Gulf Coast 2016 Prize Winners

The newest issue of Gulf Coast (v29 n2) features winners from two of their annual contests. Established in 2008, the Barthelme Prize for Short Prose is open to pieces of prose poetry, flash fiction, and micro-essays of 500 words or fewer. One winner receives $1,000 + publication; two honorable mentions receive $250. All entries will be considered for paid publication on the Gulf Coast website as Online Exclusives.

2016 Barthelme Prize 
Judge: Jim Shepherd

Winner
Andrew Mitchell, “Going North”

Honorable Mentions – Both also received print publication
Molly Reid, “Fall from Grace”
Marya Hornbacher “A Peck of Beets”

The Gulf Coast Prize in Translation Contest is open to prose (fiction or nonfiction). The winner receives $1,000 and publication in the journal. Two honorable mentions receive $250.

2016 Gulf Coast Prize in Translation
Judge: Idra Novey

Winner
Carina del Valle Schorske for a translation of Marigloria Palma

Honorable Mentions
Ondrej Pazdirek
Tim DeMay