THANK YOU for purchasing THE BEST OF CUTTHROAT,  The Print Editions featuring works by Joy Harjo, Rita Dove, Carolyn Forché, Wendell Berry, Sandra Cisneros, Alice Anderson, LeAnne Howe, Marilyn Nelson, Marilyn Kallet, Richard Jackson, TR Hummer, Luis Alberto Urrea, Doug Anderson, Rebecca Seiferle, Martin Espada, Alfred Corn, Rick DeMarinis, Naomi Shihab Nye, Patricia Smith, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Matt Mendez, Keith Flynn, Marvin Bell, Naomi Benaron, Carmen Calatayud, Patricia Spears Jones, Pam L. Houston,Karen Brennan, B.j. Buckley, Meg Pokrass, Michael Martone, Bryce Milligan, Aurelie Sheehan, Dan Vera, Jasminne Mendez, Jacob Shores-Argüello, Adie Smith, Danielle Bainbridge and more.  This anthology is 272 pages and collects the best of ten years of
Cutthroat.  

Our theme is TAKING LIBERTIES: WRITERS RESPOND TO WAR & ITS EFFECTS AND SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.

 Submit up to 3   poems (100 line limit/one poem per page) in 12 point font.  NO AUTHOR NAME ALLOWED ON ANY MS.   There is a $25 nonrefundable entry fee per submission.  READING PERIOD: August 31, 2023- December 1, 2023.  UNPUBLISHED WORK ONLY!  No work that has already won a prize is eligible.  No former CUTTHROAT prize-winning author may enter the contest he/or she has previously won. Enter as often as you wish. Multiple submissions okay, but we must be informed immediately of acceptances elsewhere. Finalists considered for publication.  Winners published in CUTTHROAT and announced on our website, in POETS & WRITERS and New Pages.  No relatives of or staff members of CUTTHROAT nor close friends, relatives and no students of judges are eligible to enter our contests.   See www.cutthroatmag.com  for more information.  WE RECOMMEND YOU READ A COPY OF CUTTHROAT BEFORE ENTERING OUR CONTESTS.
 

Our Final Judge This Year is Dg Nanouk Okpik
 

 

   Submit one short story  (5000 word limit/double s spaced) in 12 point font.  NO AUTHOR NAME ALLOWED ON ANY MS. There is a $23 nonrefundable entry fee per submission. READING PERIOD: August 31, 2023- December 4, 2022.    UNPUBLISHED WORK ONLY!  No stories are eligible that have already won a prize.  No former CUTTHROAT prize-winning author may enter the contest he/or she has previously won. Enter as often as you wish. Multiple submissions okay, but we must be informed immediately of acceptances elsewhere. Finalists considered for publication.  Winners published in CUTTHROAT and announced on our website, in POETS & WRITERS and NEW PAGES.  No relatives of or staff members of CUTTHROAT nor close friends, relatives and no students of judges are eligible to enter our contests.   See www.cutthroatmag.com  for more information.  WE RECOMMEND YOU READ A COPY OF CUTTHROAT BEFORE ENTERING OUR CONTESTS. 

OUR FINAL JUDGE IS DEBORAH MAGPIE EARLING

One essay or memoir piece (5000 word limit/double s spaced) in 12 point font.  NO AUTHOR NAME ALLOWED ON ANY MS. There is a $25 nonrefundable entry fee per submission. READING PERIOD: August 31, 2023- December 4, 2023.  UNPUBLISHED WORK ONLY!  No work that has already won a prize is eligible.  No former CUTTHROAT prize-winning author may enter the contest he/or she has previously won. Enter as often as you wish. Multiple submissions okay, but we must be informed immediately of acceptances elsewhere. Finalists considered for publication.  Winners published in CUTTHROAT and announced on our website, in POETS & WRITERS and NEW PAGES.  No relatives of or staff members of CUTTHROAT nor close friends, relatives and no students of judges are eligible to enter our contests.   See www.cutthroatmag.com  for more information.  WE RECOMMEND YOU READ A COPY OF CUTTHROAT BEFORE ENTERING OUR CONTESTS.
 

FINAL JUDGE IS CMarie Fuhrman