2012 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize

The most recent issue of The Missouri Review features the winners of the 2012 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize:

Fiction
Winner:
Rachel Yoder of Iowa City, IA for “The blood was the mountain and the mountain was the bear”
Finalists:
Cara Adams of Baton Rouge, LA, for “The Sea Latch”
Jennifer S. Davis of Baton Rouge, LA, for “The Winnowing of Henry Jenkins”
Emma Törzs of Missoula, MT for “Patchwork Elephant”

Poetry
Winner:
Katie Bickham of Shreveport, LA
Finalists:
Andrew P. Grace of Gambier, OH
Dan O’Brien of Santa Monica, CA
Diane K. Seuss of Kalamazoo, MI

Essay
Winner:
Terry Ann Thaxton of Winter Springs, FL, for “Delusions of Grandeur”
Finalists:
Jennifer Anderson of Lewiston, ID for “It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie”
Kathleen Spivack of Watertown, MA, for “Write What You Know”
Brad Wetherell of Ann Arbor, MI, for “A Clean Break”

To read more about the winners, visit the website.