Poets & Writers – September 2019

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RONALD SUKENICK INNOVATIVE FICTION

PRIZE

Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi of San Diego won

the 2019 Ronald Sukenick Innovative

Fiction Prize for his novel, The Book of

Kane and Margaret. He received $1,500,

and his book will be published by Fiction

Collective Two. Aimee Parkison judged.

The annual award is given for a short

story collection, novella, novella collec-

tion, or novel. (SEE DEADLINES.)

Fiction Collective Two, University

of Alabama Press, P.O. Box 870380,

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. (773) 702-7000.

http://www.fc2.org/prizes.html

Fine Arts Work Center

WRITING FELLOWSHIPS

Ten emerging poets and fiction writ-

ers have received fellowships from the

Fine Arts Work Center. The First-Year

Fellows in poetry are Kevin Fitchett of

Marblemount, Washington, Esther Lin

of Sunnyvale, California, Francisco Mar-

quez of New York City, and Joy Priest of

Columbia, South Carolina. Atar Hadari

of London received the Second-Year

Fellowship in poetry. The First-Year

Fellows in fiction are Gbolahan Adeola of

Newark, Delaware, Callie Collins of Ann

Arbor, Michigan, Nora Canty Corrigan

of Boston, and John Ptacek of Bayport,

New York. Hanna Pylväinen of Rich-

mond, Virginia, received the Second-

Year Fellowship in fiction. A panel of

writers judged the First-Year Fellowship

competition; Carl Phillips selected the

Second-Year Fellow in poetry, and Vic-

tor LaValle selected the Second-Year Fel-

low in fiction. The fellows each received

a seven-month residency at the Fine Arts

Work Center in Provincetown, Massa-

chusetts, and a monthly stipend of $750.

The annual awards are given to emerg-

ing poets and fiction writers. The next

deadline is December 1.

Fine Arts Work Center, Writing

Fellowships, 24 Pearl Street,

Provincetown, MA 02657.

(508) 487-9960.

http://www.fawc.org

Finishing Line Press

OPEN CHAPBOOK COMPETITION

Jody Winer of New York City won the

2018 Open Chapbook Competition for

Welcome to the Guardian Angel School. She

received $1,000, and her chapbook will

be published by Finishing Line Press.

The annual award is given for a poetry

chapbook. (SEE DEADLINES.)

Finishing Line Press, Open Chapbook

Competition, P.O. Box 1626, Georgetown,

KY 40324. Chris Kincaid, Editor.

[email protected]

http://www.finishinglinepress.com

Fish Publishing

POETRY PRIZE

Anne Cousins of Wexford, Ireland, won

the Poetry Prize for “Not My Michael

Furey.” She received €1,000 (approxi-

mately $1,140) and publication in the

2019 Fish anthology. Billy Collins

judged. The annual award is given for a

single poem. The next deadline is March

31, 2020.

SHORT STORY PRIZE

Richard Lambert of Norwich, England,

won the Short Story Prize for his story

“Wakkanai Station.” He received €3,000

(approximately $3,420), publication in

the 2019 Fish anthology, and tuition

to attend a short story workshop at the

West Cork Literary Festival in July. Mia

Gallagher judged. The annual award is

given for a short story. The next dead-

line is November 30.

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Congratulations to

Erin Somers, MFA ‘13, for

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