Short Fiction Prize Introduction

• Published in: The Kenyon review Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 3 - 5
• Main Author: Lobanov-Rostovsky, Sergei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gambier Kenyon College 01-01-2012; Kenyon Review
• Subjects: 2011 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest; Carlson, Ron; Fiction; Literary magazines; Literary newspapers and periodicals; Literary prizes; O Connor, Flannery (1925-1964); Ransom, John Crowe (1888-1974); United States
• ISSN: 0163-075X; 2327-8307

In the future, entries for this contest will be limited to writers who have not yet published a book of fiction. Here at KR, we also recognize that a contest can celebrate only a few of the wonderful stories that we receive each year, so we have sought to build relationships with many of the writers who have submitted to the contest, publishing their work, organizing readings, and soliciting future submissions. The Kenyon Review has a long tradition of publishing young writers: the 2010 recipient of the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement, W. S. Merwin, was selected by the magazine's first editor, John Crowe Ransom, to receive one of two Kenyon Review fellowships to support his writing in 1954, when he was first coming onto the literary scene at age twenty-seven.