Kore press first book prize

About slapering hol press hudson valley writers center. Ming holdens refuge was selected by lidia yuknavitch for last years memoir award winner. Writers who have had chapbooks of less than 42 pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are eligible. Submissions are accepted between september 1 and november 1 of each year. We dont look for work thats specifically about womens. Newberns poetry is sparse and evocative, and at times highly idiosyncratic. Publication details and submission statistics for this project are not available through our site. 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. 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. Silent anatomies kore press first book award for poetry 9781888553697. For a first book that deals substantially with the history of women, gender, andor sexuality. Our mission is to help right gender inequity in publishing by launching womens voices into the world, one excellent book at a time. 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. Jenny xie is the winner of the 2019 levis reading prize for her poetry collection, eye level.

Black nationalist women and the global struggle for freedom philadelphia. Her book will be out at the beginning of next year. We publish one book a year, the winner of the perugia press prize. Her books include the errant thread 2006, recipient of the 2004 kore press first book prize, andgirls studies 2009. Shannon cain and lisa bowden, codirectors of kore press. Loveliest grotesque kore press first book award for poetry. 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. Sandra lim wins 18th annual levis reading prize for the. The idaho prize kore press first book award iowa poetry prize kathryn a. Kore press 2011 first book contest kelsey street press. Lims first book, loveliest grotesque, won the 2006 kore press first book award for poetry. Kore press institutes gender diversity initiative the gdi is a genderbased, antiviolence 35 year initiative envisioned and convened by kore press institute. Her poetry manuscript, a finalist for the dorset prize and the national poetry series, was selected by nikky finney for kore s firstbook prize. Her poems have appeared widely in literary journals.

Fishers first book of poems, the novelinverse mutiny gallery, won the 2011 t. Unicorn press, 1st book contest, first book contest 2015 winner. Martin arnold, earthquake owners manual waywiser press, 1st or 2nd book contest, t he anthony hecht poetry prize 2015 winner. Educated at johns hopkins, columbia, and new york university, she is the author of a critical study, museum mediations. Sandra lim is a professor and poet in the united states. Heather cousins is the winner of the 2009 kore press first book award. Graywolf publishes every third winner of the prize. 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.

Levis reading prize virginia commonwealth university. Sandra jensen 12 has had stories published in agni, versal, and a host of other literary outlets. Salamander magazine a magazine for poetry, fiction. Kore press institute poetry prize submission statistics.

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. In its stern, quiet way, the wilderness is as thrilling a book as i have read in a very long time. Sandra lim is the author of the poetry collections the wilderness w. They are not provided by the publications editorsstaff or by duotropes admins. Friends and close associates of the judge are not eligible to submit. Kore presss output includes books, audio cds, and broadsides.

Her collection, in the fury grey book press, 2015, was a finalist for the 20 robert dana anhinga prize for poetry and a semifinalist for the 20 crab orchard series for poetry first book award. In other kore press contest news, the deadline for the first book award in. Open submissions reading period kore press institute. Thank you for your patiencewe are still screenings selections for our contest and we will have news in early 2020. Loveliest grotesque kore press first book award for poetry sandra lim on. Open to women and transgender poets or writers of marginalized gender and gender histories writing in english. Patricia smith to judge the 2009 kore press first book competition deadline for submissions is july 31, 2008 chicago native patricia smith is the author of four books of poetry, including teahouse of the almighty, a 2005 national poetry series selection, winner of the 2007 hurstonwright legacy award and the 2007 paterson poetry prize. The 2016 judge was robin coste lewis and the winner is july westhale for trailer trash. Separately, we also maintain a spring open reading period under its own set of guidelines.

While at berkeley, she taught in the department of college writing, the department of comparative literature, and the department of gender and womens studies. Patricia grace king, fiction editor, has served kore press in a significant editorial capacity since 2011. Chosen from a pool of almost one hundred applications, dibs for kids is a nebraskabased literacy nonprofit founded by a former firstgrade. 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. 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. This project does not qualify for a listing with duotrope. First book award winner july westhale kore press institute. Pregnancy, childrearing, and slavery in jamaica philadelphia. Book prize winners berkshire conference of women historians.

One of these books will be presented as the award winner at our upcoming annual conference. Something in the potato room kore press first book award. Poets can be at any point in their career, and this may be their first, second, or midcareer book. Robin coste lewis selects trailer trash, by july westhale as 2016 winner of kore press first book award. 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. 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.

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. Yet she writes in a clean and almost crystal clear way in which simple can invoke very completely emotional responses. 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. 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. Kore press institute poetry prize charges fees for all submissions. J ennifer barber is the author of works on paper winner of the 2015 tenth gate prize, published by the word works, 2016. 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. She received fellowships from the macdowell colony and vermont studio center. Gallery book news events cv contact book news events cv contact gallery book book. Brian le lay 12 is the editor of electric windmill press. August 31, 2010 this competition is open to any female writer who has not published a fulllength collection of poetry. Since 1997, perugia press has been publishing first and second books of poetry by women. Innovations in reading prize national book foundation. 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.

The kore press first book award is for a poetry manuscript in english by a woman who has not yet published a fulllength book. Michelle chan brown 12 won the 2011 kore press first book of poetry prize for double agent and her second book, motherland, with. Stephen lackaye, selfportrait in dystopian landscape 2014 winner. Kore press institute submission manager powered by submittable accept and curate digital content. Kore press titles are distributed by independent publishers group. A gofundme to keep kpi staff employed during covid19 hi everyonecovid19 is super serious, and we in the nonprofit arts. Kore press is an american nonprofit literary press founded in 1993 and located in tucson, arizona. 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. The press was cofounded by lisa bowden publisher and poet karen falkenstrom. Past winners include spring ulmer, sandra lim, elline lipkin, deborah fries, and jennifer barber. 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. 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. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.

Patricia smith to judge the 2009 kore press first book. The press publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by women, transgender or gender nonconforming women. Stay tuned for news in 202 about the newest 19 prize for 1st books, to be selected by shane mccrae. 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.