Blue Earth Review’s Seventh Annual Flash Fiction Contest opens September 1, 2009.
- We want only your brightest, boldest flash fiction—work that breaks boundaries in genre and content. The only requirement is that each entry is 600 words or less.
- Reading fee is $5 for up to three entries. You can enter online by going to our Submission Manager and pay online by clicking here.
Please note: Unlike previous years, we will only accept submissions for the contest online, unless you have a really good excuse, in which case you should e–mail the editors first. - Put all entries in the same document—either a Microsoft Word document (.doc) or Rich Text (.rtf) file. Make sure to select "Flash Fiction Contest" in the genre drop down box.
- Deadline is December 1, 2009.
- All entries received after the deadline will be read as fiction submissions but not considered for the contest. All entries will also be considered for general publication unless otherwise marked.
Three winners will be chosen and awarded $100, $75, and $25.
Winners will be announced sometime in February and the three winning pieces will be published in the Spring 2010 issue of Blue Earth Review.
Sixth Annual Flash Fiction Contest Results
Our sixth annual Flash Fiction contest pulled in several quality submissions, making it tough to pick a winner. Judge Thomas Maltman (The Night Birds, Soho Press, 2007) chose the following entries for recognition:
- 1st place: John Olseth, "Frostbite"
- "The vivid imagery in this piece seared my consciousness, so I went on seeing it after I set it down. I love how the writer invokes a moment in time, even if that moment has a casual brutality true to rural life. The ending allows the story to lift and touch on universals."
- 2nd place: Alicia Shandra Holmes, "Winter Afterward"
- "Certain stories stay with families for more than a generation. In under five hundred words, the writer transports us to Detroit in 1970, and the story has a chill you feel down in your bones when you are done."
- 3rd place: Irene Westcott, "Not One Word"
- "A haunting, horrifying little story. Part of what good stories do is shake you at the core and this one left me troubled."
Congratulations to the winners of our sixth annual Flash Fiction Contest!
Blue Earth Review’s annual Cover Photo Contest opens September 1, 2009.
- We are looking for quality artwork and photography that creates a striking visual presence for our issue cover.
- No entry fee required. Send color artwork to blueearthreview at gmail dot com. We can accept files in ".jpg", ".tif", and ".pdf" formats only.
- The artwork we're looking for has a vertical layout and is full-color. If accepted, the artwork must be available in a 6.25"W x 9.25"H size at 600 dpi. (Please send smaller files for entry. Our inbox isn't that big.)
- Deadline is February 1, 2010.
- All entries will also be considered for general black-and-white publication inside the magazine unless otherwise marked.
The winner's photo will be used for the Spring 2010 cover of Blue Earth Review.
The winner will be announced sometime in February.
2009 Cover Photo Contest Results
We're pleased announce the winners of our annual cover photo contest:
- Winter 2008: "Dune Run" by Anne Glista
- Spring 2009: "Four Quadrants" by Annie Dawid
Congratulations to the winners of our Cover Photo Contest!
Blue Earth Review’s Annual Undergraduate Awards Contest opens September 1, 2009.
- Open to any currently enrolled Minnesota State University, Mankato undergraduate student.
- There is no reading fee. Enter online—up to 5 poems or 5,000 words of prose—by going to our Submission Manager.
Please note: Unlike previous years, we will only accept submissions for the contest online, unless you have a really good excuse, in which case you should e–mail the editors first. - Put all entries in the same document—either a Microsoft Word document (.doc) or Rich Text (.rtf) file. Make sure to select "Undergraduate Awards–Prose" or "Undergraduate Awards–Poetry" in the genre drop down box.
- Deadline is February 1, 2010.
- All entries will also be considered for general publication unless otherwise marked.
Two winners will be chosen—one in poetry and one in prose—and awarded a $50 prize. They will also receive the chance to read during the Blue Earth Review Release Party in the spring.
Winners will be announced sometime in February and the winning pieces will be published in the Spring 2010 issue of Blue Earth Review.
2008 Undergraduate Awards Contest Results
We're pleased announce the winners of our annual undergraduate awards:
- Prose: Matthew Pizza, "The Twilight Lake"
- "Taut and strong, the writing of Matthew Pizza stands out for its simplicity. Those who swear by Hemingway's ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ will connect with this piece because it's the same tale in miniature. ‘Twilight Lake’ demonstrates the value of restraint, significance, and clarity, a trio of qualities more young writers would do well to champion in their writing along with voice and conflict, which they often seem to overvalue."
- Poetry: Lucian Young, "Play"
- "When dealing with the intricacies of the human condition, this poet skillfully side-steps the overstated and the self-indulgent. The scope here is dead-on: a snapshot, a quiet bit of life, written in language that is clear, honest, and, above all, graceful."
Congratulations to the winners of our Undergraduate Awards!
For more information on our contests, e–mail the editors at blueearthreview at gmail dot com.
