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WEBSITE | SUBSCRIBE | SUBMIT | SUPPORT | NEWS | CONTACT open now open now open now open now curt johnson prose awards open: March 1 - May 1 FICTION JUDGE Tlotlo Tsamaase NONFICTION JUDGE Leslie Jamison Tlotlo Tsamaase is a Motswana author (xe/xem/xer or she/her pronouns). Tlotlo's debut adult novel, Womb City, is out now from Erewhon Books. Tlotlo is a Caine Prize finalist. Xer novella, The Silence of the Wilting Skin, is a 2021 Lambda Literary Award finalist and was shortlisted for a 2021 Nommo Award. Tlotlo has received support from the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, and xer story "Behind Our Irises" is the joint winner of the Nommo Award for Best Short Story (2021). Tlotlo's short fiction has appeared in Africa Risen, The Best of World SF Volume 1, Clarkesworld, Terraform, Africanfuturism Anthology, and is forthcoming in Chiral Mad 5 and other publications. Xe is a 2017 Rhysling Award nominee and a 2011 Bessie Head Short Story Award winner. Xe obtained a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Botswana and won an award for design architecture. Tsamaase is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Chapman University. Leslie Jamison is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams; the collection of essays Make It Scream, Make It Burn, a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award; and the novel The Gin Closet, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She writes for numerous publications including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, the New York Times, Harper's, and the New York Review of Books. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn. Her most recent book, Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, comes out on February 20, 2024. Prize Includes (for each genre): $1,500 and publication in Vol 35.2 (Nov. 2024) for First Place $500 and publication in Vol 35.2 (Nov. 2024) for Honorable Mention Guidelines: $20 entry fee per submission; includes a copy of the awards issue Submit a story or essay of 8,000 words or less Remove all identifying information from your work Send exclusive submissions only Submit here! General submissions: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art open through May 1! she dreamt of a city of women by donna vorreyeo A man with good humor was at the center of a company of soldiers tasked to protect the city of men. He could down a bottle of the finest bourbon in three swallows and still hit a bullseye with his bow. At home in the service, he became the leader among the men, their champion, their spokesman. On a fair day with a fair wind, his regiment came upon a crying woman near the border, distressed and in disarray . . . . . . read on at decembermag.org. . . Woman by Michael Noonan Keep up with us!

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