Aaron Tillman Wins the 19th Annual Gival Press Short Story Award-2022

Gival Press is pleased to announce that Aaron Tillman of West Roxbury, Massachusetts has won the 19th Annual Gival Press Short Story for his story titled Kennebunk Correction. His story was read anonymously and chosen by judge Leah Eichler. The award has a prize of $1,000 and his story will be published online at Gival Press and in ArLiJo.

Praise

“In Kennebunk Correction, Tillman lovingly illustrates the relationship of siblings Thomas and Ruby, emotionally stunted from the sudden death of their parents’ years earlier, and their inability to connect to others untouched by the tragedy. It’s a familiar journey, where a single tragedy can ripple through someone’s life in mysterious ways, forever altering their perspective, behaviour and even ability to form relationships. Yet, Tillman approaches it with gentle humor and emotional insight, offering readers an intimate glimpse into the lives of these siblings, which will not soon be forgotten.”

—Leah Eichler, judge

Finalists:

Raspberry Cremes by Bud Robertson of Henderson, Nevada

Albanian Waiter by Anna Sabat of New York, New York

Vestigial Tales by Scott Dimovitz of Denver, Colorado

Monster of the Week by Scott Basis of New York, New York

Zoom Sessions at Montgomery College

Authors Esther Schwartz-McKinzie and Kim Roberts featured at Montgomery College via Zoom; registration is required.

Gival Press Author Esther Schwartz-McKinzie will be talking about her recent book on Tuesday, October 25

Advance the Dialogue: LGBTQ+ People and Families 11:00 a.m. -12:15 p.m.

Host: Esther Schwartz-McKinzie, English and Reading, TPSS | esther.schwartz-mckinzie@montgomerycollege.edu

Co-Host: Rita Kranidis

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Join author, and MC professor Esther Schwartz-McKinzie for a peek into her soon-to-be published book, Speaking Out: Families of LGBTQ+ Advance the Dialogue (2022, Gival Press.) This book, inspired by Esther’ daughter, pushes back against current hateful anti-LGBTQ+ politics and trends, and includes 19 interviews with LGBTQ+ people and families. We hope it will serve as a prompt for discussion about diversity and inclusion. Kim Capps will perform a song titled, "Don't Bury Them." This discussion will not be recorded.

Speaking Out: Families of LGBTQ+ Advance the Dialogue

Sponsors: The Paul Peck Humanities Institute and English and Reading Department, TPSS

In addition, local Poet Kim Roberts will be speaking about her work as part of the Lecture Series on Tuesday, October 25, 2022.

Robert L. Giron Global Humanities Institute Lecture Series Presents: Kim Roberts – Love, Death and Poetry 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Host: Cinder Cooper Barnes, Professor and Director of GHI | cinder.cooper@montgomerycollege.edu

Presenter: Kim Roberts

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Kim Roberts will be reading selected poems, talking about why we turn to poems at times of deep emotion, and discussing poets who have influenced her from DC’s rich literary history. She is an award-winning poet and literary historian residing in Washington, DC. Author of six books of poems, editor of two anthologies, and co-editor of the web exhibit DC Writers’ Homes.

Kim Roberts - An award-winning poet and literary historian

Sponsor: Global Humanities Institute

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day

Gival Press is pleased to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day and authors who have self-identified as descendants of Indigenous Peoples.

While we are quite aware of the trauma that has been thrust upon countless Indigenous cultures over the centuries, we celebrate the Spirit of the Americas, from the farthest northern area of Canada to the farthest southern area of Chile and all its cultures past and present.

We are pleased to have published:

Museum of False Starts

by Chip Livingston (mixed-blood Creek)

The work of

Joy Harjo (Muscogee Nation) and

Susan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee Nations)

in Poetic Voices Without Borders and in Poetic Voices Without Borders 2

Metamorphosis of the Serpent God

by Robert L. Giron, American of Mexican/European & Indigenous (Mexico/Texas: Comanche and Apache) ancestry