Bill Finger Award

The Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing is an American award for excellence in comic book writing, presented each year at ComicCon in San Diego. The awards committee, chaired by Mark Evanier, is charged each year with selecting two recipients, one living and one deceased. In 2020 and 2021, when the awards could not be presented in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic there were six deceased honorees each year and no living ones. The award, along with the Eisner Awards, is presented in July of each year at the annual San Diego Comic-Con. It was established by Bill Finger's colleague and fellow writer Jerry Robinson. Evanier in 2003 said the premise of the award was "to recognize writers for a body of work that has not received its rightful reward and/or recognition. That was what Jerry Robinson intended as his way of remembering his friend, Bill Finger.

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Check the official rules of the Bill Finger Award for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.

If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.