The 2010 Fineline Competition for Prose Poems, Short Shorts and Anything in Between
Guidelines
Judge: Alan Michael Parker
Author of Elephants & Butterflies, Cry Uncle, Days Like Prose, The Vandals, and Love Song with Motor Vehicles.
First Prize: $1,000 and publication in MAR Volume XXXI, Number 1.
Ten finalists: Possible Publication
Postmark deadline: June 1, 2010. Contest is for previously unpublished work only—if the work has appeared in print or online, in any form or part, or under any title, it is ineligible and will be disqualified. There is a 500-word limit for each poem or short. A $10 entry fee (check or money order, made out to Mid-American Review) is required for each set of three prose poems/short short stories. Entry fees are non-refundable. All participants will receive Mid-American Review v. XXXI, no. 1, where the winners will be published. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for early results. Manuscripts need not be left anonymous. Contest is open to all writers, except those associated with the judge or Mid-American Review, past or present. Our judge's decision is final.
Note: All pieces submitted in verse form—i.e., poetry with line breaks--will be automatically disqualified, as will previously published work or pieces over 500 words.
Send all entries with check or money order to:
Mid-American Review
Department of English
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
2009 Fineline Competition Results
MAR is happy to announce the winner and finalists of this year's Fineline Competition for Prose Poems, Short-Shorts, and Anything In-Between. Judge David Shumate chose Alan Michael Parker's entry "Fifteen Ways to Think About Italian Opera" as the winner from a group of eleven finalists.
Finalists:
Kelli Boyles, "Bio of You" and "A Fine Romance"
Jaime Brunton, "My Life as Roland Barthes: competence/expertise"
Ashley Davidson, "Unplug Your Heart Like a Toaster"
Cherie Hunter Day, "Postcard from a Natural Disaster"
Richard Garcia, "Former Lovers"
Ian Golding, "Extinct Birds of North America"
Nina Mamikunian, "The Dictionary Comes in Cake Boxes"
Alan Michael Parker, "Nineteen Baby Anteaters in a Japanese Zoo"
Jennie Thompson, "Blindfold"
"Fifteen Ways to Think About Italian Opera" will appear in MAR's upcoming Thirtieth Anniversary Edition. All ten finalists will also appear as Editors' Choices.