We're excited to announce the winners of the 2017 Wabash Prizes in Poetry and Fiction, as selected by our judges. The winning pieces and runners up will appear in our forthcoming issue, 29.2, which will be available in the spring. Wabash Prize in Poetry, selected by Shane McCrae: Winner: "Jane in Starving Time" by Alicia … Continue reading Winners of the 2017 Wabash Prizes in Poetry and Fiction
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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
Best American Poetry 2016 Shout Outs
We are happy/grateful/lucky to announce that two members of the Sycamore Review family have poems coming out in Best American this year. Please go here to check out Allison Davis's poem "The Heart of It All + A Free Beer," which first appeared in Sycamore Review's issue 26.2. While there, we hope you'll also read our … Continue reading Best American Poetry 2016 Shout Outs
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
Sycamore Review’s 2014 Pushcart Nominations
We are pleased to announce that we have nominated the following authors for the Pushcart Prize: Poetry Nancy Chen Long, “Blazing Black Holes Spotted in Spiral Beauty” Cintia Santana, “Qasida of Grief” Nonfiction Richard Froude, “Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead” Eson Kim, “Up Against” Fiction Julialicia Case “A Certain Kind of Animal” Nicholas … Continue reading Sycamore Review’s 2014 Pushcart Nominations
Presenting the winners of the 2014 Wabash Prize for Fiction
In this year’s Wabash Prize for Fiction, judge Rebecca Makkai awarded the top prize to the “surefooted and organic” story “Flotsam” by John Englehardt, with Jasmine Sawers’ “At the Lung” as the runner-up. Rounding out the finalists were: “Spawn of Doctor Macabre” by Steve Trumpeter “Lost in the Flood” by Jordan Farmer “Prince of Nigeria” … Continue reading Presenting the winners of the 2014 Wabash Prize for Fiction
2013 Wabash Prize for Poetry Now Open; Judged by C.D. Wright
Contest season is upon us! Our second big fall contest, the Wabash Prize for Poetry, is now upon us, with award-winning poet C.D. Wright doing the honors. Interested poets may enter three poems for the submission fee of $15 ($5 for each additional poem) to be considered for the 2013 Wabash Prize, which awards a … Continue reading 2013 Wabash Prize for Poetry Now Open; Judged by C.D. Wright
Remembering Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski died sixteen years ago today, March 9. Just a few years before his death, the hyperprolific Buk sent a startup literary journal a small bundle of poems—and a friendly warning, of sorts. In honor of his memory, we here atSycamore Review have decided to open up the archives and share with you one … Continue reading Remembering Charles Bukowski