Barry Hannah and Yellowwood Contest Results

What with the 2009 issue going off to the print people today, it seemed a good time to take a moment and congratulate the winners and finalists for the 2009 Barry Hannah Fiction and Yellowwood Poetry contests.

Here are those lucky talented writers:

Barry Hannah Contest
Judge: Padgett Powell

Winner

• "Ars Poetica" by Jim Wyatt

Finalists

• "When the Boys Came Out to Play" by Gerry Canavan
• "Bootstrapping" by Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela
• “Claude vs. the City of Miami” by Jarrett Haley
• “Incantations” by Rasma Haidri

Yellowwood Contest
Judge: Ann Fisher-Wirth

Winner

• "Revenant" by Mark Wagenaar

Finalists

• "Late" by Heather Cousins
• "Lines for a Thirtieth Birthday" by Mark Wagenaar
• "Step-Brother" by David A. Moody
• "The Agency of Trust" by Katrin Talbot
• "Something Happens to a Place" by Raegen Pietrucha
• "Autumn" by Sara Fetherolf-Lier
• "Hearing the Listeners" by Terri McCord

Congratulations to all, and thank you to everyone who submitted. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for profiles of some of the contributors who will be featured in the upcoming issue, which should hit reality in February 2009.