CutBank Closes for General Submissions Feb. 15, Contest Submissions Feb. 28

We've been blown away by the incredible work submitted to us this year, and we're still accepting submissions for one more week. Be sure to get your general CutBank submissions in by February 15th. Contest submitters have until February 28th to submit to our annual print contests: The Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and Particia Goedicke Prize in Poetry.

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Thank you, and we look forward to reading your work!

Congrats: Big Fish Flash Fiction/Prose Poetry Contest Winners

Congratulations to Nicholas Gulig, whose prose poem "from the Book of Books" has been selected as the winning entry in our fall Big Fish Online contest. This poetic prose piece is coming soon to CutBank online.

We're also pleased to announce two honorable mentions: "My Mother's Disappearance" by Rosa del Duca and "Diorama of a People, Burning" by Bradley Harrison.

Our editorial staff was blown away by the quality of this year's submissions, and we're excited that all three of these pieces will soon appear in the print journal. Many thanks to all who submitted.

Contest Judges Announced

CutBank is thrilled to announce this year's judges for the 2011 Montana Prize in Fiction, the Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry.

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Montana Prize in Fiction Judge - Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles is probably America''s best-known unofficial poet. THE INFERNO/A POET'S NOVEL came out in October 2010, and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ICELAND (MIT Press, 2009), is a talkative prose collection in which she describes her travels and explores art criticism. She's published more than 20 volumes of poetry, fiction, articles, plays and libretti including HELL (an opera with composer Michael Webster, 2004), SKIES (2001), ON MY WAY (2001), COOL FOR YOU (a novel, 2000), SCHOOL OF FISH (1997), MAXFIELD PARRISH (1995), NOT ME (1991) and CHELSEA GIRLS (stories, 1994). With Liz Kotz, she edited THE NEW FUCK YOU/ADVENTURES IN LESBIAN READING (Semiotext(e) in 1995. Eileen conducted in 1992 an openly female write-in campaign for President of the United States. In the 80's she was Artistic Director of St. Mark''s Poetry Project. In '97 and again in 2007 Eileen toured with Sister Spit. She is a Professor Emeritus of writing at UCSD. In 2007 she received The Andy Warhol/Creative Capital art writing fellowship.

Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction Judge - Thalia Field

Thalia Field’s recent book of interrelated story-essays, BIRD LOVERS, BACKYARD, joins her earlier POINT AND LINE, and INCARNATE:STORY MATERIAL from New Directions Press. She also recently released, A PRANK OF GEORGES (with Abigail Lang) from Essay Press, and has written a "performance-novel" ULULU (CLOWN SHRAPNEL), published by Coffee House. Thalia's work has appeared in Tin House, Conjunctions, Ploughshares, Chicago Review, Seneca Review, Angelaki, and other journals. She is included in The Next American Essay, edited by John D'Agata, and considers the essay to be essentially a mode or register at home and in the lineage of any genre. Thalia teaches in the Literary Arts Program at Brown University.

Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry Judge - D. A. Powell

D. A. Powellmost recent collections, COCKTAILS (2004) and CHRONIC (2009), were both chosen as finalists for the Publishing Triangle and National Book Critics Circle Awards. In 2010, Powell received the California Book Award, the Kingsley Tufts Prize in Poetry and the Northern California Book Award. A former Briggs-Copeland Lecturer in Poetry at Harvard University, Powell has taught at Columbia University, University of Iowa and New England College. He is currently the McGee Visiting Writer at Davidson College in North Carolina.

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Thank you to our terrific judges! Contests will open for submissions December 1 and remain open through February 15. Winners receive $500 and publication in CutBank 75. Click here for more information. We look forward to reading your work!

CutBank Contest News and Updates

Thank you to everyone who submitted to our first ever Big Fish Online Contest: Flash Fiction and Prose Poetry! We are in the process of reading through the submissions and will announce the winner by December 1.

In the meantime, we hope you're gearing up for our third annual Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction and Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry contests, open December 1 - February 28. The winners each receive $500 and publication in CutBank 75. We will announce the judges in the next month. Last year's judges were Peter Rock (Fiction), Kim Barnes (Creative Nonfiction) and Major Jackson (Poetry). More information is available on our contests page. We're looking forward to reading your work!

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CutBank Announces NEW Big Fish Online Contest: Flash Fiction and Prose Poetry

In an effort to keep our online content fresh, to promote some of the less-traditional genres that we love, and to reward some of the many deserving writers out there, we've revamped the structure of our online contest for 2010/2011. Instead of a single award, we're offering two awards--one in the fall and one in the spring.

Fall Big Fish Online Contest: Flash Fiction and Prose Poetry

A prize of $200 and online publication will be given for the best piece of writing under 500 words that we receive. Flash fiction, short-shorts, micro-prose, prose poems, poetic prose, just plain short stories--whatever you call your briefest prose pieces, send them our way.

The contest winner will be chosen by the CutBank editorial staff and announced on our website on December 1. All submissions will be considered for both online publication and print publication in CutBank.

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Submission Details:

Submissions for the online flash fiction and prose poetry contest are accepted from October 1 to November 1 and must be accompanied by a $9 submission fee. Please submit using our new online submission manager (link below). Make sure you select "Flash Fiction and Prose Poetry Contest" as your genre.

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Previously unpublished work only. Multiple submissions are acceptable, as long as each one is accompanied by its own submission fee. Simultaneous submissions are also acceptable, but please inform us promptly if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Spring Big Fish Online Contest: the Lyric Essay and Writers on Writing

Submissions for our spring Big Fish contest focused on the lyric essay, self-referential works, and writers on writing will be accepted from March 1 to April 1 - stay tuned for details.

We look forward to reading your work!

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Big Fish Contest Winners

CutBank is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Big Fish Online Contest.

Fiction: Janice Deal for Repo Man

Poetry: Donna Johnson for Einarsson

Nonfiction: Michael Palmer for Layers of Skin

Art: Brandon Lingle

Congratulations to our winners!

Big Fish Online Contest Extended Deadline Dec. 1

CutBank is pleased to announce its first online contest. We will be accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art. Please keep prose submissions below 10,000 words and no more than 5 poems per entry.

The submission deadline has been extended to December 1st, 2009. Winners receive $100, publication on CutBank Online, and consideration for publication in CutBank 72. It is $10 to submit.

Please send only your best work. We are seeking to highlight work that showcases an authentic voice, a boldness of form, and a rejection of functional fixedness.

Montana and Patricia Goedicke Prize Winners 2009

CutBank is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry. The prizewinning works will appear in CutBank 71, available next month.

The winner of the Montana Prize in Fiction, selected by guest judge Joy Williams, is Taylor Brown's short story "Rider." Commentary by Joy Williams on "Rider" will be featured in CutBank 71.

The winner of the Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, selected by guest judge Brian Bouldrey, is Josie Milliken's essay "Seven Tangents of Space and Distance."

The winner of the Patricia Goedicke Prize, selected by guest judge Noah Eli Gordon, is Mande Zecca''s untitled piece.

Thanks also to everyone who submitted. Keep an eye on cutbankonline.org for details on next year's Montana and Goedicke Prizes.