Category: Contest

WINNERS OF THE 2019 WABASH PRIZES IN POETRY AND FICTION

We're excited to announce the winners of the 2019 Wabash Prizes in Poetry and Fiction, as selected by our judges. The winning pieces and runners up will appear in our forthcoming issue, 31.2, which will be available in the spring. Wabash Prize in Poetry, selected by Jos Charles: Winner: “Prayer to the charcoal dusk” by … Continue reading WINNERS OF THE 2019 WABASH PRIZES IN POETRY AND FICTION

Winners of the 2018 Wabash Prizes in Poetry and Fiction

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We're excited to announce the winners of the 2018 Wabash Prizes in Poetry and Fiction, as selected by our judges. The winning pieces and runners up will appear in our forthcoming issue, 30.2, which will be available in the spring. Wabash Prize in Poetry, selected by Hanif Abdurraqib: Winner: “My American Ghost” by John Sibley … Continue reading Winners of the 2018 Wabash Prizes in Poetry and Fiction

Winners Selected for Wabash Prizes in Fiction and Poetry

2016 Wabash Prize in Fiction, as selected by Adam Johnson Winner: Caleb Tankersley, “Dean”  Johnson: Humor and physical desire always triangulate back to sadness in this young husband’s narrative of his attempts to adjust to his wife’s degenerative illness. No digression, however, will assuage the inevitable, and the final image of a man trying to bypass his wife’s … Continue reading Winners Selected for Wabash Prizes in Fiction and Poetry

Winner of 2016 Wabash Prize in Nonfiction Announced

We would like to congratulate Kristin Nichols on winning first place in our 2016 Wabash Prize for Nonfiction with her essay, "Young Men Fall." We would also like to recognize the excellence of Bob Brunk's essay, "The Smell of Sunlight on Stones," our runner-up in the contest. Congratulations Kristin and Bob! Michelle Tea, the final judge in our … Continue reading Winner of 2016 Wabash Prize in Nonfiction Announced

Announcing the 2015 Winners of the Wabash Prizes for Fiction and Poetry!

1st Place Poetry: "Elegy with the Wing of a Bird" by Jody Rambo Mary Szybist had this to say about the winning poem: "I’m moved by the way ‘Elegy with the Wing of a Bird’ inhabits the bewilderment of grief. We sense with the speaker all the ways her mother is and isn’t present after death, … Continue reading Announcing the 2015 Winners of the Wabash Prizes for Fiction and Poetry!

Presenting the Winners of the 2014 Wabash Prize for Nonfiction

We are thrilled to announce that Leslie Jamison, judge of the 2014 Wabash Prize for Nonfiction, has chosen “Ghost Language” by Jessica Wilbanks as the winning essay.  Here’s what Jamison has to say about Jessica Wilbanks' essay: "Ghost Language" is a searching, visceral examination of faith and its negative margins--its nerve endings are sharply attuned … Continue reading Presenting the Winners of the 2014 Wabash Prize for Nonfiction

The Flashcard Contest!

January 1, 2015 – February 1, 2015 Send us your flashiest pieces, no more than 500 words each. First prize is $100, publication online, and publication on a Flashcard that will be distributed with Sycamore Review at AWP. Click here for full submission guidelines.