Each year, Zone 3 considers all poems, essays, and stories accepted for publication in the journal for their Literary Awards. Zone 3 editors choose the winners, each of whom receives $250 and publicaiton.

The fall 2018 issue includes the fiction and nonfiction winners, while the poetry winner was published in the spring 2018 issue.

Poetry
“Immigrant Prayer” by Ethan Chua [pictured]

Nonfiction
“Mea Culpa, My Monster” by Carrie Shipers

Fiction
“Halleujah Station” by Randal O’Wain

The reading period for submissions and the Literary Awards is August 1 – April 1.

The January/February 2019 issue of Kenyon Review features the winners of the 2018 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest selected by Judge Melinda Moustakis, with an introduction by Fiction Editor Kirsten Reach. The winning entries can be read online here, and each includes a video or audio of the author reading the work.

First Prize
Laura Roque [pictured], “Dientes for Dentures”

Runners-up
Tyler Barton, “Spiritual Introduction to the Neighborhood”
Christopher Fox, “Breaking”

Honorable Mentions
Jena Chapman Andres, “Unter den Linden”
Alex Burchfield, “Taxidermy”

The Winter 2018 issue of Spoon River Poetry Review includes winners of the 2018 Editor’s Prize Contest with Final Judge Li-Young Lee. Winning works can also be read online here, while the new issue is still current.

Winner
Mark Svenvold [pictured], “Immigration Algorithm (Application Form D (3) b (1) a)”

First Runner-Up
David Wright, “There is Another Book”

Second Runner-Up
Chad Foret, “That Which Shines”

Honorable Mentions
Ed Frankel, “Singing Lullabies in Dangerous Places”
Timothy McBride, “Soudure”
Lan Duong, “In This House”

The SRPR Editor’s Prize Contest is open annually until April 15. In addition to publication, the winner receives $1000, first and second runners-up receive $100. Honorable mentions and finalists may also receive publication.

The Winter/Spring 2019 issue of Gulf Coast includes the winners of the 2018 Gulf Coast Prize:

Fiction Winner
Judged by Joshua Ferris
“Rules of Engagement” by Mi-Kyung Shin [pictured]

Poetry Winner
Judged by Chen Chen
“Church Board Interrogations” by Josh Tvrdy

Non-Fiction Winner
Judged by Lacy M. Johnson
“Bless the Smallest Hollow: On Longing and Online Dating” by Jessie van Eerden

For a full list of honorable mentions in each category and judges’ comments, click here.

The December issue of Rattle features the winner of their 2018 Poetry Prize: “Turbulence” by Dave Harris [pictured].

Harris receives $10,000 in addition to publication. Ten finalists are also included in the issue, and subscribers to the publication can vote on who receives the $2000 Readers’ Choice Award.

Finalists include: Katie Bickham, Destiny Birdsong, Debra Bishop, McKenzie Chinn, Steve Henn, Courtney Kampa, Michael Lavers, Darren Morris, Loueva Smith, and Mike White.

In collaboration with Louisville Literary Arts, the Fall 2018 (#84) issue of The Louisville Review features the winner of the 2018 Writer’s Block Prize in Poetry: “Nine Minutes in June” by Carolyn Oliver.

This contest is held in conjunction with the Louisville Literary Arts Writer’s Block Festival held in November at Spalding University.

Issue 204 of The Malahat Review features the Far Horizons Award for Poetry winner “Venn diagrams” by  Emily Osborne as selected by Carolyn Smart.

Read an interview with the winner here: “Using the Rubrics: Rose Morris in Conversation with Emily Osborne.”

In addition to publication, the winner receives $1000. See full guidelines for this annual contest here.

The Fall 2018 issue of Carve Magazine features prize-winning entries from the 2018 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest selected by guest judge Susan Perabo.

First
“Home as Found” by Frank Meola in Brooklyn, NY

Second
“Explain It To Me” by Jenessa Abrams [pictured] in New York, NY

Third
“Conflagration” by Suzanne Barefoot in Lancaster, PA

Editor’s Choice
“Terschelling” by Jaap van der Schaaf in London, England
“How Would You Like to Be Dead?” by Noah Bogdonoff in Providence, RI

In addition to publication, each winning entry receives a cash award. For a full list including honorable mention and semifinalists, click here.

This is an annual contest open from April 1 – May 15.

The Fall/Winter 2018 issue of Colorado Review features “Aisha and the Good for Nothing Cat” (also available to read online) by Shannon Sweetnam, winner of the 2018 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction selected by Margot Livesey.

In addition to publication, the winner receives $2000. The prize opens annually on December 1 and closes on March 14, 2019. See full guidelines here.

The November/December 2018 issue of Kenyon Review includes the winners of the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers, as selected by Natalie Shapero:

First Prize
Audrey Kim: “What I Left Behind“

Runners Up
Emily Perez: “Extraterrestre”
Jenny Li: “Chapter Seven Quiz: Coming of Age in Female Skin”

This award recognizes outstanding young poets and is open to high school sophomores and juniors throughout the world. The contest winner receives a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop.

The December 2018 issue of Poetry Magazine features the 2018 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship recipients: Safia Elhillo, Hieu Minh Nguyen, sam sax, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, and Paul Tran.

The annual $25,800 prize is intended to encourage the further study and writing of poetry and is open to all U.S. poets between 21 and 31 years of age.

The October-December 2018 issue of Prime Number Magazine features the winners of their 2018 Awards for Poetry and Short Fiction:

Winner of the Poetry Award
Judged by Terri Kirby-Erickson
“Guernica Triptych” by Diana Pinkney

Winner of the Short Fiction Award
Judged by Clint McCown
“Bridges” by Deac Etherington [pictured]

See a full list of runners-up and finalists here.

Entries open for the 2019 Prime Number Magazine Awards for Poetry and Short Fiction on January 1, 2019.

The Fall 2018 issue of Raleigh Review features the winners of the 2018 Dorriane Laux / Joseph Millar Poetry Prize:

Winner
“Forever Daylight” by John Sibley Williams [pictured]

Honorable Mentions
“Four Sonnets” Bailey Cohen [2nd]
“Lightning Flowers” Emily Mohn-Slate [3rd]

Finalists
“Other women don’t tell you” by Julia Dasbach
“Keloid Scar” by Julia Dasbach [not published]
“Sometimes I Pretend the Daughter I Wanted Was Born Alive” by Chelsea Dingman
“After You Have Gone” by Chelsea Dingman

The prize will open again April 1, 2019 and close May 31, 2019. The winner receives $500 and publication, finalists receive $10 and publication, honorable mentions will be considered for publication and payment. All entrants receive the Fall issue.

Ruminate Fall 2018 (#48) features the 2018 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize recipients, as selected by judge Susan Woodring:

First Place
“Coda” by Jason Villemez [pictured]

Second Place
“Terra Incognita” by Laura O’Gorman Schwartz

Honorable Mention
“The Pistachio Farmer’s Daughter” by Heather M. Surls

The next submission deadline for the short story contest is February 15, 2019. The contest is open to stories 5500 words or less with no limit on the number of entries (one per fee).  The winner receives $1500 and publication; $200 and publication for the runner-up.

CutBank 88 features the winner and runners up of their annual Big Sky, Small Prose Flash Contest, as selected by Judge Zach VandeZande:

1st Place Winner
“Water” by Allie Mariano [pictured]

Read more about Allie Mariano and the judge’s comments here.

Runners Up

“A Posture of Grace” by Kim McCrea
“Holding His Fire” by Daryl Scroggins

Big Sky, Small Prose: Flash Contest 2018 is open until September 30. Read the full details here.

Glimmer Train has just chosen the winning stories for their May/June Short Story Award for New Writers. This competition is held three times a year and is open to all writers whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation greater than 5000. The next Short Story Award competition will start on September 1: Short Story Award for New Writers. Glimmer Train’s monthly submission calendar may be viewed here.

1st place goes to Victoria Alejandra Garayalde of San Juan, Puerto Rico, who wins $2500 for “American Dream.” Her story will be published in Issue 104 of Glimmer Train Stories. This will be her first print publication. [Photo credit: Rebecca Titus]

2nd place goes to Jenzo DuQue of Brooklyn, NY, who wins $500 for “How to Harbor an Illegal.” His story will also be published in an upcoming issue, increasing his prize to $700. This will be his first print publication.

3rd place goes to Sena Moon of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who wins $300 for “Sugar.”

A PDF of the Top 25 winners can be found here.

Deadlines soon approaching!

Fiction Open: August 31 (grace period extends through September 10)
Glimmer Train hosts this competition twice a year, and first place wins $3000 plus publication in the journal, and 10 copies of that issue. Second/third: $1000/$600 and consideration for publication. This category has been won by both beginning and veteran writers – all are welcome! There are no theme restrictions. Word count generally ranges from 3000 – 6000, though up to 28,000 is fine. Stories may have previously appeared online but not in print. Click here for complete guidelines.

Very Short Fiction Award: August 31 (grace period extends through September 10)
This competition is also held twice a year, with first place winning $2000 plus publication in the journal, and 10 copies of that issue. Second/third: $500/$300 and consideration for publication. It’s open to all writers, with no theme restrictions, and the word count range is 300 – 3000. Stories may have previously appeared online but not in print. Click here for complete guidelines.

The Summer/Fall 2018 issue of Gulf Coast features several contest winners:

2017 Translation Prize
Chosen by John Keene
from Time to Be
by Camila Reimers
Translation by Lisa Carter [pictured]

2017 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose Winner
Chosen by Roxane Gay
“Pedro” by D.J. Thielke

Honorable Mentions
“The Things We Could Not Say” by Lishani Ramanayake
“Sunscreen” by Eric Schlich

The Inaugural Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing
Chosen by Darby English
“Dust Balls” by Brandon Brown

The Spring 2018 issue of The Georgia Review features “Lesson” by Elly Bookman, the 2017 Loraine Williams Poetry Prize Winner selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. In addition to publication, Bookman will receive $1000. The Loraine Williams Poetry Prize is open annually from April 1-May 15.

Volume 17 of Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose features the winning entries of their 2018 Literary Awards. In addition to publication, Dogwood doubled their cash prizes to $1000 for each winning author. Each author’s name is linked to a page with more information about them.

Fiction Prize
Judge Nicholas Montemarano
“There You Are” by Landon Houle

Poetry Prize
Judge Gillian Conoley
“Early Marriage, 1982, Endless Rain” by Kim Garcia

Nonfiction Prize
Judge Patrick Phillips
“To Learn About Smoke One Must First Light a Fire” by Misha Rai [pictured[

The 2019 Dogwood Literary Awards are open for submission until September 5, 2018.

The Southeast Review spring issue (36.1) features winning entries from their 2017 contests:

Gearhart Poetry Contest
Judged by Erin Belieu
Winner: “The Truth Takes Lunch” by Jed Myers
Finalist: “Three Nails” by Christopher Childers

World’s Best Short-Short Story Contest
Judged by Robert Olen Butler
Winner: “Friends” by Greta Schuler
Finalists: “Saint Barbara’s Day” by Elina Alter
“Shpykiv” by Alexandra Brenner

The Southeast Review Narrative Nonfiction Contest
Judged by Matthew Gavin Frank
Winner: “Crywolf” by Erica Berry [pictured]
Finalists: “The Stone Grows without Rain” by Lee Huttner
“Soundings: Field Notes on Communication with Animals and God” by Sylvia Sukop

The Spring 2018 issue of The Missouri Review features the winners of the 2017 Jeffrey E. Smith Editor’s Prize. 

Fiction
Tamara Titus of Charlotte, NC, for “Exit Seekers”

Poetry
Meghann Plunkett of Carbondale, IL for several poems

Nonfiction
Rose Smith [pictured] of Austin, TX, for “Rachel’s Wedding”

Each winner receives $5000 and publication. Runners-up will be published in future issues. See a full list of runners-up and finalists here.

This is an annual contest with a deadline in early October.

Rhino: The Poetry Forum annual publication includes winning and selected entries from two annual prizes.

Each year, Rhino selects Editor’s Prize Winners from among its general submissions to receive cash, publication, and nomination to the Pushcart Prize. There is no additional process; all submissions to the publication are considered.

First Prize
“Worms” by Erika Brumett

Second Prize
“You Have To Be Ready” by Amanda Galvan Huynh

Honorable Mention
“betty” by Amy Bilodeau

The Founder’s Prize is an annual contest (Sept 1 – Oct 31). Winners receive a cash award, publication, and Pushcart Prize nomination. These entrants are also eligible for the Editor’s Prize.

Winner
 “Asking for a Friend ” by Abby E. Murray [pictured]

Runners-up
“Odysseus ” by Joseph Fasano
“Amelia Earhart Folds Origami Cranes” by Adie Smith Kleckner 
“Midden” by Paul Otremba

All of these works can also be read on Rhino’s website.

The Malahat Review #202 features 2018 Open Season Awards winners:

Fiction
Jann Everard [pictured], “Blue Runaways”
Judge: Carleigh Baker
Read an interview with Jann Everard here.

Creative Nonfiction
B. A. Markus, “How Can a Dog Help a Goose”
Judge: Betsy Warland
Read an interview with B. A. Markus here.

Poetry
Barbara Pelman, “Nevertheless”
Judge: Evelyn Lau
Read an interview with Barbara Pelman here.

Open Season Awards is an annual contest that awards $2000 in each genre. It closes on November 1.

The Spring 2018 issue of The Bellingham Review features winners of their annual contests:

49th Parallel Award for Poetry
Contest judge Robert Cording
“The Art of Forgetting” by John Blair

Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction
Contest judge Julie Marie
“Mustard” by Susan M. Stabile [pictured]

Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction
Contest judge John Dufresne
“Escape Artist” by Janis Hubschman

See a full list of finalists here as well as the winners of the 2018 contest here. Winners each receive $1000 and publication in the following year’s spring issue.

The Spring 2018 issue of The Chattahoochee Review features the 2018 Lamar York Prize Winners and select finalists:

Winner for Fiction
“A Day in Which Something Might Be Done” by Michael McGuire

Published Finalist
“The Goddess of Beauty Goes Bowling” by Chaya Bhuvaneswar

Winner for Nonfiction
“Concaves” by Deborah Thompson

Published Finalists
“Here Is How I Come Undone” by Caroline Burke
“How My Body Was Made” by Terry Ann Thaxton

For a full list of finalists and judges’ comments on the winners, click here.

Winners of the annual Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction receive $1,000.00 each and publication. The prize is open from November 1 – January 31.

Carve Spring 2018 includes the winners of their annual Prose & Poetry Contest:

FICTION
“Peach” by Thomas Gresham

NONFICTION
“Stories of Men and Women” by M.K. Narváez

POETRY
“On Learning That Ho Chi Minh Once Worked as a Baker at the Parker House Hotel in Boston” by Robbie Gamble

Honorable Mentions
“I Am Fat” by Paulette Fire (Nonfiction)
“Sal Wants to Sleep” by Serena Johe (Fiction)

The contest is open from October 1 – November 15 each year. Each winner receives $1000 and publication.

The Spring 2018 issue of Paterson Literary Review includes winners and all the honorable mentions of the 2017 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards:

First Prize
Howard Berelson, Teaneck, NJ, “Last Night”
Robert A. Rosenbloom, Bound Brook, NJ, “Dear Amy”

Second Prize
Eileen Van Hook, Wanaque, NJ “Thanksgiving Memory”

Third Prize
Phillipa Scott, West Orange, NJ, “Hoboken, 1990”

For a full list of the Honorable Mentions and Editor’s Choice selections, click here.

The Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards, honoring Allen Ginsberg’s contributions to American Literature, are given annually to poets. First prize, $1,000; second prize, $200; and third prize, $100. Winning poems are published in the following year’s issue of the Paterson Literary Review. The contest is open between June 1 and September 30 of each year.

Three poems by Elizabeth Hoover, winner of the Boulevard 2017 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets, as selected by Contest Judge Edward Nobles, are featured in the newest Spring 2018 issue. Works by honorable mention poets Lea Anderson and Elizabeth Eagle are also included.

This annual contest awards $1,000 and publication for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press. The current contest is open until June 1, 2018.

The Greensboro Review Spring 2018 issue features the winners of The Robert Watson Literary Prizes:

Eli Cranor for his story, “Don’t Know Tough”

Alison Powell [pictured] for her poem “from The Book of Revelation”

This annual contest awards $1000 for both fiction and poetry as well as publication and closes each year on September 15.

The Spring/Summer 2018 issue of Black Warrior Review features the winners of their annual writing contest:

Nonfiction Contest Winner
Judge: Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
“The Best Lighting for My Body Was at the White Horse Inn and Bar, Oakland, California” by Tony Wei Ling

Flash Prose Contest Winner
Judge: Joyelle McSweeney
“Auto-Da-Fé: Confession And Camouflauge” by M.J. Gette

Fiction Contest Winner
Judge: Nicola Griffith
“The World Holds What It Remembers Most” by Tess Allard

Poetry Contest Winner
Judge: Rachel McKibbens
“From a Poet to her Rumbero” by Sarah María Medina

Cover Art: “Undomesticated Interior No. 7” by Lisa Krannichfeld

Works by winners of the Ruminate 2018 Kalos Visual Art Prize can be viewed in the Spring 2018 issue, with a still from Eloisa Guanlao’s digital documentary Noli Me Tangere featured on the publication’s cover.

First Place
Eloisa Guanlao

Second Place
Janet McKenzie

Honorable Mention
Joseph Di Bella

Information about each of these selected artists and a full list of finalists can be found here.

The most recent issue of Cold Mountain Review (v45 n2) features winners of the 2017 R.T. Smith Prize for Narrative Poetry:

Winner
“We will Never Mend This” by Jeff Burt [pictured]
Read the beautifully heart-wrenching poem and hear it read by the author here.

Honorable Mention
“A Sestina for Traveling Season” by Geetha Iyer
“To Shadow” by Matthew Winberley

Finalist
“Prologue” by Jude Whelchel

Along with commentary from final judge Naomi Shihab Nye, the Winter 2018 issue of The MacGuffin, published by Schoolcraft College in Michigan, features winners of the 22nd National Poet Hunt Contest.

First Place
“The Last Time I head Her Play the Piano” by Bethany Reid [pictured]

Honorable Mention
“Big Sky Drive-in” by Kathleen McClung
“An Ordinary Afternoon” by Sue Fagalde Lick

Glimmer Train has just chosen the winning stories for their Family Matters competition. This competition is held once a year and is open to all writers for stories about family of all configurations. Glimmer Train’s monthly submission calendar may be viewed here.

1st place goes to Peter Nathaniel Malae [pictured] of McMinnville, Oregon, who wins $2500 for “El Camino.” His story will be published in Issue 103 of Glimmer Train Stories.

2nd place goes to Gregory J. Wolos of Millis, Massachusetts, who wins $500 for “Boy Strangling Goose.” His story will also be published in an upcoming issue of Glimmer Train Stories, increasing his prize to $700.

3rd place goes to Chloe Higgins of Wollongong, Australia, who wins $300 for “Things We Cannot Say.”

Here’s a PDF of the Top 25.

Glimmer Train has just chosen the winning stories for their 2017 November/December Very Short Fiction Award. This competition is held three times a year and is open to all writers for stories with a word count under 3000. The next Very Short Fiction competition will take place in March 2018. Glimmer Train’s monthly submission calendar may be viewed here.

1st place goes to Corey Flintoff [pictured] of Cheverly, Maryland, who wins $2000 for “Early Stages.” His story will be published in Issue 103 of Glimmer Train Stories. This will be his first major print publication.

2nd place goes to Irene Doukas Behrman of Portland, Oregon, who wins $500 for “Permission.”

3rd place goes to Itoro Udofia of Oakland, California, who wins $300 for “To the Children Growing Up in the Aftermath of Their Parents’ War.”

Here’s a PDF of the Top 25.

Deadline soon approaching! Short Story Award for New Writers: February 28
This competition is held three times a year and is open to all writers whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation over 5000. No theme restrictions. Most submissions to this category run 1000-4000 words, but can go up to 12,000. First place prize wins $2500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories. Second/third: $500/$300 and consideration for publication. Click here for complete guidelines.

The Malahat Review issue #201 (Winter 2017) includes two prize winning works:

Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction
Selected by Steven Price
“Faster Horses” by Katherin Edwards

Constance Rooke CNF Prize
Selected by Brian Brett
“Flaubert’s Hummingbirds” by Nancy Holmes [pictured]

Read more about The Malahat Review prizes as well as interviews with each of the winners here.

Winners and finalists for the 2017 Able Muse Write Prize for Poetry and Fiction are featured in the Winter 2017 issue of Able Muse: A Review of Poetry, Prose & Art.

Write Prize for Fiction
Final Judge: Jill Alexander Essbaum
Winner: “Target” by Leslie Jill Patterson

Write Prize for Poetry
Final Judge: Annie Finch
Winner: “Fall Rewinding” by D. R. Goodman [pictured]
Finalists: Ann M. Thompson; Scott Ruescher; Rob Wright

For a full list of honorable mentions and short list selections, visit the Able Muse 2017 Write Prize announcement page.

The Winter/Spring 2018 issue of Gulf Coast features the winners of their 2017 Gulf Coast Prizes contest:

Poetry
Judged by Cate Marvin
“The Weather Underground” by sam sax

Nonfiction
Judged by Diane Roberts
“The Peacock and the Bell Captain” by Spencer Wise

Fiction
Judged by Chinelo Okparanta
“That Boy Could Run” by Rudy Ruiz [pictured]

For a full list of honorable mentions and biographical information on each writer and judge, visit the Gulf Coast Prize page.

The January/February 2018 issue of Kenyon Review features winners of their 2017 Short Fiction Prize:

First Prize
“Lionel, For Worse” by David Greendonner [pictured]

Runners Up
“When Do We Worry” by Kimberly King Parsons
“Canto” by Lorain Urban

Each of these works can also be read full-text online here along with commentary on the selections by Judge Lee K. Abbot.

Glimmer Train has just chosen the winning stories for their September/October Short Story Award for New Writers. This competition is held three times a year and is open to all writers whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation greater than 5000. The January/February Short Story Award competition has just opened: Short Story Award for New Writers. Glimmer Train’s monthly submission calendar may be viewed here.

1st place goes to Maxime Kawawa-Beaudan [Photo credit: Scott McCrae] of Berkeley, California, who wins $2500 for “Waiting for Fireworks.” His story will be published in Issue 102 of Glimmer Train Stories. This will be his first major print publication.

2nd place goes to Kristen Hamelin Tracey of New York, New York, who wins $500 for “A New World.” Her story will also be published in an upcoming issue, increasing her prize to $700. This will be her first major print publication, as well.

3rd place goes to Oliver Kammeyer of Boston, Massachusetts, who wins $300 for “They’ll Fix That in Turkey.”

A PDF of the Top 25 winners can be found here.

Deadline soon approaching! Family Matters: January 12
Glimmer Train hosts this competition once a year, and first place has been increased to $2500 plus publication in the journal, and 10 copies of that issue. It’s open to all writers for stories about family of any configuration. Most submissions to this category run 1000-5000 words, but can go up to 12,000. Click here for complete guidelines.

Winners of the Terrain.org 8th Annual Contest in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry each receive $500 in addition to publication. Finalists are awarded $100 and publication.

Poetry Winner
Judge Robert Wrigley
“Tying a Tie” and “Airborne”, two poems by Edward Harkness
Finalists: Poems by Ellery Akers, Deborah Fass, and John Pass.

Nonfiction Winner
Judge Nicole Walker
“Ghost Trees” by Jennie Goode [pictured]
Finalists: “What Remained” by Kristina Moriconi and “Northern Wardens” by Alisa Slaughter

Fiction Winner
Judge Padma Viswanathan
“N-Place Exiting” by Thomas Ausa
Finalist: “The Stilled Ring” by Luther Allen

Read more about the winning works here. The contest re-opens in January 2018.

Ruminate Winter 2017 features the 2018 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize recipients awarded by judge Shane McCrae:

First Place
“Elizabeth Asks” by Maggie Blake Bailey
[pictured]

Second Place
“Bookend Quote from Bro. Yao” by Amanda Hawkins

Honorable Mention
‘”All These Months Since Your Diagnosis” by Emily Ransdell

Finalists whose works are also included in the issue: Jen Stewart Fueston, Dante Di Stefano, Janine Certo, Mason Henderson, Jake Crist, Jehanne Dubrow, Kerri Vinson Snell, Charity Gingerich, John Sibley Williams, Berwyn Moore, and Mark Wagenaar.

Katie M. Flynn’s “Island Rule” is the winner of the 2017 Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction selected by Richard Bausch. Her work appears in the Fall/Winter 2017 issue of Colorado Review.

In her Editor’s Note, Stephanie G’Schwind writes, “Every fall, we have the true pleasure of publishing the winning story of the Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction. This year, it’s Katie M. Flynn’s ‘Island Rule,’ in which an environmental biology professor is haunted by memories of the surreally accelerated evolution and ensuing political violence that expelled her, as a child, from her island home. Final judge Richard Bausch calls it ‘a very strange, audaciously original and convincing story that arrives at metaphor; it partakes of Kafka, being so matter-of-factly realistic .’ It’s a wonderful, daring story, richly deserving of the prize.”

The Winter 2017 issue of Rattle features the $10,000 winner of their 2017 Poetry Prize, “Heard” by Rayon Lennon [pictured]. The ten contest finalists also appear in this issue with the chance to be selected by subscribers for the $2,000 Readers’ Choice Award. Ballots, along with subscription information, are available in the publication itself. This year’s finalist poets are Barbara Lydecker Crane, Kayla Czaga, Emari DiGiorgio, Rhina P. Espaillat, Troy Jollimore, Nancy Kangas, Ron Koertge, Jimmy Pappas, Kirk Schlueter, and Alison Townsend.

The Kenyon Review Nov/Dec 2017 issue features winners of the 2017 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers. This award “recognizes outstanding young poets and is open to high school sophomores and juniors throughout the world. The contest winner receives a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop.” Winning entries can also be read online here.

First Prize
Eileen Huang: “Movie Scene on a Highway Shoulder”

Runners Up
Daniel Blokh: “Family Portrait with Lost Map”
Isabella Victoria: “Clemente Curls”