Table of Contents:

Home
Acknowledgements
Bill Roorbach Dedication
Submission Info

Archive:

Volume 1 Spring 2002

Volume 2 Spring 2004

Volume 2 Spring 2005


Volume 5
Spring 2006
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Contest Winners

Editor's Prize

Tumbling Dice
- Steven Shattuck-


Honorable Mentions



My Peripeteia
- Tara Sumrall-

A Charming Red Stiletto Is Dangling From A Cloud
- Allison Davis-

Winners

Red Metallic
- Sam Edmonds-

Let Your Sanctity Stain
- Michael Young-

Ready for the House
- Charles Williamson-

Sunday Drivers
- Colin Potter-

Long Island Ice Tea
- Jenica Miller-

Europa at the Cusp
- Jenni Downing-

A Tale of Two Lobsters
- Mark Deming-

American Humour
- Nicole Dellasanta-

A Dangerous Reputation
- Ryan NcNeil-

Simple Theories
-Russ Courtney-

A Personal Collection
-Kerry Sullivan-

Editor’s Prize Judge:
Bill Roorbach

“Immensely appealing...Roorbach’s tender, affecting stories will leave you feeling as if you’ve come to understand your own missteps and misjudgments slightly better, and to forgive yourself a little more.” – Newsday

“Bill Roorbach is a brilliant guide to the natural world. Gracefully combining deep knowledge, lyrical description and wry humor, his writing draws you out of your chair and into a world of streams and meadows and trees and bugs and beavers. And it makes you want to stay there.” -Hartford Courant

“Roorbach is as raw and engaged a writer as you’ll ever read...He rivals James Baldwin in his ability to miraculously open up rivers of male sentiment.”   – Los Angeles Weekly

Editor’s Prize
“Tumbling Dice”
Steven Shattuck, Ball State University

“‘Tumbling Dice’ is a sharp, well-paced, harrowing look into a dysfunctional family that yet abides with love.  The language is original, fresh, as is the very structure of the piece, with its epistolary counterpoint and welter of voices.”

Honorable Mentions
“My Peripeteia”
Tara Sumrall, Ball State University

“‘My Peripeteia’ is a fond portrait of a complicated father, and also a good road trip piece.  Good language, bright settings, nice dialogue.”

“A Charming Red Stiletto is Hanging from a Cloud”
Allison Davis, Georgia State University

“‘A Charming Red Stiletto is Hanging from a Cloud’ is a great look at a crappy job.  There’s a lot of humor here, and a lot of wry observation and smart self-deprecation.”

 

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