Cornerstone Press
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
2023
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The following pieces from Bone Country have been honored with awards both nationally and internationally.
| Year | Honor | Prize | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Juried Selection | Filmetry: A Festival of Poetry and Film | Linda’s prose poem, “Abandoned House in the Tatra Mountains,” was adapted for film. It was selected to be featured at Filmetry, a film festival sponsored by Michigan State University. |
| 2022 | Honorable Mention | Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest | “The Passenger Next to Me on the Flight from Krakow to Chicago Who Looks Like My Mother” was selected by the editors of the Paterson Literary Review for this national honor. |
| 2022 | Semi-Finalist | Tomaz Salamun Prize | Linda’s chapbook manuscript, Fragments from Bone Country, was honored in this international competition sponsored by Verse Magazine. |
| 2022 | Award Selection | Best Small Fictions 2022 | Linda’s piece, “The Irish Guest at the Wedding in Krakow,” was selected to be included in this award-winning anthology. Several thousand pieces were submitted by editors from around the world and only 120 pieces of small fiction were chosen. The anthology will be published in the fall of 2022 by Sonder Press. |
| 2022 | Second Prize | Fish Anthology’s Flash Fiction Competition | Linda’s piece, “On the Other Side of the World,” was awarded second prize in this international competition sponsored by the Fish Anthology in Ireland. Acclaimed New Zealand writer Tracey Slaughter selected Linda’s work for the honor from 948 entries. The award carries a cash prize and Linda has been invited to give a reading at the West Cork Literary Festival in July, 2022. |
| 2021 | Finalist | Off the Grid Poetry Prize | Linda’s manuscript of prose poems, Bone Country, was selected as one of three top finalists (from over 450 submissions) in this national competition sponsored by Off the Grid Books. |
| 2021 | Nominee | Best Small Fictions | Linda’s prose poem, “The Irish Guest at the Wedding in Krakow,” was nominated for Best Small Fictions, 2022 by Clare MacQueen, editor of MacQueen’s Quinterly. The annual anthology honors the best short fictions published in literary journals and magazines throughout the year. |
| 2020 | Finalist | River Styx Microfiction Contest | Linda’s piece, “Gallery of the Street” was selected as a finalist (from approximately 375 entries) for this recognition by the editors of River Styx. |
| 2019 | Honorable Mention | New Millennium Writings Flash Fiction Award | Linda’s piece, “Babel,” was selected by the journal’s editors for this international recognition. |
| 2019 | Nominee | Best Microfiction | Linda’s piece of microfiction, “Scattering the Ashes on Lake Geneva,” was nominated by Clare McQueen, editor of KYSO Flash, for this second annual anthology which honors the best microfiction published in literary journals and magazines throughout the year. |
| 2018 | Nominee | Best Microfiction | Linda’s piece of microfiction, “Conjuring Her Face,” was nominated by Clare McQueen, editor of KYSO Flash, for this debut anthology which honors the best microfiction published in literary journals and magazines throughout the year. |
AWP Conference in Seattle
/in Past Events /by AdministratorLinda has been invited to give a reading from her new book, Bone Country, at the Cornerstone Press book table at the AWP Bookfair on Friday, March 10 at 11:00 am. She will also be doing book signings for Bone Country and The Lake Michigan Mermaid (the latter book at the Wayne State University Press’ […]