

He has also written two story collections, Asunder and Good People. Robert Lopez, the judge of this competition, is the distinguished author of the novels Part of the World, All Black Full, and Kamby Bolongo Mean River, named as one of 25 important books of the decade by HTML Giant. Serna is “passionate about social justice issues” and ways in which artists can effect change. Her poetry has appeared in Masked: A Student Anthologycreated by the U of R’s English Department. A Meliora Scholar, supporting humanistic research, Serna’s film Compañeras, won first prize in the Undergraduate Writing Colloquium for the Multimodal category, hosted by the U of R’s Writing, Speaking & Argument, a Dean’s Prize for Short Fiction Creative Writing. Serna interned at Laredo’s Elusive Publishing, and was a Volunteer Legal Services Project in Rochester. The writer makes you care about this young narrator and demonstrates how all of us have tough choices to make and our own paths to blaze.”īio: Katherine Serna, a senior at the University of Rochester, is majoring in Creative Writing and Dance, with minors in Latin American Studies and Political Science, is originally from Laredo, Texas. This story, Lopez writes, “has a young woman coming of age under complicated and difficult circumstances. “Father’s Day for Abandoned Children” by Katherine Serna. This is definitely a writer to keep an eye on.”īio: Ben Chumney-Perez is a senior studying English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. “Hunger, confusion, honesty, and above all, artistry, is on display in this genre-bending story of complicated relationships. “Corpus Christi” by Ben Perez “is a perfect example of a writer risking form and language and emotion,” Robert Lopez notes. The publication of “Hosanna!” in TSR: The Southampton Review, Winter/Spring 2022, represents her print debut. Bracing, honest, real.”īio: Winner Camry Romney is an Arizona native majoring in creative fiction at Arizona State University. I felt this narrator in my marrow, as they struggled with a very tough upbringing. Here we have a writer in control of voice and emotion and pushes the language to exciting and dangerous places. Robert Lopez applauds the fact that “Hosanna! crackles with urgency and the sharp language of a true artist who sees the tired old world with its tired old people like it’s something fresh and new. “Hosanna!” by Camry Romney is the first-place winner. Robert Lopez, novelist, essayist, and short story writer, served as judge. Stony Brook University is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Stony Brook Undergraduate $1,000 Fiction Prize! Stony Brook Undergraduate $1,000 Fiction Prizeįirst-place story featured in newest edition of TSR: The Southampton Review To submit, use the button at the bottom of the page, which will direct you to a platform.
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Only undergraduates enrolled full time in United States and Canadian universities and colleges for the academic year 2022-2023 are eligible. The winner and runners-up will be notified in October. Submissions open Maand close July 14, 2023.

To learn more visit /southampton/mfa/summer. Through workshops, lectures, readings, and small-group discussions, the conference offers inspiration and guidance to new writers, established authors, teachers of writing, and editors. The Southampton Writers Conference is sponsored by the Stony brook Southampton MFA in Creative Writing and Literature, which provides a forum for authors of all genres to study and discuss the craft of writing. The judges are looking for lively storytelling and unique voices. The Stony Brook $1000 Short Fiction Prize welcomes undergraduate students from all over the United States and Canada to submit original fiction of 7,500 words or fewer. Win $us a scholarship to the Southampton Writers Conference!
