The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses has announced the shortlist for the 2014 Firecracker Awards, which celebrates small press and independently published books. Here are the finalists in fiction and creative nonfiction: CREATIVE NONFICTION The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison (Graywolf Press) Loitering by Charles D’Ambrosio (Tin House Books) The Other Side by Lacy…Continue reading CLMP Firecracker Awards
Category: Litmags
Friday Reads – Pico Iyer on the Pleasures of Being Foreign, Ethan Siegel on Dark Matter
Soon there’ll be more foreigners on earth than there are Americans. Foreignness is a planetary condition, and even when you walk through your hometown—whether that’s New York or London or Sydney—half the people around you are speaking in languages and dealing in traditions different from your own. Read the article at Lapham’s Quarterly But there…Continue reading Friday Reads – Pico Iyer on the Pleasures of Being Foreign, Ethan Siegel on Dark Matter
Flash Fiction Contest
How much can you say in 1000 words? A lot! Fiction Attic Press is now accepting submissions for its annual Flash in the Attic Flash Fiction Contest. The first place story will receive $100 and publication. The second place story will receive $50 and publication. All stories will be considered for publication in the Flash…Continue reading Flash Fiction Contest
Two From the World of Ink
I met Georges and Anne Borchardt at Sewanee Writers’ Conference in 2003. The couple co-founded their literary agency in 1967, and are known for introducing American audiences to the work of Roland Barthes, Samuel Beckett, Pierre Bourdieu, Marguerite Duras, Franz Fanon, Michel Foucault, Eugene Ionesco, Jacques Lacan, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Elie Wiesel. When…Continue reading Two From the World of Ink
Writers Reflect
Jason Roberts compiled writers’ reflections on John Updike today for The Rumpus. There are contributions by Andrew Sean Greer, Andrew Foster Altschul, Rick Moody, and yours truly, among others.