The Center for Women Writers is a literary arts organization based at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Center for Women Writers was established in 1996, which coincided with the 225th anniversary of the opening of Salem Academy & College. The first director was Annette Allen. In addition to hosting literary arts events, the Center for Women Writers underwrites an annual January Term Writer-in-Residence and manages the International Literary Awards, initially called the National Literary Awards. These awards include the Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award, Rita Dove Poetry Award, and the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award.Greensboro News and Record, Sept. 10, 2006Winston-Salem Journal Dec. 12, 2004
Past winners
Short fiction 2003 - Sheryl Monks 2004 - Jennifer S. Davis 2007 - Bonnie Jo Campbell 2008 - Becky Hagenston 2009 - Jacob AppelContest Winners 2009 2011 - Colette Sartor 2013 - T.D. Storm 2014 - Bushra Rehman 2015 - Kerry Hill 2016 - JoeAnne Hart 2017 - Jaquira Díaz 2018 - Kristen Gentry 2019- Elizabeth Edelglass 2020- Kanza Javed
Poetry 2004 - Ann Fisher-Wirth 2007 - Mary F. Morris 2008 - Terry Godbey 2009 - Susan LilleyContest Winners 2009 2010 - 2011 - Susan A. Cohen 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - Joseph Bathanti 2015 - Jaimie Gusman 2016 - J.C. Todd 2017 - Danielle Zaccagnino 2018 - Annie Virginiahttps://internationalliteraryawards.org/2018Winners 2019 - Laura Minor 2020 - Chelsea Bunn
Nonfiction 2003 - Maureen Stanton 2004 - Catherine Rainwater 2007 - M.B. McLatchey 2008 - Pascha A. Stevenson 2009 - Maria HummelContest Winners 2009 2010 - 2011 - Mako Yoshikawa 2012 - Jennifer Rose 2013 - 2014 - Brandel France de Bravo 2015 - Melissa Febos 2016 - Jessica Reidy 2017 - Lisa Locascio 2018 - Eliza Smith 2019 - Jen Soriano 2020 - Maria Isabelle Carlos
See also List of American literary awards List of literary awards
References
External links National Literary Award