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4 February 2010
Volume 8: Issue 1 — Winter 2010 has arrived
Our newest issue is now available for sale on the site and in the Barnes & Noble at Minnesota State, Mankato. Volume 8: Issue 1 features work by:
- Gary Joseph Cohen
- Richard Smith
- Rachael Lyon
- Erin Coughlin Hollowell
- Anthony Sams
- T.L. Toma
- And many other talented writers.
5 May 2009
Volume 7: Issue 2 — Spring 2009 has arrived
Our newest issue is now available for sale on the site and in the Barnes & Noble at Minnesota State, Mankato. Volume 7: Issue 2 features work by:
- Thomas Fox Averill
- Aimee Nezhukumatathil
- Sunny Zhang
- Candace Black
- Flash Fiction Contest Winners
- Undergraduate Award Winners
- And many other talented writers.
27 April 2009
Cover Photo Contest Winners finally announced
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!
18 February 2009
Undergraduate Award Winners announced
Our judges chose the following entries for recognition:
- 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! Their stories will appear in the Spring 2009 issue of BER.
6 February 2009
Sixth Annual Flash Fiction Contest Winners announced
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! Their stories will appear in the Spring 2009 issue of BER.
6 February 2009
Volume 7: Issue 1 — Winter 2009 has arrived
Our newest issue is now available for sale on the site and in the Barnes & Noble at Minnesota State, Mankato. Volume 7: Issue 1 features work by:
- Steve Almond
- Sandra M. Castillo
- Denise Duhamel
- Julie L. Moore
- Richard Terrill
- Leigh Allison Wilson
- And many other talented writers.
1 September 2008
Submission period and contests now open
The window for all open submissions and all contests has now opened. Visit our Submissions Page to read our general guidelines. Visit our Contests Page to read about our contest guidelines.
6 August 2008
BER Store opens
We’ve looked into your closets, kitchens, and innermost souls. We know what's missing:
Great BER swag!
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1 August 2008
Blue Earth Review set to invade AWP 2009 in Chicago
The Minnesota State, Mankato MFA program has signed on for Patron–level sponsorship at AWP 2009, with Blue Earth Review attached. Make sure to visit the BER / MSU MFA table at the AWP bookfair in Chicago.
1 June 2008
BER announces partnership with Barnes & Noble at Minnesota State, Mankato
In response to Blue Earth Review’s loss of MSSA funding, Minnesota State, Mankato’s campus Barnes & Noble location has offered to become one of our primary sponsors. This marks the first time any incarnation of the literary magazine at MSU has partnered with the national bookseller chain. We're very excited to have the opportunity to work with the campus bookstore, as this provides unique, new opportunities for us. Keep watch here for upcoming collaborations between the two.
9 April 2008
Volume VI out now!
Find Blue Earth Review Vol. VI at the Minnesota State, Mankato Barnes & Noble or order now.
- Featuring:
- The best contemporary prose, poetry, and artwork
- An interview with and poems by Gary Soto
- Our Flash Fiction Contest and Undergraduate Award winners
