Topeka, Kan. – The Thomas Fox Averill Kansas Studies Collection at Washburn University and the Friends of the Mabee Library invite Kansas literary nonfiction writers with book-length works published in the past three years (2021/2022/2023) to submit their works for the Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award (HHKBA) in Literary Nonfiction. The annual award, rotating between poetry, fiction and nonfiction, gives $1,000 to the winner and there is no fee to enter.
This year's judge will be the 2021 HHKBA Literary Nonfiction winner Rebekah Taussig, author of “Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body.” The deadline for submitting works is Feb. 15, 2024. For complete guidelines, please visit: https://www.washburn.edu/mabee/ksbookaward/call-for-submissions.html
Catherine Browder was the 2023 HHKBA in Fiction for her story collection “Resurrection City.” In 2022, Michael Kleber-Diggs won the HHKBA in Poetry for his collection “Worldly Things.”
The Thomas Fox Averill Kansas Studies Collection is an eclectic, inclusive set of materials dedicated to the study of Kansas literature through the state’s folklore, history, geography, flora, fauna and culture.
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For further information, contact:Joy Bailes
Assistant Director of Public Relations
Telephone: (785) 670-2153
Cell: (785) 230-1648
Email: joy.bailes@washburn.edu
