Drumroll, please.... Announcing the winner of the 2021 Kenneth Patchen Award for the Innovative Novel... Dennis Vanderspek of Millbrook, Ontario, has won for his wonderful novel A Is for Everyone! From among the many dozens of delightful books submitted for the contest, Vand...

Deadline: August 31, 2021 Entry Fee: $25 E-mail address: egerdes@experimentalfiction.com A prize of $1,000 and book publication by Journal of Experimental Fiction and JEF Books is given annually for an innovative novel. Submit a manuscript of any length with a $25 entry fee by August 31. This yea...

Hello! I just want to update everyone on the subject of last year's competition. We ran into some unforeseen delays this year. Our announced judge has been facing some serious health challenges, so we enlisted the aid of a pinch-hitter judge, the inimitable and wonderful Derek Pell, whose own wri...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JEF Books publishes 2019 Kenneth Patchen Award-winning novel! AURORA, IL—May 13, 2021—The 2019 winner of the Kenneth Patchen Award for the Innovative Novel is Genelle Chaconas, of Rancho Cordova, California, for their novel Plague City. This year’s judge, novelist Jane L...