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2023 | Nominee | Pulitzer Prize
National Book Award
Kingsley Tufts Award
Anisfield Wolf Book Award
Paterson Poetry Prize
Balcones Prize for Poetry
Housatonic Book Award
Next Generation Indie Book Award
National Indie Excellence Award
IPPY Award
NYC Big Book Award
Michigan Notable Book
Ohioana Book Award for Poetry
Society of Midland Authors Book Award
Foreword Indies Book Award
Eric Hoffer Book Award
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
W.C. Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America
Griffin Poetry Prize
PEN Voekler Poetry Award | Book award nominations for Bone Country. |
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2023 | Award Selection | Best Spiritual Literature 2023 | Linda’s prose poem, “The Cloud Sleeps on the Mountain,” was selected to be included in this prestigious anthology which features the best spiritual writing published throughout the country. Only 17 authors were honored by the editors, including such poets as T.R. Hummer and Robert Wrigley. The anthology will be published by Orison Books in December, 2023. |
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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.
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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.
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2022 | Semi-Finalist | Tomaz Salamun Prize | Linda’s chapbook manuscript, Fragments from Bone Country, was honored in this international competition sponsored by Verse Magazine. |
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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.
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2022 | Second Prize | Fish Anthology’s Flash Fiction Prize | 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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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2019 | Honorable Mention | New Millennium Writings Flash Fiction Award | Linda’s piece, “Babel,” was selected by the journal’s editors for this international recognition.
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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.
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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.
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Bone Country is reviewed in North of Oxford
/in Uncategorized /by AdministratorBone Country is reviewed in North of Oxford, an online literary journal based in Philadelphia.
The First Major Book Launch For Bone Country
/in /by AdministratorThe first major book launch for Bone Country will take place in Ann Arbor at Literati Bookstore on March 29, 2023 at 6:30 pm.
Detroit Working Writers’ Celebration
/in /by AdministratorLinda has been selected to give a reading and presentation on her new book, Bone Country, and the accolades it has received. She will be joining other DWW members, including Joy Gaines-Friedler and Linda Sienkiewicz, for this program. Event Time: Saturday, March 18 at 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. Royal Oak Senior Center 3500 Marais […]
Linda Nemec Foster is interviewed by Jeff Milo for his podcast, “A Little Too Quiet”
/in News /by AdministratorLinda Nemec Foster is interviewed by Jeff Milo for his podcast, “A Little Too Quiet” (sponsored by the Ferndale Public Library) in Ferndale, Michigan. In this interview, Linda discusses her new book, Bone Country, and the inspiration for this collection of prose poems: her first full-length book of prose poems/flash fiction. To listen to the […]
AWP Conference in Seattle
/in /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’ […]