- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Townsend Prize for Fiction
- Creator:
- Ruppersburg, Hugh
- Date of Original:
- 2005-02-04
- Subject:
- Literary prizes--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Townsend Prize for Fiction. Every other year a board of judges awards the Townsend Prize for Fiction to an outstanding novel or short-story collection published by a Georgia writer during the past two years. The award is named for Jim Townsend, the founding editor of Atlanta magazine, the associate editor of Atlanta Weekly Magazine (of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution), and an early mentor to such Atlanta writers as Pat Conroy, Terry Kay, William Diehl, and Anne Rivers Siddons.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/townsend-prize-for-fiction/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Townsend Prize for Fiction," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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