The fourth outing of the award produced by the Desperate Literature bookshop in Madrid features work centered on colonial oppression.

By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson

This Year’s Prize Money Increased to €1,500

We continue to recoup awards program news from the spring and early summer, when publishing and book prize programs collided on their dates in many markets of world publishing.

In Madrid, as Publishing Perspectives readers will remember, the Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize this year announced a “revitalized package” for winners, increasing its purse to €1,500 (US$1,769). The best part of this program’s award remains a seven-day artist’s residency at Umbria’s Civitella Ranieri.

Two runners-up have received €750 each (US$884). There’s also a consultation with an agent from Andrew Nurnberg Associates for the winner and runners-up.

This year, the program also is to have added a 10-day residency for one of its shortlisted writers at the Writers’ House of Georgia in Tbilisi. Katie Hale is the writer this year given the Tbilisi residency, with a €400 stipend (US$471).

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