Kore Press Mission and Purpose
As a community of literary activists devoted to bringing forth a diversity of voices through works that meet the highest artistic standards, Kore Press publishes women’s writing that deepens awareness and advances change. Our founders chose a name which symbolizes the idea that women are agents of change. Kore (kor-ay) is Greek for “daughter” and another name for Persephone- the goddess taken into the underworld whose re-emergence above ground caused the changing of seasons. We hope the writings we bring to light elicit change, both for writer, reader, and the bigger, collective public mind. By providing this forum for established and emerginging voices, as well as writers fundamental to history, we are seeking to keep alive change-making expressions of literary passion, experiment, and collaboration.
Submissions
Each year, we hold two writing contests: the Short Fiction Chapbook Contest and a First Book Award for women who have not previously published a full-length collection of poetry. Past judges for theses contests have included Lydia Davis, Margot Livesy, Harryette Mullen, Patricia Smith, Jane Miller and Carolyn Forche. First prize is $1000 plus publication. There is also an Open Submissions period in January of each year. Please check our website at www.korepress.org for submissions details.
Community
The Grrrls Literary Activism Project, now in its second year, collaborates with City High School to bring after-school creative writing and critical thinking workshops to girls and young women in Tucson, who in turn present their work to public art projects.
Donations
As a non-profit independent press, we rely on donations from Arizona Commission on the Arts, Tucson Pima Arts Coouncil, Poets & Writers, Arizona Women’s Conference, and other charitable organization and individuals. These donations help us to ensure the success of our titles and to give women as wide-ranging of a forum as possible, so that we, as women and writers, can be a greater part of the literary conversation.
For more info or to make a donation, please visit www.korepress.org or write kore@korepress.org
Kore Press, PO. Box 42315, Tucson Az 85733
