Contest Now Open!
Ninth-Annual Contest Now Open All entries must be submitted by September 1, 2013. We’re honored to have as our guest judges: Kate Durbin (Poetry) Brian Evenson (Fiction/Prose) Jenny Boully (Nonfiction) Winners in each genre receive a $1,000 prize and publication in BWR 40.2, our Spring/Summer 2014 issue. Finalists receive notation in that issue and are considered for publication. Please submit your $15 entry fee at store.osm.ua.edu, then enter your Payment Gateway Reference number with your submission at bwrsubmissions.ua.edu. Shipping for your complimentary-with-entry...
Read More39.2 Spring/Summer 2013
Features the winner of our eighth-annual contest. Poetry Rachel Springer, Jade Benoit, Meghan M. Lee, Emily Anderson Fiction Evelyn Hampton, Vi Khi Nao, Patrick Coleman, Tasha Matsumoto Nonfiction Garrett J. Brown, Shena McAuliffe, Noel Thistle Tague Comic Sam Alden Art Leslie Burns, Pinar Yolaçan Feature Matthew Gavin Frank, Danielle Pafunda, Rhoads Stevens, Eric Baus, Lightsey Darst, JoAnna Novak, Alexis Orgera, Ching-In Chen, Dessa, Jenn Marie Nunes Chapbook A. Minetta...
Read MoreReview: Manhater
Manhater is a book in three sections. One could argue that these sections are distinct, each with its own speaker inhabiting a unique, post-human world. However, the more I read, the more I began to view Manhater as an account of Mommy V’s evolution...
Read MoreReview: The Extraordinary Theory of Objects
Stephanie LaCava 224 pages Harper (December 4, 2012) Reviewed by ETHEL ROHAN What is most exceptional about Stephanie LaCava’s memoir The Extraordinary Theory of Objects is that it contains little of Stephanie LaCava. Through story, footnotes, and illustrations by Matthew Nelson, the book chronicles a wide range of people and, most brilliantly, objects. In the first sentence of her introduction, LaCava declares, “I was always strange.” What follows in this brief but gripping memoir is the chronicling of her desire, separateness, depression, loneliness, and her inability to feel settled...
Read MoreWinners and Finalists of our Eighth Annual Contest
We’re pleased to announce the winners and finalists of our eighth annual contest. Our nonfiction judge, Maggie Nelson, selected this year’s Nonfiction Winner: Shena McAuliffe for “Endnotes to a Seizure” Nonfiction Finalists: Seth Morgan Abigail Loar Camellia Freeman Chiori Miya Tasha Matsumoto Krista Eastman Jennifer S. Cheng Meghan McClure Kristin LeMay Our fiction judge, Mary Caponegro, selected this year’s Fiction Winner: Evelyn Hampton for “Blondlot’s Transformation” Fiction Finalists: Lily Hoang Vi Khi Nao Kelly Ramsey Jessica...
Read More39.1 Fall/Winter 2012
Poetry Kelly Forsythe, Sarah V. Schweig, Diane Seuss, Marcela Sulak, David Ward, Jennifer Rosario Wong Fiction Ron A. Austin, Jessica Chrastil, Michael Czyzniejewski, Norman Lock, Ben Merriman, m k s volkofsky Nonfiction Brian Trapp, Amanda Webster Comic Jenna Brager, Flynn Nicholls Art Rune Guneriussen Feature Julie Carr, Amanda DeMarco, Jehanne Dubrow, Sasha Fletcher, Aaron Gilbreath, Johannes Göransson, Eric LeMay, Prathna Lor, J. Michael Martinez, Rachel Mennies, Kristen Radtke, Meg Reilly, Anne Marie Rooney, Angela Stubbs, Janaka Stucky, Mathias Svalina, Cole Swensen, Ken...
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