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2014 Summer Nonfiction Contest Winner Announced
Prairie Schooner is pleased to announce that Aurvi Sharma is the winner of the 2014 Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest, for her essay “Eleven Stories of Water and Stone.” She will receive $250 and publication in the Spring 2015 issue of Prairie Schooner. Aurvi Sharma’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Fourth Genre, Everyday Genius …
Contributor Spotlight on Roxane Gay
Kwame Dawes attends Furious Flower Poetry Conference
First Ever Prairie Schooner Recreate Our Cover Contest!
We’re excited to announce the first ever Prairie Schooner Recreate Our Cover Contest! Grab a camera and some friends (or strangers, if need be) and do your best head-hiding poses! Or do some funky editing with the existing cover. Or cut out some construction paper and grab your kids’ toys, and see what happens. Whatever …
Alberta Clipper 9/30/2014: ‘On the Death of James Dean’ by Ralph Pomeroy
Contributor Spotlight on Louise Erdrich
Contributor Spotlight on Jennifer Perrine
Alberta Clipper 9/16/2014: ‘Untitled’ by Marina Tsvetaeva
Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets – Submissions Open September 15
Starting September 15, the African Poetry Book Fund is accepting submissions for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets. There is no fee to enter, and winners receive $1,000 US and publication through the University of Nebraska Press and Amalion Press in Senegal. The contest is open to African writers who have not yet …