Issue 25 Contributors

Perigee is excited about our upcoming 25th issue—which will include work selected by our new Poetry Editor, Steve Kowit, as well as the 2009 Fiction Contest winners—and is pleased to announce the contributors for our July 15th, 2009 issue.

POETRY
“Wigs Galore,” by Claire Hsu Accomando
“Manuscript Found by Natasha Rostova During the Fire,” by Polina Barskova (tr. Ilya Kaminsky)
“A Still Life,” by Polina Barskova (tr. Ilya Kaminsky)
“The Blur,” by J. Mark Beaver
“Someone I Hardly Knew,” by Peter Bolland
“Boxes of Photographs,” by Peter Bolland
“It Doesn’t Have to Be Much,” by Peter Bolland
“Fishing the Backwash,” by Jack Driscoll
“Elegy: Charles Atlas,” by Jack Driscoll
“Victims,” by Andrei Guruianu
“On the 10th Anniversary of My Divorce,” by Terry Hertzler
“Visiting Detroit,” by Terry Hertzler
“A Taste for Falling,” by Judy Jordan
“Shedding,” by Nancy Lemke
“Done,” by Tamara Madison
“The Beautiful Hidden,” by Jack Marshall
“Swimming,” by Carolyn Miller
“Driving with Robert,” by Carolyn Miller
“Note to the Near World,” by Carolyn Miller
“baptize,” by Anis Mojgani
“Publishing,” by Miguel Murillo
“Exaltation in Starbucks,” by Michael Nieman
“Shoes,” by Michael Nieman
“A Tribute to Everyday,” by Dan Turéll (tr. Thomas E. Kennedy)
“The Interruption,” by Al Zolynas
“Trying to Save an Insect,” by Al Zolynas


FICTION
“A Modest Appetite,” by Ellen Akins
"Auscultating in the Fourth Dimension," by Jacob M. Appel (1st Place contest winner)
“The Rabbit Keeper,” by Luba Burtyk
“Shotgun Levine,” by Hesh Kestin
"Camping," by Sarah Lynn Knowles (3rd Place contest winner)
“The Snow Fort,” by Mary Ann McGuigan
"Equinox,” by Deanna Northrup
“On the Up and Up,” by Katey Schultz
"It Happened to River," by Rachel Allyson Stone (2nd Place contest winner)

NON-FICTION
“Paralyzed,” by Kim M. Anderson
“Books Everywhere,” by Walter Cummins
“Oddfathers,” by Mike Finley
“The Impulsion of Spontaneity: Allowing Chance Occurrence its Creative Influence on a Story,” by Thomas E. Kennedy
“Prelude at McKenzie Beach,” by D.C. Lynn
“Raked Stages: A Twelve Step Program,” by Renée K. Nicholson
“A Conversation with Linda Lappin,” interviewed by R.A. Rycraft
“The House No One Lived In,” by Tom Sheehan
“A Literary Agent Reads the Reviews,” by Nat Sobel

2009 Fiction Contest Winners

Perigee is pleased to announce the winners of our 2009 Fiction Contest. Fiction Editor Duff Brenna, and our finalist judge James Brown, have selected three winners and two honorable mentions from a selection of 10 finalists.

First Place ($300):  "Auscultating in the Fourth Dimension," by Jacob M. Appel.

Second Place ($200):  "It Happened to River," by Rachel Allyson Stone.

Third Place ($100):  "Camping," by Sarah Lynn Knowles.

Honorable Mentions:  "Lessons in House Hunting," by Cynthia Drew; "Past Buckhorn Reservoir," by Elizabeth Kaufman.

Additional Finalists: "Color Me Normal," by Christine Benedict; "Thirty-Nine Minutes," by Sandra Jensen; "A Two-Chambered Heart," by Priyanka Joseph; "Shotgun Levine," by Hesh Kestin; "Population Me," by Kevin O'Neill.

The winning stories will be published in our 25th issue, due out on July 15th, 2009.

Our congratulations to the finalists and winners, and our sincerest thanks to all who participated. Special thanks also to our guest judge James Brown. His insight and ear for the craft of storytelling helped make a difficult process easier, and we very much appreciate having had the opportunity to work with him. We invite you to read our note of special thanks below.

25th Issue Submission Period Closes Soon!

The submission period for Perigee's 25th issue, due out this July 15th, closes on May 31st. If you have writing to submit you'll want to do so soon. You can submit online through our re-designed web site.

The newest member of our editorial staff, multiple award-winning poet Steve Kowit, wants to read your sharpest poems. Novelist Duff Brenna, our fiction editor, is seeking memorable fiction. And our non-fiction editor R.A. Rycraft, is on the look out for carefully crafted memoirs and essays.

By submitting now, you will also receive our fastest response. You'll hear from us in only 7 weeks. Submit online now to be considered for inclusion in our summer issue.

Fiction Contest Closes Tonight!

Don't miss the chance to compete for $600 in cash prizes, a Pushcart nomination by the editors, and publication in our special 25th issue. Perigee's fiction contest closes tonight so you'll want to hurry over to our web site, read the guidelines, and submit directly online.

This year's guest judge is author James Brown.

Hurry, the contest closes in the wee hours of the morning, May 1st.