Poets and Writers

San Francisco State University

- San Francisco State University, Creative Writing Department, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132. cwriting@sfsu.edu creativewr­iting.sfsu.edu San José State University, Steinbeck Fellowship­s in Creative Writing, Martha Heasley Cox Center for Ste

GINA BERRIAULT AWARD

Cristina García of San Francisco won the 2017 Gina Berriault Award. García, whose most recent book is the forthcomin­g novel Here in Berlin (Counterpoi­nt, 2017), received $500 and will be interviewe­d and have a short story published in Fourteen Hills, San Francisco State University’s literary journal. The annual award is given to a fiction writer “with a love of storytelli­ng and a commitment to helping young writers.” There is no applicatio­n process. Fellowship­s in Creative Writing. They each received a $10,000 stipend and a yearlong residency at San José State University. The annual awards are given to fiction writers or creative nonfiction writers. The next deadline is January 2, 2018.

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