Anthony Grooms
Short Fiction Prize
A literary award honoring the work and literary contributions of former Kennesaw State MAPW Director, Anthony Grooms.
SUBMISSION PERIOD
February 1 - April 15
GUIDELINES
Entry fee: $10 (via Submittable, payable by debit/credit)
Stories must be 5000 words or less.
The manuscript should be titled and should not include the name of the author or any contact information.
Multiple submissions are acceptable, though each entry requires a separate fee.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable.
The submission must be an original work and cannot have been published in any previous form.
Entries must be written in English.
Any present or former students or faculty from Kennesaw State are not eligible to participate.
WINNING ENTRY
Will receive $250 and 25 copies of their story (5.5” x 7.5”, saddle-stitch binding).
RUNNERS UP
Will be offered publication in The Headlight Review.
The winner and runners-up will also receive a signed copy of Grooms’ book, The Vain Conversation.
Anita Lo
WINNER, “52 Pick-Up”
2023 Finalist
George Hovis
“Black Light”
2023 Finalist
John Lyons
“To Deserve”
2024 Judge
Gray Stewart
Gray Stewart is a novelist, editor, and educator. A fifth-generation Atlantan, his fiction explores Atlanta and its environs across the twentieth century. He’s taught writing and literature at Louisiana State University, Georgia State University, and Morehouse College. During the 1980’s he was a paramedic at Grady Memorial Hospital during the Atlanta Child Murders tragedy. These experiences have given him a unique vantage point from which to describe “the city too busy to hate.”
He received his BA in journalism and mass communication from the University of Georgia and his MFA in creative writing from Louisiana State University. Currently a member of core faculty with the Etowah Valley MFA Program at Reinhardt University, he’s a former contributing fiction editor for The Chattahoochee Review, a Fulbright beneficiary, and his work has been recognized with Yaddo and Hambidge residency fellowships. Haylow, his first novel, was awarded the Georgia Author of the Year award in 2017.