Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize

Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize
Awarded forBest book-length work of prose fiction by an American woman
CountryUnited States
Presented byUniversity of Rochester Edit this on Wikidata
Reward(s)US$7,500
First awarded1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Most recent recipientMarian Crotty
Most awardsMary Gordon (2)
Websitehttps://rochester.edu/college/wst/kafka_prize/ Edit this on Wikidata

The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize is a literary award presented annually for the "best book-length work of prose fiction" by an American woman.[1] The award has been given by the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies and the Department of English at the University of Rochester since 1975.[2]

Each winner is awarded $15,000.[3]

The prize is named for a 30-year-old editor killed in an auto accident. Family, friends, and associates in the publishing industry endowed the prize as a memorial to Kafka and "the literary standards and personal ideals for which she stood".[1]

  1. ^ a b "Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize". Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. University of Rochester. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Past Recipients of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize". Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. University of Rochester. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize". University of Rochester. Retrieved 15 February 2023.