The 2006
Mid-American Review
Fineline Competition
for Prose Poems, Short Shorts, and Anything In Between

What's a Prose Poem? What's a Short Short? Click here to find out!

1st Prize: $1000 + Publication

+ Engraved Contest Commemorative Pen

Ten Finalists: Notation + Possible Publication

2006 Final Judge
Denise Duhamel
author of
 Two and Two,
Queen for a Day, and Kinky

Congratulations go out to this yearıs winner, Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis of Cincinnati, whose piece "Fish-Eye" was chosen by judge Denise Duhamel. The editors of MAR congratulate Ariana, as well as our ten finalists, listed below. Those finalists whose names are indicated with an asterisk will have their work included in the Fall 2006 edition of MAR as Editors' Choice selections.

"The Sewing Machine" by Patricia Caspers
"Blessed Assurance" by Stephanie Harrison
*"Dear Rainer Maria Rilke" by Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis
"First-Born" by Helen Klein-Ross
*"Dolphinese" by Gary Leising
"Ripe" by Christina Lovin
*"Quick Little Tete-a-Tete With My Soul at the Carwash" by J. Allyn Rosser
"Disenchantment" by Maggie Smith
"Joinery" by Benjamin Stein
*"Chuck Norris" by Eliot Khalil Wilson

Again, we thank you for entering the 2006 Fineline Competition, the proceeds of which provide the prize for the winner and support the publication of our nonprofit journal. For information on next year's competition, to be judged by Ron Carlson, click on the link below.

Guidelines for the 2007 Fineline Competition

The 2006 James Wright Poetry Award, Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award,
and Creative Nonfiction Award