Tucson Festival of Books

Kim Merrill

Kim Merrill was the winner of this year's Literary Awards Writing Competition in fiction. Her plays have won awards and been produced regionally and off-off-broadway. Her memoir, "Red Girl Jumping," won the 2024 Kenneth Patchen Award for Experimental Fiction. An excerpt from her novel-in-progress, "Hilda's House," appeared in Action, Spectacle. Her writing has received fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Merrill lives in New York City.

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Awards: 2026 Tucson Festival of Books prize for a fiction excerpt

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Tomorrow’s Bestsellers Today

The festival's annual writing contest attracted more than 700 entries this year, and today we will meet the three winners: Tara Kramer, Kim Merrill and Isabel Lanzetta. One of these days, we may see them again ... here at the festival with their own books!

Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89, Wheelchair accessible)

Sun, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:25 pm
Multigenre
Signing area: No Signing for this Panel (following presentation)

Panelists: Tara Kramer, Isabel Lanzetta, Kim Merrill
Moderator: Meg Files
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Sundt Construction, Inc.