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Since 2011, Boldface has been delighted to run a competition specifically designed for Boldface participants. Each year participants may submit any prose and poetry workshopped during the conference to the Robertson Prize.
Winners of the prize, judged by Boldface faculty, receive cash prizes and publication in our journal.
Contest Rules
– Contestants must have participated in Boldface 2022.
– Submission must be a revised piece of writing that has a direct connection to Boldface 2022.
It may have been workshopped, discussed, started, inspired etc. at the Boldface conference, or performed at an open mic event.
– You must clearly mark your submission as fiction, nonfiction or poetry.
2020 Robertson Prize Winners
Poetry | Winner: Stephanie Lane Sutton, “Want”
Fiction | Winner: Sarah Han Kuo, “The Conservatory – Middle Grade Fiction”
Nonfiction | Winner: Yasmin Boakye, “Violence is the Grammar”