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“Out of Nowhere Into Nothing” Longlisted for Believer Book Awards

by Kathryn LeBey | January 19, 2021 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

\ We're thrilled to announce that Caryl Pagel's 2020 collection of essays "Out of Nowhere Into Nothing" has attracted the attention of editors at Believer Magazine. The book has been longlisted in this year's nonfiction category of the prestigious Believer Book...

2020-21 Reading Series: Reading One

by Kathryn LeBey | November 6, 2020 | Videos | 0 Comments

Watch our first live author reading; featuring Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Caryl Pagel, and Susan Neville; and be on the lookout for the next FC2 reading!

Vi Khi Nao

Meet Vi Khi Nao: Judge of FC2’s 2021 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest

by FC2 | August 5, 2020 | Announcements | 0 Comments

The judge of the 2021 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest is Vi Khi Nao.

Meet Joyelle McSweeney: Judge of FC2’s 2021 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize

by FC2 | August 5, 2020 | Announcements | 0 Comments

This judge of the 2021 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize is Joyelle McSweeney.

Prizes

Every year FC2 awards the Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize and the Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize.

2019 Winners

The Book of Kane and Margaret, by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi (FC2, 2020) — The Book of Kane and Margaret, by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, winner of the 2019 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize

The Town of Whispering Dolls, by Susan Neville (FC2, 2020) — The Town of Whispering Dolls, by Susan Neville, winner of the 2019 Catherine L. Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize

Recent Titles

The Town of Whispering Dolls, by Susan Neville (FC2, 2020) — The Town of Whispering DollsSusan Neville
Stories haunted by the remains of the industrial Midwest, the opioid epidemic, and the technology of war

The Book of Kane and Margaret, by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi (FC2, 2020) — The Book of Kane and MargaretKiik Araki-Kawaguchi
A novel about two teenage lovers who disrupt a World War II internment camp in Arizona

Masses and Motets, by Jeffrey DeShell (FC2, 2019) — Masses & MotetsJeffrey DeShell
A crime novel loosely based on the masses and songs of the 17th century Flemish composer Pierre de la Rue

Drain Songs, by Grant Maierhofer (FC2, 2019) — Drain SongsGrant Maierhofer
A collection of related stories that deal with the anxiety, pain, and ennui of addiction and withdrawal

Slater Orchard, by Darcie Dennigan (FC2, 2019) — Slater OrchardDarcie Dennigan
An intensely personal, surreal imagining of how humans might survive industrialization