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EVERYTHING we publish, we publish because we think it’s wonderful beyond description. We publish stories, poems, and essays, that we really want you to read because we really liked reading them. And yet, with the run up to the holidays, we’re variously charged with the absurd task of going deeper into the sublime and selecting the best sublime. (Longinus is spinning in his tomb.)
The Angoff Award is our own prize and selects exceptional contributions from the last volume year. The Pushcart Prize asks us to nominate exceptional contributions from the last calendar year.
And here are our official selections:
We are pleased to announce the twenty-seventh annual Charles Angoff Awards for outstanding contributions during a volume year. The winners for Volume 54 are Alex Lemon for poetry in our Spring 2011 issue, and Priscilla Becker for fiction in our Summer 2011 issue. Congratulations also go out to our finalists: Rebecca Wolff and Daniel Wolff for poetry and Judith Hermann and Christine Sneed for fiction.
It’s also time to announce our nominees for the 2011 Pushcart Prize. Here’s the best of our best:
Christine Sneed, “Roger Weber Would Like To Stay” (fiction, Spring 2011)
Priscilla Becker, “Failures of Imagination” (fiction, Summer 2011)
Eric Barnes, “Applewhite” (fiction, Fall/Winter 2011)
Michael Morse, “Void and Compensation (Poem as Aporia Between Lighthouses” (poetry, Spring 2011)
Alex Lemon, “Staylight,” “Shakedown Machine,” “Om Nom” (poetry, Spring 2011)
Judith Hermann, “Misha,” translated by Margot Dembo (fiction, Winter 2011)
Congratulations to everyone and much gratitude to all of the writers and artists who have contributed over the last year.
Minna Proctor
Editor
P.S. Wanna know more? We’ve rounded up some links for you:
-Rebecca Wolff. Rebecca’s most recent publication is the novel, The Beginners.
-Daniel Wolff: Daniel Wolff is the author of the acclaimed essay How Lincoln Learned To Read
-Judith Hermann’s novel, Alice, has recently been published. Her work was translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo.
-Christine Sneed, Christine’s most recent novel is entitled Portraits of a Few People I’ve Made Cry.
-Priscilla Becker, Priscilla has released a new collection of poems, Stories that Listen
-Eric Barnes, Eric’s newest novel Shimmer is now available through Amazon.com.
-Alex Lemon, Alex Lemon is the author of Happy: A Memoir
with additional reporting by Stephanie Lyons