The Bellwether Prize for fiction is a biennial award given to previously unpublished works of fiction which address issues of social justice written by a US citizen. The prize was established by noted author Barbara Kingsolver, and is funded by her. Winning authors receive a $25,000 award and a publishing contract, from which they receive royalties.^[1] Submissions are judged by a panel of authors whose work shows themes of social change.

Winning authors include:

• 2000: Donna Gershten Kissing The Virgin's Mouth
• 2002: Gayle Brandeis The Book of Dead Birds
• 2004: Marjorie Kowalski Cole Correcting the Landscape
• 2006: Hillary Jordan Mudbound
• 2008: Heidi W. Durrow The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

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