Literary award · United States · since 1975
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
Award. Established 1975 in United States.
About Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize is a literary award presented annually for the "best book-length work of prose fiction" by an American woman. The award has been given by the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies and the Department of English at the University of Rochester since 1975. Each winner is awarded $15,000. The prize is named for a 30-year-old editor killed in an auto accident. Family, friends, and associates in the publishing industry endowed the prize as a memorial to Kafka and "the literary standards and personal ideals for which she stood".
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Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Danielle Valore Evans | Office of Historical Corrections |
| 2015 | Mia Alvar | — |
| 2014 | Jacinda Townsend | — |
| 2013 | Ru Freeman | — |
| 2011 | Amy Waldman | — |
| 2006 | Nell Freudenberger | — |
| 2005 | Jill Ciment | — |
| 2004 | Sarah Shun-lien Bynum | — |
| 2003 | Kate Moses | — |
| 2002 | Joyce Hackett | — |
| 2001 | Edie Meidav | — |
| 2000 | Carrie Brown | — |
| 1999 | Susan Hubbard | — |
| 1998 | Nicole Mones | Lost in Translation |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q1099696 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).