NMU Sponsored Contests for Fiction

Like putting your toenail clippings in a stranger's coffin

The 2008 Waasmode Short Fiction Prize

First Prize: $1000
Two Honorable Mentions
7500-word maximum
Entry Fee: $10 per story
Judge: Benjamin Percy


Benjamin Percy is the author of two books of stories, Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. His fiction has been performed at Symphony Space, read on NPR's "Selected Shorts," and published in Esquire, Paris Review, Best American Short Stories, Chicago Tribune, Glimmer Train, and Missouri Review, among others. His honors include the Plimpton Prize and the Pushcart Prize. He teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. 

Deadline: FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Send Submissions to:
Fiction Contests, Passages North
Northern Michigan University
Gries Hall
1401 Presque Isle Ave.
Marquette, MI 49855

All entrants receive contest issue. Send SASE for announcement of winners. Make checks payable to Northern Michigan University.

 

The 2006 Waasmode Short Fiction Prize
Judged by Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Corpus Christi: Stories


Winner: Tracy Winn, “Izabel Tiago”



Honorable Mentions:
Thomas L. Small, “The Librarian’s Assistant”
Midge Raymond, “Floaters”