American Literary Review

    A journal of the Creative Writing Program at UNT

Our Double Issue: Fall 2012, Spring 2013 is here:

ALR's double issue Fall 2012, Spring 2013 features the winning selections in our annual fiction, nonfiction and poetry contests, along with new fiction from Lydia Kann, Ellen Prentiss Campbell, David James Poissant, Kristen Leigh Schwarz, David Rutschman; poems by Al Maginnes, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Allan Peterson, Jon Thompson, Nance Van Winckel, William Wenthe, Keetje Kuipers; creative nonfiction from Vernita Hall, Kurt Caswell, Vicki Lindner, Kevin Fuschich; an interview with David St. John, and reviews of books by Frederick Seidel, Ben Fountain and Jeanette Winterson.

The American Literary Review is pleased to announce the winners of its 2012 contests in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry.

  • Fiction Contest Winner: Dustin Parsons, "What Magic I've Saved"
            
        Fiction Contest Runner-Up: Lydia Kann, "The Sweetness of the Vine"
                 
         Read fiction judge Hannah Tinti's thoughts on the winning story and runner-up.
     
  • Creative Nonfiction Contest Winner: Robert Long Foreman, "Carlo"

        Creative Nonfiction Contest Runner-Up: Vernita Hall, "The Frog-Headed Lady"
    Read nonfiction judge Abigail Thomas' thoughts on the winning essay.
     
  • Poetry Contest Winner: Eileen G'Sell, "Like Good News From A Pretty Girl"

            Poetry Contest Runner-Up: Allan Peterson, "Voices Over Water"

    Poetry judge Jim Harms

     Our thanks go out to our judges, whose careful and clear readings of our finalists helped make our contest such a success. We would also like to extend a special thanks to everyone who submitted to our 2012-2013 contests; as usual, the quality of submissions was excellent, and everyone at ALR enjoyed the opportunity to see such stellar work. 

    The winning pieces will receive $1000 each, and, along with an array of new and interesting writing from around the globe, will appear in our upcoming double-issue, which will be out shortly. 

    See a list of past contest winners and runners-up.
     

Moving to Online Journal

Beginning with the Fall 2013 issue, ALR will move completely online. Read a letter from Ann McCutchan, Editor in Chief.

Regular Reading Period Now Open

Our regular reading period is now open, and we welcome your online submissions beginning October 1 to May 1.

Please note that we no longer accept submissions via postal mail and that all submissions from now on will be considered for the online only issue.

Exclusively online

It is our pleasure to publish, exclusively online, Starre Vartan's "Icewalkers," a runner-up for our 2011 Creative Nonfiction Contest and Nora Khan's "Gunn," a runner up for our 2010 Fiction Contest.

We also asked three of our authors to tell us about the ways in which they craft their stories, come up with ideas, think of characters, generate conflict. You can read the three essays here, exclusively on our site.