Start a Riot! is Awarding $1,000 to One Chapbook Author
Author: Edit Team
September 17, 2020
In response to rapid gentrification and displacement of QTBIPOC+ literary artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in celebration of these communities’ revolutionary history, Foglifter Press, RADAR Productions, and Still Here San Francisco are pleased to announce Start a Riot!—a chapbook prize for Bay area emerging queer and trans writers of color. Each year, the series will award one chapbook author publication, a $1,000 prize, and promotion, as well as a spot on the Sister Spit tour. Judges: Narrative * tanea lunsford lynx * Venita Blackburn * Tina Bartolome Lyric * Anastacia Renee * librecht baker * K-Ming Chang Eligibility: * Submitter is a QTBIPOC+ literary artist * Submitter is a current resident of the larger San Francisco Bay Area * Submitter does not have a previous full-length publication in their submission genre Manuscript Details: * Open to all genres, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, graphic novels * 25 pages (maximum) Important Dates: * Submissions: September 1 to November 1, 2020 * Results Announced: Spring 2021 * Chapbook Release: Fall 2021 Submit here—https://foglifterjournal.com/submit-to-start-a-riot/ |
