The Journal is proud to announce our first ever contest in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. A $500 dollar prize will be awarded in each genre, and the winners will appear in the Winter 2013 issue of The Journal. All entries will be considered for publication in The Journal.  Each contest-submission should include 1-5 poems.  One story or essay per submission.  There is no word limit for fiction and nonfiction.  Multiple submissions are permitted for the contest; however, each additional submission must be accompanied by a new contest-fee  Entry fee is $15 dollars and includes a one-year subscription to The Journal. Please go to submishmash to submit. Entry deadline is May 15th.

 

Fiction Judge, Christopher Coake

Christopher Coake, a native Hoosier, received his MA in creative writing from Miami University of Ohio and his MFA in fiction from Ohio State University. His short fiction has appeared in journals such as The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Epoch, and Five Points, and has been anthologized in The Best American Mystery Stories 2004. His first book, a collection of short stories titled We’re in Trouble, was released in 2005 by Harcourt. His new novel, You Came Back, will be published in Spring 2012 by Grand Central.

 

 

Nonfiction Judge, Sonya Huber

 

Sonya Huber is the author of two books of creative nonfiction, Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir (2010), finalist for the ForeWard Book of the Year, and Opa Nobody(2008), shortlisted for the Saroyan Prize. She has also written a textbook, The Backwards Research Guide for Writers: Using Your Life for Reflection, Connection, and Inspiration(2011). She teaches at Fairfield University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry Judge, G.C. Waldrep

G.C. Waldrep’s most recent collections are Archicembalo (Tupelo, 2009), winner of theDorset Prize, and Your Father on the Train of Ghosts (BOA Editions, 2011), a collaboration with John Gallaher, as well as a chapbook, “St. Laszlo Hotel,” from Projective Industries.  Other recent work appears in recent or forthcoming issues of Boston Review, Crazyhorse, Colorado Review, Threepenny Review, Boulevard, The Nation, Harper’s, New American Writing, and Best American Poetry 2010. A past National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Literature, Waldrep lives in Lewisburg, Pa., where he teaches at Bucknell University, edits the journal West Branch, and serves as Editor-at-Large for The Kenyon Review.