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THE BAILEY PRIZE
The Swedenborg Foundation celebrates THE CHRYSALIS READER's twenty years of publishing established and emerging writers by offering the Bailey Prize, an annual publishing prize in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
NOMINATION PROCESS
The Bailey Prize is open to nominations by instructors of undergraduate and graduate students in the arts and sciences for nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
We welcome both traditional and experimental writing with an emphasis on insightful writing related to the Chrysalis Reader's annual theme.
Instructors may submit a maximum of three nominations from their students' work within a period of one year.
Nominations may be any combination of previously unpublished poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Fiction/Non-fiction 3,100 words max. Poetry 100 lines max/poem.
The submission due date for the Bailey Prize is May 1 for winners to appear in the Autumn Chrysalis Reader the same year. Submissions can be made after May 1 for the following year.
Electronic submissions from instructors are acceptable. Include contact information for both instructor and writer in the cover letter.
Instructors can download and print a poster describing the Bailey Prize for their department by clicking on this link.
No nominated entries will be returned.
There is no entry fee.
Prizes will not be awarded in one of the three categories (poetry, fiction, or nonfiction) if the submissions in a category are not suitable for publication in the Chrysalis Reader.
Questions about the Bailey Prize should be sent to: Editor, Chrysalis Reader, 1745 Gravel Hill Road, Dillwyn, VA 23936, (434) 983-3021 (phone), (434) 983-1074 (fax), chrysalis@hovac.com (email).
WINNERS
Winners of the Bailey Prize will be published in that year's Chrysalis Reader, receive 3 copies of the issue, and have a link to their work below:
2007 Bailey Prize poetry winner:
Molly McLeod, "Permission"
CHRYSALIS READER
Links for ordering the Chrysalis Reader and for viewing samples of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, are located at the left side of this web page.
For background information about the Chrysalis Reader click here.
BAILEY PRIZE BACKGROUND
The Bailey Prize has been instituted by Swedenborg Foundation Publishers in honor of Francis Bailey (1744-1817), official printer to both the U.S. Congress and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Bailey started his printing business in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1771 and later transferred it to Philadelphia, where he heard one of the first public lectures on Emanuel Swedenborg, given by a Scotsman, James Glen, on June 5, 1784. Bailey was so taken with what he heard that he became a reader of the works of Swedenborg and was the first to publish Swedenborg's writings in America. Subscribers of this publishing project on Swedenborg included Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, and other distinguished citizens of the day.
Notably, Bailey's publishing business, which was carried on by William Schlatter, supplied both bound and unbound signatures of Swedenborg's works to John "Appleseed" Chapman, who acted as a one-man mobile lending library, handing out copies of Heaven and Hell and other titles by Swedenborg to pioneer settlers in Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. Chapman would seasonally return to replace the read copies with new ones, often entering settlements cheerfully waving Swedenborg's works while heralding his arrival, "Good news fresh from heaven!"
Continuing the work initiated by Francis Bailey, the Swedenborg Foundation was established in 1849 to publish and distribute the writings of Swedenborg. With a mission to engage today's spiritual seeker, the Foundation is currently publishing new translations of Swedenborg's spiritual experiences and theological message as well as sponsoring the publication of scholarly monographs, films, the Chrysalis Reader, and other books that apply his principles to contemporary life.
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