MARCH, 2017—BULLETIN #122
NOTE: The New Writer grace period ends March 10. |
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Now open: Two contests, $7,400 in prizes. |
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VERY SHORT |
FICTION OPEN |
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*Or, if accepted for publication, $700. |
Winners and finalists will be announced in the July 1 bulletin, and contacted directly the previous week. First-place winners will be published in Glimmer Train. (All stories are considered for publication.) |
Both categories are open to all. (Over the past four years, 48% of all winning stories have been their authors' first print publications.) |
Essays in this bulletin: |
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Doug Crandell: Haslett doesn't allow the reader to fall back on a diagnostic label, and instead creates in Franklin a complex and maddening man determined to remind the world of his genius. Franklin calmly states that the psychiatric establishment has redefined eccentricity as illness. (more) |
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David Ebenbach: And then there's the kind of revision where you write a story that is basically on target, but you don't get every bit of what you were after, so you write a second on-target story, and maybe others beyond that, and you keep all of them. (more) |
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Kimberly Bunker: Lately, though, I've been thinking about the importance of just getting an idea down on paper. If I have a potential story in mind, even if I'm not sure I can execute it, I need to just start, and finish, a first draft. (more) |
Results of the November/December Family Matters Contest Winners have been contacted, as have the Top 25 and Honorable Mentions. This was a tremendous batch of stories, thank you! (All three winning stories will be published.)
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Our thanks to all of you for letting us read your family stories—we enjoyed them very much! |
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Best regards, |
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