Fall Contests

The Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award
First Prize: $1,000 and publication
Four Finalists: Notation, possible publication

2009 Judge: Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain, Hell, Intercourse, and Severance.

The James Wright Poetry Award
First Prize: $1000 and publication
Four Finalists: Notation, possible publication

2009 Judge: Carl Dennis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Practical Gods, Unknown Friends, Signs and Wonders, and Ranking the Wishes.

MAR regrets that the Creative Nonfiction Award has been discontinued for this year.

These contests have closed for 2009. Please check back in Spring 2010 for results.

All queries regarding the contests can be directed toward Michael Czyzniejewski at mikeczy@bgsu.edu.