In-person event

In this illuminating panel, five women who have recently published a prizewinning debut short story collection will discuss their individual pathways to the prize. Featuring winners of national book prizes including the Flannery O'Connor Award, the Iowa Short Fiction Award, the Juniper Prize, the Mary McCarthy Prize, and the New American Fiction Prize, panelists will detail their writing backgrounds, the development of their collections, and submission strategies, offering wisdom and advice.