Fiction International is the only literary journal in the United States emphasizing formal innovation and progressive politics. Each issue revolves around a theme and features a wide variety of fiction, nonfiction, indeterminate prose, and visuals by leading writers and artists from around the world.
Fiction International was named one of the “top literary magazines in America” among 2,000 eligible journals, according to Literary Magazine Review’s survey of over one hundred editors and writers. Founded by Joe David Bellamy in 1973 at St. Lawrence University in New York, it was relocated to San Diego State University in 1983 and is currently helmed by Harold Jaffe (who will select the winning entry). It has published works by authors such as William Burroughs, Clarice Lispector (Brazil), Robert Coover, Edmund White, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Abish, Kathy Acker, Ai, Allen Ginsberg, Alberto Moravia (Italy), Pierre Guyotat, George Perec, and Michel Serres (France), Claribel Alegria (Nicaragua), Tadeus Konwicki (Poland), J.M. Coetzee and Bessie Head (South Africa), Roque Dalton (El Salvador), Luisa Valenzuela (Argentina), Einar Schleef (Germany), Lya Luft (Brazil), Mridula Garg (India), Kanuko Okamuto (Japan), and Michael Morrisey (New Zealand).
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2011 Fiction International Fiction Contest - $15.00
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Size limit: 2000Fiction International is hosting a fiction writing contest in Spring 2011. The Fiction International fiction writing contest theme is Blackness and is intended to give exposure to writers who have no more than two published books. Entries will be read by Fiction International editors, with the top 20 entries read by FI editor Harold Jaffe. The winning submission will be published in the 2012 volume of Fiction International and the author will be awarded a $1000 cash prize.Submission period: February 1, 2011 - June 1, 2011
Winner will be announced Fall 2011.
*Please do not include contact information in the submission.
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