Chosen from a pool of almost one hundred applications, dibs for kids is a nebraskabased literacy nonprofit founded by a former firstgrade. Patricia grace king, fiction editor, has served kore press in a significant editorial capacity since 2011. Shannon cain and lisa bowden, codirectors of kore press. She is also the author of the cavalcade, a chapbook, from finishing line press, and occasionally accurate science, a childrens book of collective nouns, forthcoming from nomadic press. Past winners include spring ulmer, sandra lim, elline lipkin, deborah fries, and jennifer barber.
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. Her sound installations have been presented at the whitney biennial, moma, ronald feldman gallery, the silent barn, the jamaica center for arts. Kore press institutes gender diversity initiative the gdi is a genderbased, antiviolence 35 year initiative envisioned and convened by kore press institute. Kore press institute submission manager powered by submittable accept and curate digital content. Kore press first book award iowa poetry prize kathryn a. What specific event, or series of events, inspired you to start a press lisa bowden lb. Emily dickinson first book award the emily dickinson first book award is an occasional award given by the poetry foundation that recognizes an american poet over the age of forty who has yet to publish a first book.
Open to women and transgender poets or writers of marginalized gender and gender histories writing in english. Tlr poet july westhale has won the kore press 2016 first book award, selected by robin coste lewis, for her poetry collection trailer trash. 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. First book award winner july westhale kore press institute. River legs kore press first book award for poetry 9781888553710. Whether it is shame obscuring the female body, the social stigma shrouding certain illnesses, or the cryptic stories of her. An intersectionalfeminist, literary arts organization dedicated to keeping the margins in the center through publishing. July westhale wins the kore press first book award. Selected as a kore press first book winner for her first book of poetry, fries has won several national awards for individual poems. Tracie morris is a poet who has worked extensively as a pagebased writer, sound poet, critic, scholar, bandleader, actor and multimedia performer.
In other kore press contest news, the deadline for the first book award in. Boyers newest book, a handbook of disappointed fate, is now available from small press distribution or directly from the publisher, udp. July westhale wins the kore press first book award april 21, 2017 tlr poet july westhale has won the kore press 2016 first book award, selected by robin coste lewis, for her poetry collection trailer trash. Benjamins spectacles kore press first book award for. Laura newberns collection love and the eye 2010 was selected by claudia rankine for the kore press first book award.
And if you dont like the poetry a press has published, chances are, theyre not the press for you. Trio house book awards trio award for first or second book and the louise. Zayne turner principal architect evangelist salesforce. The 2016 judge was robin coste lewis and the winner is july westhale for trailer trash. 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.
Newberns poetry is sparse and evocative, and at times highly idiosyncratic. This pair of poems is a study in contrasts, finding a. The verging cities, natalie scenterszapico center for literary publishing fiction. Publication details and submission statistics for this project are not available through our site. How to enter the guardian first book award 2015 books. Since 1993 kore press has been dedicated to publishing womens literary art. The unicorn press first book competition unicorn press charges fees for all submissions university of canberra vicechancellors international poetry prize university of canberra temp closed unlimited literature poetry chapbook contest unlimited literature fledgling new. Review of the bright field of everything 9781888553499. I had worked with another small press chax press for five years since my internship with them my senior year at the university of arizona, learning letterpress printing, binding, typography, and literary organizing. The press was cofounded by lisa bowden publisher and poet karen falkenstrom. His second book, the new testament 2014, won the anisfieldwolf book award and was named one of.
Spill simmer falter wither, a novel bursting with brio in which an irish loner pours his heart out to a dog, is the first book on the longlist for this years guardian first book award. Kore press publishes work through our three annual contests. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. July westhale 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.
One blackbird at a time, wendy barker bkmk press gog, brandi george black lawrence press silent anatomies, monica ong kore press. Minnesota book awards nominees announced pioneer press. She received fellowships from the macdowell colony and vermont studio center. Levis reading prize virginia commonwealth university. Innovations in reading prize national book foundation. Silent anatomies by monica ong is a deeply personal, illustrated collection of poetry which explores family history, race and gender within an asian national context fatherland, fascism, fascist, fascisti, fascistic, fash, fashion through found images of anatomy, xrays, family photos, medicine bottles, etc. Her debut novel, the not wives, is forthcoming from the feminist press in the fall of 2019. Sandra lim is a professor and poet in the united states.
The kore press first book award is for a poetry manuscript in english by a woman who has not yet published a fulllength book. Situated in tucson, arizona, it embodies the spirit of literary activism. Jericho brown is the recipient of a whiting writers award and fellowships from the john simon guggenheim foundation, the radcliffe institute for advanced study at harvard university, and the national endowment for the arts. Robin coste lewis selects trailer trash, by july westhale as 2016 winner of kore press first book award. Silent anatomies is a poeticvisual hybrid that traverses the bodys terrain, examining the phenomena of cultural silences.
Open submissions reading period kore press institute. Kore press is an american nonprofit literary press founded in 1993 and located in tucson. Kore press publishes manuscripts accepted through general submission and annually awards prizes for a first book of poetry, a single short story and. Founded in 1993, kore press publishes works of literary and artistic value. Kore press memoir award does not qualify for a listing with duotrope. Silent anatomies 2014 kore press first book winner by. In 2017, she published her first poetry chapbook, portal poem dancing girl press and in 2012, she published a young adult novel, the stalker chronicles farrar, straus, and giroux.
Bastards of the reagan era, reginald dwayne betts four way books finalists. Browns first book, please 2008, won the american book award. 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. Loveliest grotesque kore press first book award for poetry sandra lim on. 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. 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 lewis.
Loveliest grotesque kore press first book award for poetry. Winners will be announced at the 28th annual minnesota book awards ceremony april 16 at st. The bright field of everything as m ail t oday reported in january 2014, the elephant was presented as a gift to the temple by mla vinay kore, but was repeatedly chained and abused which was caught on videotape. Yet she writes in a clean and almost crystal clear way in which simple can. Their official website does not show signs of new books. 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. Find out why and learn how to request reinstatement.
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