Contributors to this collection include: Leanne Milech (Emerging winner: $10,000), Edward Brown (Any Point split winner: $2,500), Priscila Uppal (Any Point split winner: $2,500), Andrea Bradley, William John Wither, Mark Paterson, Christine Miscione, Martha Batiz, Bruce Meyer, Cara Marks, and Lorna Crozier.
Gloria Vanderbiltis the author of four memoirs, three novels, a collection of stories,The Things We Fear Most(Exile Editions)—and in April 2016The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son Talk About Life, Love, and Loss(a joint memoir with son Anderson Cooper), which coincided with the HBO documentary on their lives.
This book contains the best of contemporary writing, and reflects a diversity of styles and temperaments and approaches, from both emerging and established writers.Some notable previous winners and shortlisted: Among the emerging writers are Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Veronica Gaylie, Christine Miscione, Matthew R. Loney (all with follow-up books from Exile Editions), Lisa Foad, Leigh Nash, Amy Stuart and Helen Marshal; among the writers from any career point are Austin Clarke, Leon Rooke, George McWhirter, Hugh Graham (all with follow-up books from Exile Editions), Nicholas Ruddock, Bruce Meyer, Josip Novakovich, Linda Rogers, Richard Van Camp, Greg Hollingshead, Darlene Madott, Rishma Dunlop, Seán Virgo and Priscila Uppal.
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