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Robert Lunday Wins River Teeth's 2021 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize
| February 22, 2022 We are delighted to announce that Robert Lunday has won the 2021 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize. Fayettenam: Meditations on Missingness will be published by the University of New Mexico Press in spring 2023. All entries were screened by t
Walter M. Robinson Wins River Teeth's 2020 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize
| April 2, 2021 We are delighted to announce that Walter M. Robinson is the winner of River Teeth's 2020 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize. His winning manuscript, What Cannot Be Undone, will be published by the University of New Mexico Press in Spring 2022.
Megan Stielstra To Judge the 2020 River Teeth Book Prize
May 11, 2020 We are delighted to announce that acclaimed author, Megan Stielstra will judge the 2020 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize.
River Teeth part of a 4-journal CNF reading during Portland AWP Writers Conference
March 20, 2019 Join Under the Gum Tree, Fourth Genre, Hippocampus, and River Teeth for an AWP happy hour of telling true stories: Friday, March 29, 5:30-7 p.m. at the White Owl Social Club in Portland, OR.
Essay Collection by Joan Frank Wins 2018 River Teeth Book Prize
March 8, 2019 Congratulations to Joan Frank, the winner of the 2018 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize. Her winning manuscript Try to Get Lost: Essays on Travel and Place is focused, most broadly, upon travel and place--but also and equally, popular culture and, by default, autobiography.
2016 Book Prize Winner a Finalist in WILLA Literary Awards
August 30, 2018 Earlier this month Women Writing the West (WWW) announced the 2018 WILLA Literary Award Winners and Finalists. The 2016 River Teeth book prize winner, Rough Crossing: An Alaskan Fisherwoman’s Memoir by Rosemary McGuire, was one of two finalists in the category of Creative Nonfiction.
Keywords: book prize, contest
River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize Winner
April 20, 2018 We're proud to announce the winner of this 2017's River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize: Debra Gwartney, with her piece "I Am A Stranger Here Myself."
River Teeth Nonfiction Conference 2018
March 15, 2018 Our list of 2018 presenters is now available. This year’s conference will be June 1-3, 2018. Keynote presenters are Andre Dubus III and Angela Morales. Early registration discount until April 15.
Join Us for a 4-Journal Creative Nonfiction Reading at AWP Conference
February 8, 2018 River Teeth is thrilled to announce it will again take part in an offsite creative nonfiction reading at this year's annual AWP Conference. The offsite reading will be on Friday, March 9 and will include readers from River Teeth, plus Under the Gum Tree, Fourth Genre, and Hippocampus.
Pushcart Nominations for 2017
November 29, 2017 We love everything we publish in our print journal, but we can only nominate six for the Pushcart Prize. Here's our editors' picks for 2017.
River Teeth Essays on Best American Essays Notables List
September 20, 2017 Congratulations to the authors of the five River Teeth essays listed on this year's Best American Essays "Notables" list: Rebecca McClanahan, Sonya Huber, Jerald Walker, David Lazar, and Heather Gemmen Wilson.
Keywords: award, best american essays
Gretel Ehrlich to Judge 2017 Book Contest
June 21, 2017 Acclaimed nonfiction writer Gretel Ehrlich will judge our 2017 book contest. Submissions open July 1 and close October 15.
Keywords: book contest, gretel ehrlich
River Teeth 2014 Book Contest Winner Receives 2017 PEN Literary Award
March 30, 2017 In 2014, Angela Morales and her essay collection The Girls in My Town was selected by bestselling author and final judge Cheryl Strayed for the River Teeth Nonfiction Book Award. The collection published by University New Mexico Press in 2016, has now received the 2017 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for Art of the Essay as well. This prestigious award was presented at a live awards ceremony on March 27, 2017.
Announcing the Winner of the 2016 River Teeth Book Contest
February 1, 2017 Congratulations to Sarah Viren, the winner of this year's River Teeth book contest. Her collection of linked essays entitled "Mine" was picked by our final judge Andre Dubus III.
Keywords: book contest, winner
Pushcart Nominations for 2016
December 2, 2016 River Teeth is pleased to announce this year's Pushcart nominations!
Keywords: alex lemon, angela pelster, authors, david lazar, fleda brown, heather gemmen wilson, jerald walker, pushcart
Four River Teeth Essays on this Year's BAE Notables List
September 14, 2016 Four River Teeth essays were listed on this year's Best American Essays list of Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction for 2015.
Keywords: award, best american essays
2016 Nonfiction Book Contest Accepting Manuscripts
August 24, 2016 River Teeth is pleased to announce that Andre Dubus III will serve as final judge once more for the 2016 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Series co-editors, Dan Lehman and Joe Mackall, will continue to screen all manuscripts. Deadline is October 31, 2016.
Beautiful Things Wins a Pushcart
May 5, 2016 Congratulations to Kate Levin! Her Beautiful Things column "Resting Place" has been selected for this year's Pushcart Prize.
2016 River Teeth Nonfiction Conference Features Dinty W. Moore and Elena Passarello
May 3, 2016 This year's River Teeth Nonfiction Conference will be June 3-5, 2016. Get ready for a weekend packed full of outstanding speakers, topics, conversation, and readings.
"Beautiful Things" post receives a Pushcart Nomination!
March 4, 2016 The Pushcart Prize Board of Contributing Editors has nominated a piece of flash nonfiction from the River Teeth weekly "Beautiful Things" column. Congratulations to author Kate Levin for this recognition!
Book Prize Winner is Rosemary McGuire
February 9, 2016 The winner of this year's Nonfiction Book Prize is Rosemary McGuire. Her memoir entitled "Out West: A Season on Water" is a coming of age tale set in the Alaskan fishing industry.
Best American Essays Notables 2015
September 22, 2015 Congratulations to this year's BAE Notables, originally published in River Teeth!
Conference Speakers' Essays Appear in Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies
September 1, 2015 Steven Harvey, Ana Maria Spagna, and Sarah M. Wells's essays related to their presentations at the River Teeth Nonfiction Conference are included in the current issue of Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies.
River Teeth Nonfiction Book Prize Open for Submissions
July 2, 2015 River Teeth is pleased to announce that Andre Dubus III will serve as the final judge for the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Submissions will be accepted until October 15, 2015.
River Teeth Conference Presentations Available Online
June 5, 2015 Around 80 nonfiction writers gathered at the Ashland University campus in Ashland, Ohio, May 29-31 for the 4th annual River Teeth Nonfiction Conference, featuring Cheryl Strayed and Jerald Walker.
River Teeth essay chosen for The Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology
April 13, 2015Kim Todd's essay "Curious," which appeared in River Teeth issue 15.2, has been chosen for the next edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing.
River Teeth at AWP 2015
March 18, 2015River Teeth's editors are on two panels at this year's AWP conference. We look forward to running into you in Minneapolis!
2014 Book Contest Winner is Angela Morales
March 5, 2015 River Teeth is pleased to announce the winner of the 2014 Nonfiction Book Prize is Angela Morales. Her collection of essays entitled The Girls in My Town was selected by contest series final judge Cheryl Strayed.
Keywords: angela morales, book prize news
Pushcart Nominations
March 4, 2015The Board of Contributing Editors for The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses (40th Edition) has nominated two essays from River Teeth issues.
Scholarship Deadline Extended to March 15
March 3, 2015River Teeth is offering four scholarships to students currently enrolled in writing programs (graduate or undergraduate). Recipients of the scholarships will attend the May 29-31 River Teeth nonfiction conference, free of registration fees.
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