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Get it while it's fresh. The historic
Bayou Issue 49 is steaming up the windows of our office. Find out
how you can one of your very own. Fresh Bayou,
please.
NONFICTION BONANZA
WINNER ANNOUNCED
The
winner of Bayou's 2008
Nonfiction Bonanza is Aaron Gilbreath. He will receive
$250 for his essay, "The Mice of Manhattan." Honorable mention goes
to Elaine
Greensmith Jordan for "The Sound of Music in Arizona."
Both essays will appear in the upcoming fall/winter issue. The judges
were impressed with the quality of the submissions this year.
We thank everyone who entered for raising the bar.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2008 PUSHCART NOMINEES
Poetry: "Lot (Hermes in the Tulips)" by
James Scannell McCormick, "Chilled" by Maxine Cassin,
"A History of My Exercises" by Ben Berman
Fiction: "Drawing Lessons" by Shashi
Bhat and "Undertow" by Joe Edd Morris
Nonfiction: "What Hands Can Do" by Sara
C. Levine and "Nile River Zig Zag" by William Borden
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A young publication with an old soul, each issue of Bayou
Magazine contains
stunningly beautiful
fiction, nonfiction and poetry. And one issue
a year contains an award-winning play. From quirky shorts
to more traditional stories, we are committed to publishing solid
work. Regardless of style, at Bayou we
are always interested first in a well-told tale. Our poetry and prose
are filled with memorable characters observing their world, acknowledging
both the mundane and the sublime, often at once, and always with
an eye toward beauty. |
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Bayou is packed with a range of material from
established, award-winning authors as well as new voices on the rise.
Recent contributors include Eric Trethewey,Virgil Suarez, Marilyn
Hacker, Sean Beaudoin, Tom Whalen, Mark Doty, Philip Cioffari, Lyn
Lifshin, Timothy Liu and Gaylord Brewer. And in one issue every year,
Bayou features the winner of the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans
Literary Festival One-Act Play Competition.
We are a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses,
and every year Bayou nominates one of its published works for
the Pushcart Prize, O.Henry Award and Best American Essays. Additionally,
we publish the winner of the Tennessee Williams/ New Orleans
Literary Review One-Act Play Contest. |
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Bayou Magazine is a non-profit
journal for the arts. Patrons ($1000), Benefactors ($500), Friends
($250), and Supporters ($100), are honored in each issue and receive
a subscription. Donations are tax deductable. Please make checks
payable to The UNO Foundation. Thank you for your support.
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