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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2nd story withdrawn at author's request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
Click here for information on past contests.
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