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David Borofka
David Borofka is an America novelist and short story writer. He is the author of the short story collection, Hints of His Mortality, which won the Iowa Short Fiction Award in 1996, and the novel, The Island (1997). Borofka has won the Missouri Review’s Editors’ Prize, Carolina Quarterly’s Charles B. Wood Award for Distinguished Writing, the Emerging Writers Network Fiction Prize, Prism Review Fiction Award, and the Nancy D. Hargrove Award from Jabberwock Review. His short fiction has also appeared in Image, Southern Review, Manoa, and Glimmer Train. He was a professor of composition, literature and creative writing at Reedley College Reedley College (Reedley or RC) is a public community college in Reedley, California. It is a part of the California Community Colleges system within the State Center Community College District (SCCCD). It is accredited by the WASC Accrediting ... until his retirement in 2019. A collection of stories, A Longing for Impossible Things, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Short Fiction Award
The Iowa Short Fiction Award is an annual award given for a first collection of short fiction. It has been described as "a respected prize" by the ''Chicago Tribune'', and ''The New York Times'' considered it "among the most prestigious literary prizes America offers." The award was founded by the University of Iowa Press in 1969, and has been continuously presented to a writer of short stories each year since. In 1988, a companion award called the John Simmons Short Fiction Award, named for the original director of the University of Iowa Press, was instituted. Both the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the John Simmons Short Fiction Award are juried through the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and winning books are published by the University of Iowa Press. Select stories from winning entries are included in ''The Iowa Award: The Best Stories from Twenty Years'' and ''The Iowa Award: The Best Stories, 1991-2000'', with selections by American author Frank Conroy. Winners of the Iowa Short Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri Review
''The Missouri Review'' is a literary magazine founded in 1978 by the University of Missouri. It publishes fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction quarterly. With its open submission policy, ''The Missouri Review'' receives 12,000 manuscripts each year and is known for printing previously unpublished and emerging authors. Each year ''The Missouri Review'' hosts the Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize contest with $15,000 in prize money for entries in fiction, essays, and poetry. The winners receive prize money, publication, and an invitation to a public awards reception. ''The Missouri Review'' is available in print, digital, and audio formats. Honors and awards * Mako Yoshikawa's essay "My Father's Women" appeared in The Best American Essays 2013 (ed. Cheryl Strayed). * Rachel Riederer's essay "Patient" appeared in The Best American Essays 2011 (ed. Edwidge Danticat). * Laura Yeager's short story, "Having Ann", was short-listed for an O. Henry Award in 2000. * Molly Giles's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Review
''The Southern Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established by Robert Penn Warren in 1935 at the behest of Charles W. Pipkin and funded by Huey Long as a part of his investment in Louisiana State University. It publishes fiction, poetry, critical essays, and excerpts from novels in progress by established and emerging writers and includes reproductions of visual art. ''The Southern Review'' continues to follow Warren's articulation of the mission when he said that it gives "writers decent company between the covers, and oncentrateseditorial authority sufficiently for the journal to have its own distinctive character and quality". History An earlier ''Southern Review'' was published in Charleston, South Carolina from 1828 to 1832, and another in Baltimore from 1867 to 1879. The initial staff consisted of editor-in-chief Charles W. Pipkin, Robert Penn Warren and Cleanth Brooks as managing editors, and Albert Erskine as business manager. In 1942, after 28 issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glimmer Train
''Glimmer Train'' was an American short story literary journal. It was published quarterly, accepting works primarily from emerging writers. Stories published in ''Glimmer Train'' were listed in ''The Best American Short Stories'', as well as appearing in the ''Pushcart Prize'', '' The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories'', and anthologies for '' New Stories from the Midwest'', ''New Stories from the South'', and ''Best American Short Stories''. The journal held 12 short story fiction contests a year, paying out over $50,000 on an annual basis. Background ''Glimmer Train'' was founded in 1990 by Linda Swanson-Davies and her sister, Susan Burmeister-Brown, in Portland, Oregon. While the journal received over 40,000 submissions per year, only about 40 stories are published (a rate of 0.001, or 1/10 of 1%). Burmeister-Brown advises writers to: "Unplug yourself from the hurly-burly of life on a regular basis so your subconscious has time to make some good compost." See also *List of lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reedley College
Reedley College (Reedley or RC) is a public community college in Reedley, California. It is a part of the California Community Colleges system within the State Center Community College District (SCCCD). It is accredited by the WASC Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. The college offers associate degrees. History Reedley College was founded in May 1926, as Reedley Junior College on the campus of Reedley High School. It became a full community college on July 1, 1946. In 1954, the school district voted to move Reedley College to its own campus and in 1956 it moved to its present location on of what was once a part of the historic Thomas Law Reed Ranch, of which remain in use as farmland. In 1963 the college joined the SCCCD and was renamed Kings River Community College in 1980. However, by popular demand, the name Reedley College was restored in July 1998. College Centers Reedley College has two college centers, Madera Community College Center and Oakh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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American Male Novelists
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American Male Short Story Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
