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CRAFT 2021 First Chapters Contest Winners

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CRAFT 2021 First Chapters ContestCRAFT has announced the winners of its 2021 First Chapters Contest selected by guest judge Masie Cochran of Tin House. The winning entries will be published in December, so keep an eye out!

Congratulations to the winners, finalists, and honorable mentions. You can view the full longlist and honorable mentions here.

Winners

First Place: Sam Simas, We the Liars

Second Place: Sena Moon, Familiar Strangers

Third Place: Leigh Comacho Rourks, When We Drowned

Finalists

Vanessa Banigo, The Nigerwife

Catherine Carberry, Untitled

Catherine Con Morse, The Notes

C. Quintana, The Twisted Fate of La Media Luna

Steve Sanders, The Agreed Upon Facts

Kirsten Scott, Liberty Park

Amy Stuber, In a Dark Corner Shining

JJ Tan, Angels Unaware

Allison Torgan, Red State

John Vurro, Video Planet

Taylor Werner, What Empties As It Fills

Marie Williams (Nia Forrester), Those Less Fortunate

Contest :: The Society of Classical Poets 2022 Poetry Competition Ends December 31

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Screenshot of Society of Classical Poets flier for the NewPages Fall 2021 LitPak

Deadline: December 31, 2021 The Society of Classical Poets is accepting entries to the 2022 Poetry Competition with a first prize of $2,000. Submit one to three poems. Poems must contain meter (beginners and students may simply count syllables). See … [Continue reading] about Contest :: The Society of Classical Poets 2022 Poetry Competition Ends December 31

Taking Stock of America’s Two Decades in Afghanistan

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Guest Post by Marc Martorell Junyent. The border between current events and history is a blurry one. David Kilcullen and Greg Mills tread on both sides of this imaginary boundary in The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan. The co-authors … [Continue reading] about Taking Stock of America’s Two Decades in Afghanistan

Call :: Sky Island Journal Winter 2022 Issue

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Deadline: December 31, 2021 Sky Island Journal is an independent, international, free-access literary journal dedicated to publishing the finest poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction. We publish accomplished, well-established authors—side … [Continue reading] about Call :: Sky Island Journal Winter 2022 Issue

Contest :: Colorado Prize for Poetry 2022

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Screenshot of Colorado Prize for Poetry flier for the NewPages Fall 2021 LitPak

Deadline: January 14, 2022 $2,500 honorarium and book publication: Submit book-length collection of poems to the Colorado Prize for Poetry by January 14, 2022 (we will observe a 5-day grace period). $25 reading fee (add $3 to submit online) includes … [Continue reading] about Contest :: Colorado Prize for Poetry 2022