endeavor is a sterling silver medal and $15,000 for a work of fiction which celebrates the triumph of imagination and creativity, particularly in a time of rigidity and oppression.
“Some books leave us free and some books make us free. ”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
timeline
We are preparing now for the 2026 Curious Medal of Literary Endeavor
| Important Events | Their Dates |
|---|---|
| Submission Period | Mon 7 Apr – Mon 9 Jun |
| First Round of Judging | Tue 10 Jun – Wed, 8 Oct |
| Assessment of Finalists | Thu, 9 Oct – Fri, 6 Feb |
| Presentation of Medal and $15,000 grant | Sat, 7 March |