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''The Backwaters Press'' is a small press based in Omaha, Nebraska. The Backwaters Press is a 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to publishing poetry and literary fiction, with a special emphasis on the literature of Nebraska.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.artscouncil.nebraska.gov/artists/individual_artist_fellowships/little_bluestem_book_award.html/title/about-the-backwaters-press )〕 The press has published numerous award-winning titles, including the anthologies Times of Sorrow, Times of Grace (2003) and Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry (2007), which won Nebraska Book Awards. In all, the press has been awarded seventeen Nebraska Book Awards since 2000 for anthologies, design and individual author's collections of poetry. According to Project Muse, "Each year, the small Omaha press publishes two or three titles by Heartland writers, bringing the often stunning but sometimes forgotten voices of the Midwest to the literary world." In 2011, Greg Kosmicki, the editor, and the press were awarded the Jane Geske Award for "exceptional, long-term contribution" to books in Nebraska. Backwaters Press has published approximately 90 authors in independent volumes of poetry. Authors published by Backwaters Press include: long-time Nebraska State Poet William Kloefkorn (1982-2011), current Nebraska State Poet Twyla Hansen (2013-),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/thansen.htm )〕 Kansas State Poet Denise Low (2007-2009),〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pw.org/content/denise_low_1 )〕 and the multiple award-winning authors: Charles Fort,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://redhen.org/authors/?author_UUID=34AA6DEA-3199-AA75-9F4F-4317BA4D49EC )〕 Marge Saiser,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://poetmarge.com/ )〕 Lola Haskins,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.pw.org/content/lola_haskins )〕 Greg Kuzma, David Ray,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.davidraypoet.com/Publications.htm )〕 and Brent Spencer. The editor of the Backwaters Press is James Cihlar, the managing editor is Cat Dixon and the Associate Editor is Rich Wyatt. In past years, Backwaters offered the Backwaters Prize, the Weldon Kees Award, and the Omaha Prize, but discontinued the prizes in 2005. In 2012, The Backwaters Press awards the Backwaters Prize for an original book length manuscript. == The Backwaters Prize winners == The Press awards an annual prize to a book of poetry. *2015 – Kim Garcia for ''DRONE'' *2014 – Katharine Whitcomb for ''The Daughter’s Almanac'' *2013 – Zeina Hashem Beck for ''To Live in Autumn'' 〔 *2012 – Susan Elbe for ''The Map of What Happened'' *2005-2011 Prize Suspended *2004 - Aaron Anstett for ''No Accident'' *2003 - Michelle Gillett for ''Blinding the Goldfinches'' *2002 - Ginny MacKenzie for ''Skipstone'' *2001 - Susan Firer for ''The Laugh We Make When We Fall'' *2000 - David Staudt for ''The Gifts and the Thefts'' *1999 - Sally Allen McNall for ''Rescue'' *1998 - Kevin R. Griffith for ''Paradise Refunded'' The winner receives a cash prize of $1,000 and publication of the winning manuscript. Susan Firer has been awarded a 2015 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://arts.gov/writers-corner/bio/susan-firer )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Backwaters Press」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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