The Spring 2013 Issue has arrived.
The Spring 2013 issue (33.1) is upon us. You should read it. You should tell a friend. It’s one of the best yet. This issue, we’ve got an interview with Randall Kenan, author of Only The Dead Know Chapel Hill, Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, and A Visitation of Spirits, among others. Our fiction ...
Contest info: judges announced, prize money revealed, and hype initiated.
This year, our annual Literary Awards in Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction are bigger and badder than ever. We’ve added a Creative Nonfiction category, sweetened the prize pot, and assembled a stellar team of judges from across the country to make this year’s contest the best one yet. Now, all we need is your writing. ...
2012 Pushcart Nominees Announced
We’re excited to announce our 2012 nominations for The Pushcart Prize. For those unfamiliar, Pushcart nominations are made by small presses and literary journals, and for over three decades the winners of the prize have been featured in an annual collection. We choose our nominations through the power of pure democracy: every editor makes a ...
2012 Fall Release Party: Readers Revealed (Mostly)
As promised, we’ve got contributors from the current issue coming out to the party on Saturday, November 17th to read. Poet Tim Hayes (“In Case of Water Landing”) and fiction author John Vanderslice (“Supermarket”) will read, as well as a mystery creative nonfiction author who has yet to be revealed. Come out! Saturday, Saturday, SATURDAY. ...
Wanted: More Flash
The slush must flow, and our pile is going strong, but lately we’re feeling the pinch (sorry) when it comes to shorter fiction and creative nonfiction. We just aren’t getting enough of it, and we like to include a few pieces in each issue. In fact, we’d like it now more than ever, as we ...
CONTEST UPDATE
We here at The Pinch have enjoyed reading all of your submissions to our 2011 Literary Awards in fiction and poetry. We are conferring with our esteemed judges, Jeffrey McDaniel and Rick Bass, and we will announce the winners soon!
One week left to enter…
The Pinch Literary Awards! Deadline: 3/15! $2500 in prizes! Poetry: $1,000 and publication in the Pinch. Judge: Jeffrey McDaniel. Fiction: $1,500 and publication in the Pinch. Judge: Rick Bass. Enter online OR send snail mail to: The Pinch Literary Awards English Department University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152-6176 Visit the Contest page for more details.
2011 Fiction & Poetry Contest!
$2500 in prizes!!! Judged by Rick Bass & Jeffrey McDaniel! Submit online OR via snail mail for this year’s contest. Deadline: 3/15. P.S. We’re getting truckloads of great entries. Keep ‘em coming!
