#  Valerie Werder’s first novel is the winner of the 2019 Fence Modern Prize in Prose 

 





February 05, 2020

 

 

 Valerie Werder, a first-year PhD student in Film and Visual Studies, is the winner of the 2019 Fence Modern Prize in Prose for her autofiction novel, *Thieves*. Werder has previously published short fiction in *BOMB* and staged theatrical performances at Participant Inc, New York, and Artspace, New Haven. *Thieves* will be her first book, and will be published in fall 2021.

 Fence Books was established by Rebecca Wolff in 1998 with the mission to publish challenging poetry and prose distinguished by idiosyncrasy and intelligence rather than by allegiance with camps, schools, or cliques. Previous winners of the Fence Modern Prize in Prose include Ottessa Moshfegh and Hilary Plum. For more about Fence, see [here](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fenceportal.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=3yYV7Ak2MSzDFl94rRdrl8nXLmu3Q_5EGw_UDehMRlg&m=AnEyh1XS6IjkmkRA2sCXs10cx41hOsFSrur4Fj5FFzY&s=oCnImYGWM7Opu7-CmZohUTQP9p6ZrNEErv_nI_T7Xqk&e=). For previous contest winners, see [here](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.fenceportal.org_book-2Dseries_fence-2Dmodern-2Dprize-2Din-2Dprose_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=3yYV7Ak2MSzDFl94rRdrl8nXLmu3Q_5EGw_UDehMRlg&m=AnEyh1XS6IjkmkRA2sCXs10cx41hOsFSrur4Fj5FFzY&s=tJWp8CSREeYrGnC_Wdu-YE-PKoKfFqY60hIdmhO6urY&e=).



 

 

 



 

 

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