About the Michael Shaara Prize

In 1997, Jeff Shaara, the critically acclaimed best-selling author established The Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction. This award is named in honor of his father, the author of the novel The Killer Angels. In 2005, the Prize moved to the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. A $5,000 prize will be awarded annually at Gettysburg.

If you would like to nominate a title for the Michael Shaara Award, please review the submission guidelines listed below.

The award of $5,000 will be awarded annually to honor a novel about the Civil War published in the current calendar year to "encourage fresh approaches to Civil War fiction." Publishers, critics, and authors may submit books published in 2009 by December 31, 2009 for the 2010 Prize. There is no entry fee.

Send ten (10) copies of the nominated work to:

The Michael Shaara Book Prize
Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College
300 N. Washington Street, Campus Box 435
Gettysburg, PA 17325