Kore press first book prize

J ennifer barber is the author of works on paper winner of the 2015 tenth gate prize, published by the word works, 2016. Sandra jensen 12 has had stories published in agni, versal, and a host of other literary outlets. Robin coste lewis selects trailer trash, by july westhale as 2016 winner of kore press first book award. Poets can be at any point in their career, and this may be their first, second, or midcareer book. Lims first book, loveliest grotesque, won the 2006 kore press first book award for poetry. While at berkeley, she taught in the department of college writing, the department of comparative literature, and the department of gender and womens studies.

A gofundme to keep kpi staff employed during covid19 hi everyonecovid19 is super serious, and we in the nonprofit arts. In its stern, quiet way, the wilderness is as thrilling a book as i have read in a very long time. The 2016 judge was robin coste lewis and the winner is july westhale for trailer trash. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Kore press 2011 first book contest kelsey street press. Loveliest grotesque kore press first book award for poetry sandra lim on. Martin arnold, earthquake owners manual waywiser press, 1st or 2nd book contest, t he anthony hecht poetry prize 2015 winner. Stephen lackaye, selfportrait in dystopian landscape 2014 winner. The press publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by women, transgender or gender nonconforming women. First book award for poetry the kore press first book award is for a poetry manuscript in english by a woman who has not yet published a fulllength book.

First book award winner july westhale kore press institute. The kore press first book award is for a poetry manuscript in english by a woman who has not yet published a fulllength book. Alison stagner is the author of the thing that brought the shadow here boaat press, 2019, which was selected by nick flynn as the winner of the 2018 boaat book prize. Chosen from a pool of almost one hundred applications, dibs for kids is a nebraskabased literacy nonprofit founded by a former firstgrade. Silent anatomies kore press first book award for poetry 9781888553697. Kore press institutes gender diversity initiative the gdi is a genderbased, antiviolence 35 year initiative envisioned and convened by kore press institute. Salamander magazine a magazine for poetry, fiction. Kore press institute poetry prize submission statistics. Kore press first book award winner for 2003 kore press first book award for poetry paperback january 1, 2004 by deborah fries author visit amazons deborah fries page.

Open to women and transgender poets or writers of marginalized gender and gender histories writing in english. In other kore press contest news, the deadline for the first book award in. She received fellowships from the macdowell colony and vermont studio center. Sandra lim is the author of the poetry collections the wilderness w. Main street rag poetry book award many mountains moving poetry contest marsh hawk press poetry prize may swenson poetry award utah state up midlist press first series awards motherwell prize and modern poets series fence books. Robin coste lewis, 2015 national book award winner in poetry for voyage of the sable venus, is a provosts fellow in poetry and visual studies at the university of southern california. Morton prize in poetry literary sashimi award the magellan prize main street rag book contest marianne moore poetry prize marsh hawk poetry prize midlist press first series awards naomi long. Msa first book prize for a book published in 2018 the modernist studies association has announced its short list for the msa first book prize for a book published in 2018. August 31, 2010 this competition is open to any female writer who has not published a fulllength collection of poetry. Her poems have appeared widely in literary journals. Writers who have had chapbooks of less than 42 pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are eligible. Our mission is to help right gender inequity in publishing by launching womens voices into the world, one excellent book at a time. We publish one book a year, the winner of the perugia press prize. Yet she writes in a clean and almost crystal clear way in which simple can invoke very completely emotional responses.

Her books include the errant thread 2006, recipient of the 2004 kore press first book prize, andgirls studies 2009. Patricia grace king, fiction editor, has served kore press in a significant editorial capacity since 2011. Since 1997, perugia press has been publishing first and second books of poetry by women. Open submissions reading period kore press institute. The idaho prize kore press first book award iowa poetry prize kathryn a. Awarded by the department of english and its mfa in creative writing program at virginia commonwealth university, the prize is given annually in the name of the late larry levis for the best first or second book of poetry published in the previous calendar year. Educated at johns hopkins, columbia, and new york university, she is the author of a critical study, museum mediations. Jennifer barbers collections are works on paper the word works, 2016, tenth gate prize, given away kore press, 2012, and rigging the wind kore press, 2003, kore press first book prize. Cave canem poetry prize graywolf press is one of the publishers of the cave canem poetry prize, a first book award dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by african american poets. Levis reading prize virginia commonwealth university. Something in the potato room kore press first book award. Unicorn press, 1st book contest, first book contest 2015 winner. Separately, we also maintain a spring open reading period under its own set of guidelines.

Submissions are accepted between september 1 and november 1 of each year. Shannon cain and lisa bowden, codirectors of kore press. Brian le lay 12 is the editor of electric windmill press. Innovations in reading prize national book foundation.

There are 30 manuscript consultations available with poet july westhale winner of the kore press first book award for trailer trash, selected by robin coste. We dont look for work thats specifically about womens. From 1 april to 31 may, the unicorn press first book competition accepts submissions of booklength poetry manuscripts by authors who have not previously published a book of poetry. Her book will be out at the beginning of next year. Stay tuned for news in 202 about the newest 19 prize for 1st books, to be selected by shane mccrae. Kore press institute poetry prize charges fees for all submissions.

Kore presss output includes books, audio cds, and broadsides. Book prize winners berkshire conference of women historians. We are committed to a communitybased, facilitated process with a true cross sector at the table for deep and rich conversations from multiple perspectives to think through. Ming holdens refuge was selected by lidia yuknavitch for last years memoir award winner. Her poetry manuscript, a finalist for the dorset prize and the national poetry series, was selected by nikky finney for kore s firstbook prize. One of these books will be presented as the award winner at our upcoming annual conference. They are not provided by the publications editorsstaff or by duotropes admins. Thank you for your patiencewe are still screenings selections for our contest and we will have news in early 2020. Kore press is an american nonprofit literary press founded in 1993 and located in tucson, arizona.

Heather cousins is the winner of the 2009 kore press first book award. Sandra lim wins 18th annual levis reading prize for the. Fishers first book of poems, the novelinverse mutiny gallery, won the 2011 t. Kore press works up press releases, tip sheets, press kits, and more to represent the book, and likes to pitch its chapbooks to various book awards and always hopes to support our authors in as many readings and events as possible. Michelle chan brown 12 won the 2011 kore press first book of poetry prize for double agent and her second book, motherland, with.

Graywolf publishes every third winner of the prize. Kore press titles are distributed by independent publishers group. Sandra lim is a professor and poet in the united states. Publication details and submission statistics for this project are not available through our site. The press was cofounded by lisa bowden publisher and poet karen falkenstrom.

Patricia smith to judge the 2009 kore press first book. This project does not qualify for a listing with duotrope. Gallery book news events cv contact book news events cv contact gallery book book. Friends and close associates of the judge are not eligible to submit.

Loveliest grotesque kore press first book award for poetry. Winner of the kore press first book award in poetry, selected by tracie morris, body burden is an investigationin historical documents, public records, imagined letters, a. She received a a ba in anthropology from bryn mawr college in 2001, an ma in the writing seminars at johns hopkins university in 2002, and a phd in creative writing, in spring 2009 from the university of georgia. Past winners include spring ulmer, sandra lim, elline lipkin, deborah fries, and jennifer barber. Somaliborn poet and essayist ladan osman is the author of exiles of eden coffee house press, 2019, a work of poetry, photos, and experimental text, and the kitchendwellers testimony university of nebraska press, 2015, winner of the sillerman first book prize, and the chapbook ordinary heaven, which appeared in the box set seven new. Black nationalist women and the global struggle for freedom philadelphia. Kore press publishes manuscripts accepted through general submission and annually awards prizes for a first book of poetry, a single short story and a memoir or a memoirinessays. About slapering hol press hudson valley writers center. For a first book that deals substantially with the history of women, gender, andor sexuality.