Salem College Center for Women Writers
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The Salem College Center for Women Writers is a program based at Salem College
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that awards annual prizes in literature. The center itself was founded in 1986, but did not begin granting cash awards until 2002. These awards include the Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award, Rita Dove Poetry Award, and the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award.
Salem College
Salem College is a liberal arts women's college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina founded in 1772. Originally established as a primary school, it later became an academy and finally a college. It is the oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college...
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, that awards annual prizes in literature. The center itself was founded in 1986, but did not begin granting cash awards until 2002. These awards include the Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award, Rita Dove Poetry Award, and the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award.
Short Fiction
- 2003 - Sheryl Monks
- 2004 - Jennifer S. Davis
- 2007 - Bonnie Jo Campbell
- 2008 - Becky Hagenston
- 2009 - Jacob AppelJacob M. AppelJacob M. Appel is an American author, bioethicist and social critic. He is best known for his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics and euthanasia....
Poetry
- 2004 - Ann Fisher-Wirth
- 2007 - Mary F. Morris
- 2008 - Terry Godbey
- 2009 - Susan Lilley
Nonfiction
- 2004 - Catherine Rainwater
- 2007 - M.B. McLatchey
- 2008 - Pascha A. Stevenson
- 2009 - Maria Hummel