Translator’s Note: What follows is a translation from the Chinese of an excerpt from the novel The Lost Lives of Lena Wu (Wúlìnà shīqù de rénshēng) by Yvonne Fung. I came across it in the form of loose pages lying unassociated among my father’s papers.
The 2026 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize will be judged by Kazim Ali, and the 2026 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize will be judged by Alvin Lu.
In previous years, the FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Contest has been open to writers “with at least three books of fiction published.” This year, we will be excising the words “of fiction” from the eligibility guidelines.
We are delighted to announce that a generous donation from Julia Frey, widow of FC2 co-founder Ronald Sukenick, has enabled us to increase the cash prize associated with the annual Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest from $1,500 to $3,000.
Weirdly Tuned Antennae, by Radhika Singh, has been selected by final judges Katie Jean Shinkle and Steven Dunn as winner of the 2025 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize! FC2 will publish Weirdly Tuned Antennae in the Fall of 2026.
