Wilkes University sponsors this prize for a novel-in-progress by a U.S. writer who has not previously published a novel. The winner takes home $10,000.
Deadline: March 1
Submit only the first 50 pages. Finalists will be asked to submit an additional 50.
The fine print:

The first-prize winner must accept the award at the James Jones Literary Society Conference held each fall, usually in early November. Transportation funding will be provided. An excerpt from the winning manuscript will be published in Provincetown Arts (July 2006.)