Kore press book prize

Winner of the kore press first book award in poetry, selected by tracie morris, body burden is an investigationin historical documents, public records. Shannon cain and lisa bowden, codirectors of kore press. Heather cousins is the winner of the 2009 kore press first book award. As we know subito, 2014, a book length erasure collaboration with andy fitch. Silent anatomies kore press first book award for poetry 9781888553697. Fishers first book of poems, the novelinverse mutiny gallery, won the 2011 t. Kore press institutes gender diversity initiative the gdi is a genderbased, antiviolence 35 year initiative envisioned and convened by kore press institute. See what theyre looking for in submissions and get statistics on acceptance rates, response times, and more. Our mission is to help right gender inequity in publishing by launching womens voices into the world, one excellent book at a time. The press was cofounded by lisa bowden publisher and poet karen falkenstrom. Tupelo press is especially delighted to announce that our judge, cornelius eady, has selected. The press publishes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by women, transgender or gender nonconforming women. Amaranth borsuk is the author of pomegranate eater kore press, 2016, a collection of poems. Popular nobel prize books meet your next favorite book.

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. 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. Publication details and submission statistics for this project are not available through our site. Jenny xie is the winner of the 2019 levis reading prize for her poetry collection, eye level. It was a 2018 finalist for the kore press memoir contest. Kore press is an american nonprofit literary press founded in 1993 and located in tucson, arizona. Kore press s output includes books, audio cds, and broadsides. Handiwork slope editions, 2012, selected by paul hoover for the 2011 slope editions book prize. The kore press memoir award is for a memoir, or memoirinessays, written in english by a woman.

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. Something in the potato room kore press first book award for. Love and the eye kore press first book award for poetry laura newbern on. Open to women and transgender poets or writers of marginalized gender and gender histories writing in english. Sandra lim wins 18th annual levis reading prize for the. Arizona press, designing 25 books a year and garnering two university press awards. 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. Kore press first book award winner for 2003 kore press first book award for poetry fries, deborah on. Kore press memoir award does not qualify for a listing with duotrope. Find out why and learn how to request reinstatement. Levis reading prize virginia commonwealth university. From july though end of october, kore press is holding the 2018 open submissions reading.

Kore press institute submission manager powered by submittable accept and curate digital content. Love and the eye kore press first book award for poetry. Idaho prize for poetry lost horse press the iowa poetry prize university of iowa press. 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. We publish one book a year, the winner of the perugia press prize. 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, winner of the 2011 innovations in reading prize. How to find the poetry contest that is best for you winning.

Educated at johns hopkins, columbia, and new york university, she is the author of a critical study, museum mediations. Download the 2018 griffin poetry prize shortlist press release, book and publisher details, poet biographies and judges citations. Since 1997, perugia press has been publishing first and second books of poetry by women. Morton prize in poetry sarabande books the kore press first book award. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. For eighteen years, kore press has been defined by innovation. Main street rag poetry book award many mountains moving. Kore press institute poetry prize submission statistics the statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. Kore presss output includes books, audio cds, and broadsides. The idaho prize kore press first book award iowa poetry prize kathryn a. 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. J ennifer barber is the author of works on paper winner of the 2015 tenth gate prize, published by the word works, 2016. Tucsons kore press celebrates 25 years of printing.

Her book will be out at the beginning of next year. Kore press 2017 judge is cheryl strayed, awardwinning author of four books, including her memoir wild. 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. We are interested in the internet as a medium both for its networking potential and accessibility. 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. 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 rich variety of visual and linguistic forms. Her debut collection, silent anatomies, was selected by joy harjo as a winner of the kore press first book award.

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. Innovations in reading prize national book foundation. 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. As a community of literary activists, kore is dedicated to engaging the public through several visionary, creative writing. Patricia grace king, fiction editor, has served kore press in a significant editorial capacity since 2011. Kore press publishes work through our three annual contests. 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. Gallery book news events cv contact book news events cv contact gallery book book. In other kore press contest news, the deadline for the first book award in poetry has. Gallery book news events cv contact book news events cv contact. Their official website does not show signs of new books.