WE'RE PLEASED TO ONCE AGAIN FEATURE WRITER MATTHEW LICHT WITH HIS STORY ONE-ARMED BANDIT. Matthew's stories are always hip, engaging, fast-paced, and something to ponder--not to mention craft-perfect and boundary pushing.
WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR SIXTH ANNUAL ARTHUR EDELSTEIN PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION! We'll be accepting submissions (short stories up to 6000 words) during the month of October. Our submission fee is ten dollars; the winner will receive $1000.00; the winner and honorable mentions will be announced at the end of March. Click here for guidelines.
PER SE IS AN ANTHOLOGY dedicated to the memory of Arthur Edelstein. Proceeds from its sale support the Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction. PER SE consists of stories, novel excerpts, and poetry contributed by Art's former students, many of whom have published and/or received awards for their fiction. With an introduction by Elinor Lipman, PER SE is available on all the dot-com bookstores. Our link takes you to Amazon. Buy a copy to discover excellent writing and to help support writers. Thank you!
UPCOMING CONTEST DEADLINES:
Edelstein Short Fiction Award: $1000 and pub, Oct submission
Doug Fir Award: $1000 and pub, short story, Sep 8
American Lit. Review: $1000 (3) and pub, short story, Oct 1
Boston Review: $1500 and pub, short story, Oct 1
Glimmer Train: $2000/1200 & pub, short/family story, Sep/Oct
Briar Cliff: $1000 and pub, short story, Nov 1
Carpe Articulum: $1250 and pub, short story, Sep 30
Charlton Review: $1000 and pub,short story, Sep 30
Chautauqua Prize: $1000 and pub, short story, Nov 1
Isherwood fellowship: $4000(5-8), fiction, Sep 1-Oct 1
Cutthroat: $1250 (2) and pub, short story, Oct 15
Dana Awards: $1000 (3), short story/novel, Oct 15
Catherine Doctorow Prize: $15,000 and pub; ss collection,
novella, novel; published author; Nov 1
Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize: $1000 and pub; ss collection,
novella, novel; Nov 1
Georgetown Review: $1000 and pub, short story, Oct 1
Grub Street: $1000 and teach a craft class, author with book-
length fiction already accepted for publcation in 2010
or 2011, Oct 15
Hackney Award: $5000, upub novel, Sep 30
Radcliffe Fellowship: $65,000, fiction writers, must have book
publication contract or three short publications, Oct 1
Indiana Review: $1000 and pub, short story, Oct 15
Inkwell: $1000 and pub, short story, Oct 31
Kore Press: $1000 & pub, short story by female writer, Oct 31
Lynchburg College: $12,000 & residency; fiction writer, Oct 15
Mid-American Review: $1000 and pub, short story, Oct 1
Mississippi Review: $1000 and pub, short story, Oct 1
Missouri Review: $5000 (3) & pub, short story, Oct 1
Narrative Magazine: $1500 and pub, short story, Oct 31
Machiconne Contest: $1000 and pub, short story, Sep 13
New Rivers: $1000 (2) & pub, book-length fiction, Sep 15-Nov 1
Opium Mag: $1000 and pub, 7 line fiction, Oct 4
Steinbeck Award: $1000 and pub, short story, Nov 1
Roanoke Review: $1000 and pub, short story, Nov 8
S. Indiana Review: $1500 and pub, short story, Oct 1
Danahy Prize: $1000 and pub, short story, Nov 1
U. Iowa: publication (2), ss collection, unpub. author, Sep 30
Calvino Prize: $1500 and pub, fabulist fiction, Oct 15
Writers at Work: $1000 & pub, short story/novel chapt, Sep 15
Zoetrope: $1000, pub & agent consideration, short story, Oct 1
NEWS OF PAST CONTEST WINNERS AND FINALISTS:
2003 Finalist Aaron Morales has recently published a first novel, Drowning Tucson, with Coffee House Press. His chapbook, From Here You Can Almost See the End of the Desert, is available through the University of Notre Dame's Momotombo Press. Great news, Aaron!
2007 Finalist Kevin Leahy reports that his short story "Beachcombers" was a 250-word Bookmark Contest finalist and appeared in Opium Magazine. Two other stories, "The Barber's Place" and "Thruway" were selected as Top 25 Finalists in recent Glimmer Train contests. Great news, Kevin!
2008 Winner Sarah Malone, who was contacted by a New York agent following the publication here of her winning story, Until, now has her own blog. You can blog with Sarah at http://sarahwrotethat.com
2007 Finalist Blake Kimzey continues to add to his list of publications with his short story "Roman Candles" in the Spring issue of Quay Journal and "The Kramers" which will appear in this month's issue of Encounters Magazine. Continued good luck, Blake!
2007 Finalist Randy Susan Meyers' novel The Murderer's Daughters is now available from St. Martins Press.
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