Winner: Scott Kauffman, California – "Cat Dance"
Finalists: Tony Burnett, Texas – "Coyote"
Dana Chamblee Carpenter, Tennessee – "Of Lullabies and Lightning Storms"
Tony Killinger, Texas – "Any Friend of Jake's"
E.B. Sanders, New York – "Peaches & The Jiggers"
2012 Mighty River Short Story Contest
Now Accepting Submissions
Deadline: October 1, 2012
About the contest:
We're searching for the best short story of any theme.
Semi-finalists will be chosen by a regional team of
published writers. The final manuscript will be chosen by Susan Swartwout,
publisher of Southeast Missouri State University Press.
Winner receives an award of $500 and publication in Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley.
Winner will be announced January, 2013.
Visit the Big Muddy homepage
Guidelines:
• Work must not be previously published.
• Send maximum of 30 double-spaced pages, with no identifying name on the pages, and a separate cover sheet with story title, author's name, address, and phone number.
• No e-submissions are accepted.
• Send SASE for notification of results; all manuscripts will be recycled.
• $15 reading fee includes a copy of the issue of Big Muddy in which the winning story appears.
Mail manuscripts to:
MRSS Contest
Southeast Missouri State University Press
One University Plaza, MS 2650
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701