SEPT OCT 2019 168Journal of Experimental Fiction
KENNETH PATCHEN AWARD
Genelle Chaconas of Rancho Cordova,
California, won the 2019 Kenneth
Patchen Award for their novel, Plague
City. They received $1,000, and their
book will be published by Journal of
Experimental Fiction. Jane L. Carman
judged. The annual award is given for an
innovative novel. The next deadline is
July 31, 2020.
Journal of Experimental Fiction, Kenneth
Patchen Award, P.O. Box 6281, Aurora,
IL 60598. Eckhard Gerdes, Contact.
[email protected]
http://www.experimentalfiction.comLitMag
VIRGINIA WOOLF AWARD FOR SHORT
FICTION
Celeste Mohammed of Petit Valley,
Trinidad, won the 2019 Virginia Woolf
Award for Short Fiction for “Santimani-
tay.” She received $3,500, and her story
was published by LitMag. Rachel Hol-
brook of Knoxville, Tennessee, won the
second-place prize for “The Girl From
the Trailer Park.” She received $1,000,
and her story was reviewed by the liter-
ary agency Sobel Weber Associates. Theannual award is given for a short story.
The next deadline is December 15.
LitMag, Virginia Woolf Award for Short
Fiction, Greeley Square Station, P.O. Box
20091, New York, NY 10001.
[email protected]
http://www.litmag.comLoft Literary Center
MCKNIGHT ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS
Prose writers John Jodzio, Emily Strasser,
and T. E. Wilderson, all of Minneapo-
lis, and Bronson Lemer of Saint Paul
received 2019 McKnight Artist Fel-
lowships. They each received $25,000.
Cristina García judged. The annual fel-
lowships are given to Minnesota writers
who have published at least one book or
work in several journals. The fellowships
alternate between poetry/spoken word
and prose; as of this writing, the next
deadline has not been set.
Loft Literary Center, McKnight
Artist Fellowships, 1011 Washington
Avenue South, Open Book, Suite 200,
Minneapolis, MN 55415. (612) 215-2575.
http://www.loft.orgMad Creek Books
JOURNAL/CHARLES B. WHEELER POETRY
PRIZE
Katie Condon of Knoxville, Tennes-
see, won the 2018 Journal/Charles B.
Wheeler Poetry Prize for Praying Naked.
She received $2,500, and her book will
be published by Mad Creek Books, the
literary trade imprint of Ohio State Uni-
versity Press. Marcus Jackson judged.
The annual award is given for a poetry
collection. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Mad Creek Books, Journal/Charles B.
Wheeler Poetry Prize, c/o Journal, Ohio
State University, English Department,
421 Denney Hall, 164 Annie & John Glenn
Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210.
http://www.thejournalmag.org/book-prizes/wheeler-prizeMilkweed Editions
BALLARD SPAHR PRIZE FOR POETRY
Patrick Johnson of Madison, Wisconsin,
won the 2019 Ballard Spahr Prize for Po-
etry for Gatekeeper. He received $10,000,
and his collection will be published by
Milkweed Editions in the fall. Khaled
Mattawa judged. Previously known
as the Lindquist & Vennum Prize for
Poetry, the annual award is given for a
poetry collection by a resident of Iowa,GRANTS & AWARDSR
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