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Now Available: The 2015 New Southerner Literary Edition in print

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 admin 0 Comment contest winners, literary prizes

This print edition features the 2015 New Southerner Literary Contest finalists and semifinalists, including the winner of the James Baker

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Judges announced for 2015 contest

June 24, 2015June 24, 2015 admin Angela Jackson-Brown, Cecilia Woloch, fiction, James Baker Hall Memorial Prize, literary contest, nonfiction, poetry, Richard Goodman

The 2015 New Southerner Literary Contest opens August 1 and runs through September 30. In addition to publication in the

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Judges for 2014 Literary Contest

July 9, 2014June 24, 2015 admin Charles Dodd White, Dianne Aprile, fiction, James Baker Hall Memorial Prize, literary contest, nonfiction, poetry, Steven R. Cope

The 2014 New Southerner Literary Contest opens August 1 and runs through September 30. In addition to publication in the literary edition and the chance to participate in a celebratory reading, we offer $200 prizes for winners of Fiction, Nonfiction, and the James Baker Hall Memorial Prize in Poetry. New Southerner editors and advisory board members blindly review and select the top five entries in each category. Final judges select winning entries. This year’s final judges are Steven R. Cope, Dianne Aprile, and Charles Dodd White.

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The Blacksmith

December 17, 2013January 12, 2014 admin Jessica D. Thompson, poetry

By JESSICA D. THOMPSON JAMES BAKER HALL MEMORIAL PRIZE IN POETRY WINNER Judge: Maurice Manning, poet and author of The

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Announcing the 2013 Literary Contest Winners …

November 8, 2013October 30, 2014 admin contest winners, Crystal Wilkinson, Julie Marie Wade, literary prizes, Maurice Manning

Our 2013 literary contest winners have been selected and notified. Finalists have been notified by email. Winners, finalists and semifinalists are listed below. Thank you to all our contest participants. We were awed by the many talented works you submitted.

Thank you to our readers, Bobbi Buchanan, D. Cameron Lawrence and Cecilia Woloch, and to our final judges, Maurice Manning in poetry, Crystal Wilkinson in fiction and Julie Marie Wade in nonfiction.

Winners, finalists and semifinalists will appear in The New Southerner Literary Edition, which will be available online and in print in December.

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Community-powered conference to feature Homegrown art, music & spoken word

October 23, 2013October 23, 2013 admin art, Homegrown Show, music, spoken word, sustainability

Editor Bobbi Buchanan and a small crew of local musicians, artists and writers will appear at the 5th annual Bluegrass Bioneers Conference this weekend in Louisville. The team is representing Bullitt County’s bimonthly art, music and spoken word series, the Homegrown Show.

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Judges for 2013 Literary Contest

July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 admin Crystal Wilkinson, fiction, James Baker Hall Memorial Prize in Poetry, Julie Marie Wade, literary contest, Maurice Manning, nonfiction, prizes, prose

Maurice Manning will be the final judge of the James Baker Hall Memorial Prize in Poetry. Julie Marie Wade will select the winner in nonfiction, and Crystal Wilkinson will select the winning fiction entry. New Southerner editors and advisory board members select the top five entries in each category. Final judges select winning entries. Read more about our final judges here. The contest opens Aug. 1 and ends Sept. 30. Submission guidelines are posted at www.newsoutherner.com/contest.

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And the winners are …

November 2, 2012December 20, 2012 admin fiction, James Baker Hall Memorial Prize in Poetry, literary prizes, nonfiction, winners

Editor’s note: Winning entries, finalists’ entries and semifinalists’ entries will appear in the 2012 New Southerner Literary Edition, which will