Year 2000 Honorable Mention Billy Moore’s novel is about a boy’s eleventh summer, set during the 1956 polio epidemic. Sent into isolation at his grandparents’ small farm in Alabama, we follow his adventures in rural America ‘ a world that has...
by chris offutt The judge for the 2002 SFWP literary awards program is Chris Offutt. He sent along an article on writing originally published in Ace Weekly. I began writing the stories in Kentucky Straight after my return to Rowan County as a thirty-year-old newlywed....
by jayne anne phillips The judge for our 2001 literary awards program was Jayne Anne Phillips. To read about Jayne Anne, spin on by the main SFWP site or visit her webpage. This story originally appeared in “Why I Write”; edited by Will Blythe. The Short...
by Adam Browne Aurealis Award winner Adam Browne was a runner-up in the SFWP year 2000 literary awards program. His work has appeared in HQ, Aurealis and Orb. In 1999 and 2000, he was on the Aurealis Award shortlist. In 2002, the Aurealis went to “The...
by kate horsley Kate Horsley served as associate judge in the SFWP year 2000 literary awards program. She is the author of Crazy Woman, A Killing in New Town and Confessions of a Pagan Nun. Stop by the SFWP Features section for more information. I knew a guy —...
