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Maija Mäkinen wins 2021 New American Fiction Prize

January 28, 2022

Maija Mäkinen

photo by Lieh Sugai

We’re pleased to announce that Kristen Arnett has selected THE GHOSTS OF OTHER IMMIGRANTS: STORIES by Maija Mäkinen of Brooklyn, NY, to receive the 2021 New American Fiction Prize!

A Finnish-born writer and translator, Maija’s stories, essays, and poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Iowa Review; Short, Vigorous Roots (Ooligan Press); Porterhouse Review; The Bare Life Review; and others. She received the 2020 Iowa Review Award in Fiction, the University of Cambridge Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, and residency fellowships to Writers Omi and the Studios of Key West. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Boston University.

Finalists for the 2021 New American Fiction Prize included:

  • Human Science, by Kate Garklavs of Portland, OR
  • Neighborhood Watch: Nebraska Stories, by Jessica Hollander of Kearney, NE
  • Your Grieving Mother Waits, by Sam O’Brien of Edinburgh, UK

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Maija Mäkinen

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2025 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Clancy Martin

Submissions for the 2025 New American Fiction Prize are now open. Winner will receive a contract including a $1500, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2025. All full-length fiction manuscripts are welcome, including novels, novellas, collections of stories and/or novellas, novels in verse, linked collections, as well as full-length collections of flash[Read More]

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2025 New American Poetry Prize: EXTENDED DEADLINE February 3!

The 2025 New American Poetry Prize is open for submissions starting September 1, 2024. EXTENDED DEADLINE: February 3, 2025. The winning manuscript will be published and its author will receive $1500, promotional support, and 25 author copies. Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages, but there is no maximum length. All forms and styles of[Read More]

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