The Spring 2009 issue has arrived!

The new issue features the winning entries from our 2008 creative nonfiction and poetry contests: Scott Wrobel’s essay, "How Not to Write a Personal Essay for Freshman Composition,” and Tyler Caroline Mills’s poem, "Performance." It also includes the work of Bonnie Jo Campbell, Shana Youngdahl, Adam Day, Donald Platt, Alex Lemon, and Michael Hinken. The covers display the captivating artwork of Kelly Schneider, including her piece entitled Sleeps in a Cello, which was inspired by our lead poem in the issue, Brandon Shimoda’s “Little Grace.” Be sure to pick up a copy.

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Below are the results of the 2009 Contests.

Judge Stuart Dybek has selected:

"Winter-Over" by Ashley Shelby
as the winner of the 2009 Fiction Contest.

Judge David Rivard has selected:

"The Skeptic's Prayer"
by Gray Jacobik
as the winner of the 2009 Poetry Contest.

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Fiction Finalists:

Jacob M. Appel
“The Vermin Episode”

Jen Sullivan Brych
“The Man Under the Bed”

Chris Fink
“High Hope for Fatalists Everywhere”

Tate Higgins
“Concrete Saints”

Karin Lin-Greenberg
“Appraisals”

Natalie Serber
“Shout Her Lovely Name”

Mary Ziegler
“Dee Dee”

Poetry Finalists:

Charles Atkinson
“How to Start Over”

Salita S. Bryant
“The Art of Dying Well”

Melissa A. Butler
“8:13”

Jennifer Chapis
“Dream of the Shoulder”
“Hot Orange”

Haines Eason
“Because the sun’s gonna shine
in my back door, someday”

Judson Evans
“Spark Notes”

Ashley Hudson
“The Assistant in Halves”

Chloe Joan Lopez
“A Wedding Ring, IX”

Jonathan Rice
“Columbia”

Ravi Shankar
“Hitchhiker”

Leslie Williams
“October with Old Masters”

Kelly Wilson
“Conjecture in the Early Morning

We thank all of the writers who submitted their work.

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