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.
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!
The nominations are in…
We are proud to announce our nominations for The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses XXXVI. Fiction: Erica Johnson Debeljak “The Apple and Paradise Too” (30.1) John Brandon “Be Good to Our Pretty Girls” (30.2) Creative Nonfiction: Carol Claassen “Terminal Punctuation” (30.1) Sarah Fawn Montgomery “Death: An Encyclopedic Account of Ritual and Remembrance” (30.2) ...
Contributor Kudos
Lynell Edwards (Pinch 30.2) has a new book of poetry, Covet, due for release from Red Hen Press in the spring of 2012. It will include her poem, “Instructions for My Sons: Quit Leaving Your Bikes Out at the Neighbor’s House.” Artist Robert Osti (Pinch 30.2) will be showing his work as part of “Details, ...
Party with The Pinch!
Celebrate the release of the new Spring 2010 issue, soon to hit bookstores! The Pinch Release Party Saturday, March 20 7 to 9 p.m. The Wright Carriage House, located at 688 Jefferson in Memphis, TN Drinks and appetizers will be served. Readings from three of our contributors, Sandy Longhorn (poetry), Joshua Schriftman (creative nonfiction), Meryl ...
Mark Yakich’s poetry collection published
Mark Yakich’s poems “I’ll Take ‘Notable Artists of the 20th Century in Couplets,’ Please, Alex” (Volume 27.1) and “New Pathways to Peace in the Middle East” — were published as part of his recent collection, The Importance Of Peeling Potatoes In Ukraine (Penguin 2008).
