The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize is a literary award given every year to an American woman for the best long book that tells a story. The award has been given by the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies and the Department of English at the University of Rochester since 1975. Each winner receives $15,000. The prize is named after a 30-year-old editor who was killed in a car accident. Her family, friends, and people who work in publishing started the prize to honor her memory and the values and standards she believed in.