CRWROPPS Post: Steel Toe Books Announces Prize in Prose with Guest Judge Xhenet Aliu

Dear Writers,

Steel Toe Books is looking for submissions for our 2020 Prose Contest!

We are open for submissions and the deadline is September 1st. Our guest

judge is Xhenet Aliu, whose bio

you can see below. Each award winner receives publication, $500, and a

$1000 social media and advertising

package. All books submitted are considered for publication. In

addition to the winner, we will look to publish 1-2 other titles in each

category on a case by case basis. Our longlist, shortlist, and winners

will be announced in October 2020. Please send us your edgy and

risk-taking, diversely Americana, and dynamic work! All subject matter

welcome, inclusive of historically marginalized voices.

Here's our site with our previous publications spanning nearly a decade:

Xhenet Aliu's Bio:

Xhenet Aliu's novel, Brass, was awarded the 2018 Georgia Author of the

Year First Novel Prize, is a finalist for the 2020 Townsend Prize, was a

Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" selection, and was

long-listed for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Book Prize. Her debut

fiction collection, Domesticated Wild Things, won the Prairie Schooner

Book Prize in Fiction. Aliu's writing has appeared in The New York

Times, The Boston Globe, Glimmer Train, Hobart, American Short Fiction,

Lenny, LitHub, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere, and she has received fellowships

from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers' Conferences, a grant from the

Elizabeth George Foundation, and a fellowship from the Djerassi Resident

Artists Program, among other awards, including a special mention in the

Pushcart Prize anthology. She is an assistant professor of Creative

Writing at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and has

previously worked as an academic librarian, private investigator,

waitress, and secretary. www.xhenetaliu.com

Warmly Yours,

Christine Gendy

Managing Editor

Creative Writers Opportunities