A prize of $1,000 plus chapbook publication by Kore Press will be given for a short story written in English. Leslie Marmon Silko will be judging.Deadline: October 31st, 2009
Eligibility
This competition is open to any woman writing in English, regardless of nationality.
Leslie Marmon Silko, a former professor of English and fiction writing, is the author of novels, short stories, essays, poetry, articles, and filmscripts. She has won prizes, fellowships, and grants from such sources as the National Endowment for the Arts and The Boston Globe. She was the youngest writer to be included in The Norton Anthology of Women’s Literature, for her short story “Lullaby.” Ms. Silko lives in Tucson, Arizona.
For complete information go to http://www.korepress.org/KorePressShortFictionAward.htm
