Kore press book prize

Amaranth borsuk is the author of pomegranate eater kore press, 2016, a collection of poems. Kore presss output includes books, audio cds, and broadsides. Love and the eye kore press first book award for poetry laura newbern on. As we know subito, 2014, a book length erasure collaboration with andy fitch. Publication details and submission statistics for this project are not available through our site.

See what theyre looking for in submissions and get statistics on acceptance rates, response times, and more. 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. Handiwork slope editions, 2012, selected by paul hoover for the 2011 slope editions book prize. Jenny xie is the winner of the 2019 levis reading prize for her poetry collection, eye level. Levis reading prize virginia commonwealth university. Tupelo press is especially delighted to announce that our judge, cornelius eady, has selected. They are not provided by the publications editorsstaff or by duotropes admins. Lims previous collection of poetry, loveliest grotesque kore press, 2006, won the 2006 kore press first book award for poetry, and the wilderness was previously selected by louise gluck for the 20 barnard women poets prize. Arizona press, designing 25 books a year and garnering two university press awards. 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. The kore press first book award is for a poetry manuscript in english by a woman who has not yet published a fulllength book.

We are interested in the internet as a medium both for its networking potential and accessibility. Winner of the kore press first book award in poetry, selected by tracie morris, body burden is an investigationin historical documents, public records, imagined letters, a. Kore press first book award winner for 2003 kore press first book award for poetry fries, deborah on. Open to women and transgender poets or writers of marginalized gender and gender histories writing in english. Kore press, winner of the 2011 innovations in reading prize. Morton prize in poetry sarabande books the kore press first book award. 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. The kore press memoir award is for a memoir, or memoirinessays, written in english by a woman. Whether its publishing the highest quality womens literature, educating youth, or doing creative community programming, they have been on the edge of using literature to advance progressive social change. Kore press institute poetry prize submission statistics the statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. For eighteen years, kore press has been defined by innovation.

Idaho prize for poetry lost horse press the iowa poetry prize university of iowa press. Educated at johns hopkins, columbia, and new york university, she is the author of a critical study, museum mediations. Since 1997, perugia press has been publishing first and second books of poetry by women. The press was cofounded by lisa bowden publisher and poet karen falkenstrom. Main street rag poetry book award many mountains moving. Kore press institutes gender diversity initiative the gdi is a genderbased, antiviolence 35 year initiative envisioned and convened by kore press institute. Her book will be out at the beginning of next year.

As a community of literary activists, kore is dedicated to engaging the public through several visionary, creative writing. July westhale is the awardwinning author of via negativa,trailer trash selected for the 2016 kore press book prize, the cavalcade, and occasionally accurate science. Tucsons kore press celebrates 25 years of printing. 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. Popular nobel prize books meet your next favorite book. Heather cousins is the winner of the 2009 kore press first book award. It was a 2018 finalist for the kore press memoir contest. In other kore press contest news, the deadline for the first book award in poetry has. The press publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by women, transgender or gender nonconforming women. 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. From july though end of october, kore press is holding the 2018 open submissions reading. Patricia grace king, fiction editor, has served kore press in a significant editorial capacity since 2011. Innovations in reading prize national book foundation.

Our mission is to help right gender inequity in publishing by launching womens voices into the world, one excellent book at a time. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Her debut collection, silent anatomies, was selected by joy harjo as a winner of the kore press first book award. Find out why and learn how to request reinstatement. Aug 06, 2017 springgun is a notforprofit webbased journal and print based press promoting all forms of previously unpublished quality contemporary writing and interdisciplinary digital art. Kore press s 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.

Kore press memoir award does not qualify for a listing with duotrope. We publish one book a year, the winner of the perugia press prize. Gallery book news events cv contact book news events cv contact gallery book book. The idaho prize kore press first book award iowa poetry prize kathryn a. Past winners include spring ulmer, sandra lim, elline lipkin, deborah fries, and jennifer barber. How to find the poetry contest that is best for you targeting the right publisher for your kind of work is the key to improving your poetry contest odds and advancing your career as a writer. Love and the eye kore press first book award for poetry. Silent anatomies kore press first book award for poetry 9781888553697. Kore press publishes work through our three annual contests.

Announcing the results of the 2020 sunken garden chapbook award. Her memoir, doubling back, about her experiences as a peace corps doctor in africa, was ranked finalist in the sunshots press prose contest and garnered honorable mentions in the womans national book association contest and the deborah tall lyric essay book prize. 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. How to find the poetry contest that is best for you winning. Winner of the kore press first book award in poetry, selected by tracie morris, body burden is an investigationin historical documents, public records. Their official website does not show signs of new books. Kore press 2017 judge is cheryl strayed, awardwinning author of four books, including her memoir wild. Something in the potato room kore press first book award for. 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 madgett poetry award national poetry series. Sandra lim wins 18th annual levis reading prize for the. J ennifer barber is the author of works on paper winner of the 2015 tenth gate prize, published by the word works, 2016.