The deadline for the 2022 Joy Harjo Poetry Prize, 2022 Barry Lopez Creative Nonfiction and the 2022 Rick DeMarinis Short Story Prize is midnight November 1, 2022.
At 358 pages, Puro Chicanx is a historic collection of poems and prose featuring 84 contemporary Chicanx writers, including Sandra Cisneros, Alberto Rios, Luis Alberto Urrea, Octavio Solis, Denise Chavez, Demetria Martinez, Carmen Tafolla, Octavio Quintanilla, Edward Vidaurre, Raul Sanchez, Rosemary Catacalos, Griz Munoz, Matt Mendez, Matt Sedillo, Gary Soto and more.
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 UNPUBLISHED WORK ONLY!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 UNPUBLISHED WORK ONLY!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
Cutthroat 24 is a double issue. Contributors include:
Daniel Barnum-Swett, Tony Barnstone, Austin Bennett, Kimberley Blaeser, Chris Bullard, .chisaroakwu., Stewe Claeson, Chard DeNiord, Ty Dettioff, Richard Dinges, Anita Endrezze, Michele Feeney, Courtney Felle, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Jerry Gates, Julia Mary Gibson, Jenn Givhan, Hedy Habra, Joy Harjo, Elizabeth Hellstern, Sandra Hunter, Richard Jackson, Patricia Spears Jones, Whitney Judd, Sarah Kaminski, Barry Kitterman, Joan Larkin, Angela LaVoie, Sara Levine, Jennifer Martelli, Tim Miller, Patricia Colleen Murphy, Naomi Shihab Nye, Martin Penman, Samuel Piccone, Herbert Plummer, Sarah Priestman, Maj Ragain, Linsey Royce, Anele Rubin, David St. John, Sarah Elizabeth Schantz, Danielle Sellers, Art Smith, Jane Hipkins Sobie, Meredith Striker, Melissa Studdard, Emma Claire Sweeney, John Tait, Shelly Taylor, Marina Tsvetayeva, Heidi Vanderbilt, George Wallace, Donley Watt, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, and Ann Leshy Wood
It is $20 online which includes cover price of $15, postal and Submittable charges.
Back Issues are $15: Please specify the numbered issue you wish to purchase.