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CutBank Contests Now Open to Submissions

CutBank is proud to announce that the second annual Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry and Montana Prizes in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction are now open to submissions.

We are honored to have three talented judges participating in the second year of these contests. The Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry will be judged by Noah Eli Gordon. Joy Williams will select the winner of the Montana Prize in Fiction. The winner of the Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction will be selected by Brian Bouldrey.

Submissions are accepted December 1 through February 28. Winners receive $500 and publication in CutBank 71. All submissions will be considered for publication in CutBank.

The contests' $13 entry fee includes a one-year, two-issue subscription to CutBank, beginning with the prize issue, CutBank 71.

Please send only your best work.  With all three of these awards, we are seeking to highlight work that showcases an authentic voice, a boldness of form, and a rejection of functional fixedness.

Please follow our full contest submission guidelines, found here.

CutBank Art Auction This Friday, November 14th!!!

Please come show your support for CutBank as we celebrate our 35th Anniversary.

The Stensrud Building is located at 314 N. 1st Street, on the Northside near The Gold Dust Art Gallery and The Zootown Arts Community Center.

Contest Judges for the 2009 Montana and Goedicke Prizes

CutBank is pleased to announce our guest judges for the 2009 Montana and Goedicke prizes:

Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry: Noah Eli Gordon

Montana Prize in Fiction: Joy Williams

Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction: Brian Bouldrey

Detailed contest submission guidelines are here.   The contests open December 1.

CutBank Is Now Open To Submissions

CutBank is now open to fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and art submissions.  We will be reading submissions from October through February.  Manuscripts received from March through September will be returned unread. 

In addition, CutBank is hosting contests in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction during the winter of 2008/2009.  Entries will be accepted from December through February.  Watch this space for announcements of judges and contest guidelines.

We look forward to reading your work.  Please find full submission guidelines here.

New Pages Reviews CutBank 69

Look! New Pages  calls us "synonymous with great fiction and poetry."

Read more about CutBank 69 here.

Big in Bangladesh

The weekend magazine of The Daily Star, Bangladesh's major English-language newspaper, talks to CutBank about the American lit mag scene, writing personal history, and the dangerous lives of wild animals.

With our summer issue hitting mailboxes in a week or two, it's nice to find out we've become "America's foremost literary magazine."

Contest Winners

CutBank is pleased to announce the finalists and winners of the 2008 Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry.  The prizewinning works will appear in CutBank 69, available next month.

CutBank Is Now Closed to Submissions

Thanks to everyone who submitted work for the Montana Prize in Fiction, the Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry.  We expect to announce the winners in mid-May.

In addition, CutBank's 2008-2009 reading period has now drawn to a close.  We will be reading and responding to submissions for CutBank 71 through May or so.

We'll look forward to accepting submissions again next fall.

CutBank Contributors Making Waves

Jenny Dunning's short story "Reva" from CutBank 66 was given special mention in the 2008 Pushcart Anthology.

Baird Harper's short story "Yellowstone" from the forthcoming CutBank 68 has been selected for inclusion in Best New American Voices 2009, due out this fall from Harcourt.  CutBank 68 is now available for pre-order.

Congratulations to both of these fine writers!

New Pages Reviews CutBank 67

Aw shucks . . . New Pages thinks we're mesmerizing.  We think they're pretty great, too.

Read more about CutBank 67.