Coker Fiction w/ winner

Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Fellowship in Fiction

Winner: Lis Anna Langston Hailed as “an author with a genuine flair for originality” by Midwest Book Review and “a loveable, engaging, original voice…” by Publishers Weekly, Lis Anna Langston is the author of five novels, winner of eighteen book awards, a three-time Pushcart nominee, Best American Short Stories nominee, published extensively in literary journals and a Magna Cum Laude graduate.

Monic Ductan, judge for the Fiction Fellowship, had this to say:
The winner is "Venus." The story is funny, off-beat, I enjoyed the narrative voice, and I was engaged from the opening line.

Deadline: Ended March 20, 2025

The Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Fellowship in Fiction, supported by the Penelope Coker Hall/Eliza Wilson Ingle Fund of Central Carolina Community Foundation and sponsored by the South Carolina Academy of Authors, recognizes the talent of fiction writers in the state of South Carolina.

The award is $1,250 and an invitation to be honored at the SCAA Induction Ceremony.

There is no restriction on content, but submissions may not exceed 15 pages double-spaced and must be either one original, unpublished short story or one excerpt from a longer, unpublished work. You may submit multiple entries, but each entry must be accompanied with an entry fee.

Entry fee is $20 per entry.

We will accept entries in doc, docx, rtf, and pdf file formats.

Applicants must be full-time residents of South Carolina and must not have won this Fellowship in the previous three years.

Your name should not appear anywhere on the pages submitted. Include contact information in the appropriate fields along with a brief bio in the cover letter field on the submission manager. Be sure to click on the correct SC Academy of Authors submission link.

This year’s final judge was Monic Ductan.

Questions about the Coker Fellowship in Fiction should be sent to: [email protected].

Monic Ductan served as this year's Judge for the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Fiction Fellowship and High School Fiction Fellowship Awards.

Monic Ductan's book of short stories, Daughters of Muscadine, won the Weatherford Award and the Tennessee Book Award. Monic is also the recipient of a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in fiction (2025), a Tennessee Arts Commission grant in fiction (2023), and the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival Prize in poetry (2025). For more info, visit https://Monicductan.com.