Yemassee

2013 Pocataligo Poetry Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Pocataligo poetry contest, judged by Samuel Amadon.  The first place winner will receive a $500 prize, and the top three poems will be published in Yemassee 20.2, forthcoming summer 2013.

1st place: Conor O’Connor | “Apparitions”

2nd place: M.K. Sukach | “Unintended Metaphors”

3rd place: Elizabeth Drewry | “Choking”

Finalists:

“A Dancer Considers Her Brief Life” | Anika Eide

“We’ve got electric cars and i-pads, but post-post-industrialized love is still rocket ships and four-stroke internal combustion engines” | Jason Hess

“the truth is I stutter the truth” | Kari Hawkey

“[Railroads]” | Gregg Murray

“My Father’s Last Night” | Cathy Kodra

“The Sect which Pulls the Sinews: I’ve Seen You Handle Cocoons” | Annie Christian

“Fable. Antirrhinum” | Nikki Zielinski

“a pathologist’s prayer” | Gail Waldstein

“Why the Sea Does Not Sleep” | Holly Roland

“Lou Gehrig’s: Caesura” | Annie Charlton

2012 William Richey Fiction Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 William Richey fiction contest, judged by Matt Bell.  The first place winner will receive a $1000 prize, and the top three stories will be published in Yemassee 20.1, forthcoming March, 2013.

1st place: David Armstrong | “Patience is a Fruit”

2nd place: Barb Johnson | “Rider”

3rd place: Valerie Wilkinson | “Rattlesnake Ridge”

Finalists:

“498″ | Julian Zabalbeascoa

“Acts of Sedition” | Peter Driscoll

“Bethesda” | David Armstrong

“Daddy” | Nancy Powaga

“Flood Savings” | Michael Chaney

“Lake Living” | Melissa Swantkowski

“Moss Man” | Scott Sanders

“The Peacock Thief” | Tammy Delatorre

“Welcome to Truce” | Anya Groner

Yemassee Pushcart Nominees

We are pleased to nominate three entries, one from each genre we published throughout the last year, for the next Pushcart Best of Small Presses Prize.  

“Astronaut” by Caleb True (fiction)

“Bethany is Dead” by Harmony Neal (nonfiction)

“Jellyfish” by Anna Scotti (poetry)

Congratulations to these three and thank you to all our contributors for making our decision difficult.

To everyone, keep sending us the good work. Maybe we’ll see your name up here next year?