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Archive May 2010

In preparation for a season of tribute to late Beatles front man John Lennon, who was born seventy years ago and died thirty years ago this fall, the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool, England, is hosting a poetry competition.

Fiction will mingle with film at the newly launched Oaxaca International Independent Film and Video Festival, which is offering writers a place in the competitive forum enjoyed by participating filmmakers.

On Friday, One Story journal founders Maribeth Batcha and Hannah Tinti playfully introduced into literary society nine writers whose first stories were published in the journal's pages.

Last night Melville House celebrated its first Moby Awards, given by the New York City indie press for video book trailers —the low-budget, the beautiful, and the cringe-worthy all represented—made in the past twelve months.

The late novelist J. G. Farrell was honored on Wednesday with the Lost Man Booker Prize, awarded for Troubles (Phoenix), which was published during a period in 1970 when changes in the prestigious prize's publication date guidelines rendered many books ineligible for entry.

The winners of this year's New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Australia's thirty-one-year-old prize series, include two debut novelists, a decorated fiction writer, and an established poet attempting to fill a void in the library of her country.

We recently asked the folks at Glimmer Train Stories, who hold twelve fiction contests a year, to let us know what they look for in a story submission.

Mary Robison, author of four short story collections, has been named the latest winner of the Rea Award for the Short Story, given to recognize significant work the form.

"I write a little every day, without hope and without despair," said Danish author Isak Dinesen.

As a response an observed increase in the popularity of the form, the Dublin Review of Books has launched a one-time flash fiction contest.

Archive May 2010

Beatles Museum Looking for Lennon Poet

Oaxaca Film Fest Presents Writing Contest

One Story Fetes Nine Young Fiction Writers

Poetry in Animation Snags Moby Award

Late Liverpudlian's 1970 Book Wins Lost Booker Prize

Australian Sonnet Collection Wins Major Prize

Glimmer Train Wants Timeless Stories From New Voices

Prize for Short Story Writing Given to Author of "Cool Ferocity"

Crazyhorse's Top Literary Quotes

Dublin Magazine Holds Flash Fiction Contest