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!

CONTEST EXTENSION!

We’ve been getting tons of excellent entries to our 2011 Literary Awards.  We love them so much, in fact, we want to read more.  We’ve extended the deadline to March 31st to give us a chance to read all the great fiction and poetry we can. So keep those submissions coming!

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!

AWP in Review

This year’s AWP was a great success!  We shared a table with the ever wonderful Fourth Genre, threw the most monumental party in DC history (no, seriously, George Washington is rolling in his grave with envy) with The Normal School & Fourth Genre, tailgated with Creative Nonfiction, attended too many fabulous readings to count, and ...

Party with us at AWP!

Come party with The Pinch, The Normal School, Fourth Genre, and our many distinguished guests. Friday, February 4, from 8 PM until we’re done @ Ireland’s Four Fields (3412 Connecticut Ave NW, one block south of the Cleveland Park Metro Station on the Red Line). First 200 guests receive a ticket for a free drink! ...

Pinch Literary Awards in Fiction & Poetry!

$1500 for Fiction! Judged by Rick Bass! $1000 for Poetry! Judged by Jeffrey McDaniel! See contest page for more info!

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!