2013 Pinch Literary Awards: Now With CNF!
Beginning this December, for the first time ever, our annual literary contest will now include a Creative Non-Fiction Category. It’s something we’ve wanted to do for a long time, and the entire staff is thrilled that we’re finally able to. It’s going to be a no-holds-barred steel cage match of literary clout, and when the ...
Pinch @ Oxford Creative Nonfiction Conference
The Pinch will be at the Oxford Creative Nonfiction Conference in Oxford, Mississippi from November 12-14! Stop by The Pinch table on during the pitch-fest on Saturday from 3:00-4:00pm, where Editor-in-Chief, Kristen Iversen, and Managing Editor, Kerry Hanahan, will be available to answer all of your burning Pinch-related questions. Iversen will be conducting a workshop ...
We’re proud to announce…
Our office is sold out of the Fall 2010 issues of The Pinch! However, you can still purchase copies at your local bookstore in the U.S. and Canada! Get ‘em while you can!
We partied
The release party for the Spring 2010 issue was a rousing success. In fact we had so much fun, we’re taking the day to recover instead of posting about our amazing bash. Look for photos and first-hand accounts in the coming days. Don’t forget you too can get a taste of the (in)famous Pinch punch ...
2009 Pushcart Nominations
The Pinch is proud to announce its 2009 Pushcart nominations! Fiction: “Heal” by George Singleton and “February 1944 Tom Andrews, 23″ by Brian Kitely Creative Nonfiction: “Postscript to a Postscript to ‘The Ring of Time’” by Robert Root and “The Sound of Retreat” by Steven Church Poetry: “Ghazal Without Blood” by Joshua McKinney and “To ...
Solipsism Selected for Best American Essays
Ander Monson’s “Solipsism” (Volume 27.2) was selected for The Best American Essays 2008.










