2009 Contest

The following winning stories are available to read in the Summer 2009 issue:

1st place - $1000
What You've Done For Me, John S. Walker, Cordova, TN

2nd place - $750
At the Last Minute, Martha Miller, Springfield, IL

3rd place - $500
Zero Pressure, Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, San Leandro, CA

Two Editor's Choice - $250 each
How The Tiger Got Its Stripes, Nicholas Hogg, New York, NY
2nd story withdrawn at author's request

Shortlist
The following stories were strong contenders for the Editor's Choice Awards:

University Hospital, Timothy Crandle
A Rastafarian Buddha, Ann Selby
Agavé, Rashad Harrison

About the Judge

In honor of the magazine's 10th annual Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, Carve Magazine is pleased to announce the guest judge: Melvin Sterne, founder and original editor of the magazine.

Melvin Sterne worked construction for 22 years with the Boilermakers and Ironworkers before returning to college to earn his BA (University of Washington), MA (University of California at Davis), and PhD (Florida State University). He founded Carve Magazine in March of 2000 with the aid of a grant from the Mary Gates Foundation. He is currently Assistant Professor of English at the American University of Afghanistan, where he teaches creative writing, literature, composition, and other courses in the Humanities Concentration. He has won awards for his writing including the 2001 Frank O'Connor Short Story Award, and two Pushcart nominations. Like so many writers, he has a novel with an agent, and is working on another. Visit his website at www.melvinsterne.com.

Past Contests

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