Carolina Quarterly Contest Winners

The Fall 2011 issue of The Carolina Quarterly includes the winners of the Riding a Gradient Invisible Contest, “an experiment in ‘Show, don’t tell.'” Editors sought submissions of writing to transition us into a “post-genre world.” Judge Amy Hempel made the following selections, all of which are included in the issue:

First Place: “American Desire” by James McFatter
Runner-up: “epitaph #26” by Matthew Vollmer
Runner-up: “Lift” by Courtney Sender
Honorable Mention: “Conditions” by Aaron Krol
Honorable Mention: “Catasrophilia” by Caroline Young