

Homie by Danez Smith, published by Graywolf Press

Telephone: A Novel by Percival Everett, published by Graywolf Press

Silverfish by Rone Shavers, published by CLASH Books Silence Is My Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia, published by Graywolf Press Hezada! I Miss You by Erin Pringle, published by Awst Press Learn more: THE 2021 FIRECRACKER AWARDS FINALISTS:ĭavid Tung Can’t Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College by Ed Lin, published by Kaya Pressįiebre Tropical by Juli Delgado Lopera, published by Feminist Pressįurther News of Defeat by Michael X. The Firecracker Awards winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony hosted by The Center for Fiction on June 23, 2021, at 7PM ET. The winners are also featured in a national publicity campaign that includes promotional materials distributed to over 500 independent booksellers across the country through the American Booksellers Association. The publishers of winning books and magazines receive a free one-year membership to CLMP, and magazine winners receive a one-year CLMP Member subscription to Submittable. (New York, NY)-The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), the national nonprofit organization that for more than 50 years has supported the work of independent literary publishers, has announced the finalists for its seventh annual FIRECRACKER AWARDS, given for the best independently published books of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry and the best literary magazines in the categories of debut and general excellence.
