Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion and The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void by Jackie Wang.
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Short Memoir Prize
Fish Publishing
Entry Fee:
$21
Deadline:
January 31, 2021
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,170) and publication in the Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a short memoir. The winner is also invited to give a reading at the West Cork Literary Festival in July 2021. Blake Morrison will judge. Submit a memoir of up to 4,000 words with a €18 (approximately $21) entry fee for online entries or €20 (approximately $23) entry fee for postal entries by January 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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5 Over 50: 2020
Five authors over the age of fifty—Elizabeth Wetmore, Vivian Gibson, A. H. Kim, Susan Buttenwieser, and Daniel Becker—share excerpts from their first books.
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Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Dearly by Margaret Atwood and Memorial by Bryan Washington.
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Ten Questions for Kendra Atleework
“Feel for the thread. Follow it through the dark.” —Kendra Atleework, author of Miracle Country
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Ten Questions for Melissa Faliveno
“It’s pretty clear that the entire system is due for a serious reckoning.” —Melissa Faliveno, author of Tomboyland
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Ten Questions for Adrian Tomine
“We need the industry to be more reflective of the audience.” —Adrian Tomine, author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
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Ten Questions for Lauren Russell
“What’s most fundamental is being able to listen.” —Lauren Russell, author of Descent
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Ten Questions for Paul Lisicky
“Work that’s good, that’s itself, eventually gets seen.” —Paul Lisicky, author of Later
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Ten Questions for Cooper Lee Bombardier
“It is a vulnerable thing to expose one’s least-glamorous moments to the scrutiny of the page.” —Cooper Lee Bombardier, author of Pass With Care
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