SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES FOUNTAIN AWARD WINNER

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SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION<br>
PO Box 1693, Dubuque, IA 52004-1693

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For Immediate Release: July 1, 2004

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SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES FOUNTAIN AWARD WINNER

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The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) is pleased to announce the
results of the first ever Fountain Award. The winning entry was "The
Specialist" by Alison Smith, first published in McSweeney's Quarterly
Concern. Ms. Smith wins a prize of $1000. Sixteen other stories received
honorable mentions. Full details are available on the SLF web site:
<a href="http://speculativeliterature.org/Awards/SLFFountainAward/2003.php">http://speculativeliterature.org/Awards/SLFFountainAward/2003.php</a>.

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The Fountain Award is given to short stories (up to 7500 words) of
exceptional literary quality. The Award is judged by a select jury, and is
chosen from work nominated by magazine and anthology editors for the year
in question. The judges for the 2004 award (for works published in 2003)
were Heinz Insu Fenkl, John Kessel, Larissa Lai, Kelly Link, and Maureen
McHugh.

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SLF is particularly pleased to note the participation of many mainstream
publications in the Award, in addition to traditional genre venues. Stories
receiving honorable mentions included works from McSweeney's Quarterly
Concern, Conjunctions #41 and Missouri Review.

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Contact: Cheryl Morgan <a href="mailto:http://speculativeliterature.org/Awards/SLFFountainAward/2003.php">press&#64;speculativeliterature.org</a>

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The Speculative Literature Foundation is a volunteer-run, non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting the interests of readers, writers,
editors and publishers in the speculative literature community.

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"Speculative literature" is a catch-all term meant to inclusively span the
breadth of fantastic literature, encompassing literature ranging from hard
and soft science fiction to epic fantasy to ghost stories to folk and fairy
tales to slipstream to magical realism to modern mythmaking -- any
literature containing a fabulist or speculative element.

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More information about the Speculative Literature Foundation is available
from its web site (http://www.speculativeliterature.org/) or by writing to
<a href="mailto:info&#64;speculativeliterature.org">info&#64;speculativeliterature.org</a>.

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