Wandeka Gayle Featured on the Black & Published Podcast
Kimbilio Fellow Wandeka Gayle Interviewed about her short story collection, Motherland and Other Stories by Nikesha Williams for the BLACK & PUBLISHED podcast.
Announcing the 2021 Kimbilio National Fiction Prize
Published by Four Way Books, The Kimbilio National Fiction Prize is a celebration and affirmation of the best in contemporary fiction. 2021 judge Carolyn Ferrell will make the final selection of an outstanding novel or collection of short stories, which will be published in the spring of 2023. The competition is open to writers of […]
Announcing a New Kimbilio Partnership
Each scholarship will cover: $880 Tuition to Fiction Program.Interested Kimbilio Fiction Fellows will need to apply to the workshop by March 28, and request this scholarship in the application form.
Announcing the 2017 Kimbilio Fellows
Congratulations to the class of ’17! Tiffany Austin Tara Campbell Herve Comeau Chekwube Danladi Jonathan Escoffery Faithna Geffrard Enyeribe Ibegwam Matthew Kelley Charlise Lyles Jennifer McCauley Jessica Lanay Moore Janelle Poe Ivelisse Rodriguez Icess Fernandez Rojas Delia Taylor Martin Wiley Read their full bios and see photos here: The Class of ’17
2017 Fellows Announcement (brief) Delay
We hope to announce no later than Thursday of this week. We apologize for the delay.
A New Story by Tyrese L. Coleman (’16)
The Waynes and Johnsons: Albemarle County, Virginia, Circa 1862 and Beyond In 1840, Claude Wayne exerted his God-given right to his property when he relieved himself inside a slave wench named Norma. The resulting child was his, hazel eyes glinting green in the sun, a mongrel if Wayne had ever seen one. Couldn’t stand […]
Amina Gautier (’13) on Aspen Public Radio
’13 Fellow Amina Gautier was recently interviewed on FIRST DRAFT for Aspen Public Radio. Click on the link below to listen to the show, and also enjoy a second recording of outtakes from the show: http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/first-draft-amina-gautier
Gratitude
Sanctuary, Haven, Asylum, Refuge. Kimbilio can be translated variously: Even with the world’s most careful planning (and my service ARE for rent, at prices you most certainly cannot afford) the past week’s shelter and solace only happened because of the people who came together to make them happen. There’ll be plenty of time to debrief, […]
