DAVID GALEF WINS FIRST DZANC SHORT
STORY COLLECTION CONTEST
February 2, 2009, Ann Arbor, MI—Dzanc
Books is pleased to announce that David Galef, Professor of English at
Montclair State University, is the winner of our short story collection
contest. Galef’s manuscript, My Date With Neanderthal Woman, was
selected from more than 100 submissions.
This collection will be published in October 2011.
Keith
Taylor, Editor and Consultant at Dzanc Books, notes: “Galef’s
stories, whether longer or as tiny one-page wonders, can contain both humor and
fear. In this work the ordinary slips easily into the allegorical, then into
the dream and sometimes into the nightmare, often leaving the reader with
moments of narrative that will stick like a sharp-edged image from a memorable
poem or painting. Galef’s vision blossoms in a twenty-first century America,
but its roots stretch back to the terror behind the oldest folk legends.”
ABOUT DAVID GALEF
ABOUT DZANC BOOKS,
SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS, AND OUR NEXT CONTEST
Dzanc
Books was created in 2006 by Steven Gillis and Dan Wickett to advance great
writing and to champion those writers who do not fit neatly into the marketing
niches of for-profit presses. As a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, Dzanc
Books not only publishes literary fiction, but works in partnership with
literary journals to advance their readership at every level. Dzanc is also
fully committed to developing educational programs in schools and organizes
workshops and Writer-In-Residence programs in Michigan and elsewhere to meet
that goal.
Dzanc
Books is very committed to the short story and publishing collections. Three of the KC Star’s top ten story collections this year were published by
Dzanc Books or one of our imprints (BLP, OV Books) and between these three
houses there will be at least 8 collections published in both 2009 and again in
2010.
Dzanc
Books is holding a second short story collection contest beginning
immediately. Details can be found at http://www.dzancbooks.org/submissions.html.
For
further details and more information on Dzanc Books, its mission, titles,
authors, awards, and programs, please visit www.dzancbooks.org .
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