Greetings!
The December issue of
Gemini Magazine is now online featuring the winners of our Flash Fiction Contest and other new work.
Leslie Anne Mcilroy took top honors and the $1,000 prize for her sensual story
"The Old Point," set in New Orleans. Second place goes to Luke Tennis for
"On Puraran Beach," a moving account of a man struggling to cope with the tragic death of his 18-year-old daughter.
Honorable mentions go to:
Jacob Cockcroft,
"The Last Poet"
Liz Killian,
"On Exhibit"
N.L. Pillman,
"Good Will"
A.C. Koch,
"Tea Cup"
Daniel R. Snyder offers practical advice in his essay
"Remember These Things" and Richard Kostelanetz shares his satirical
"Short Five-Act Plays." From the archives,
"Water" by Gene Fendt, winner of our 2015 Poetry Open.
We are accepting entries for our ninth annual
Poetry Open competition.The deadline is January 2, 2019. The top prize is $1,000 and the entry fee is just $7 for up to three poems. We are open to any style of poetry on any topic.
Best wishes to our Pushcart Prize nominees
(for work published in 2018)
Sakinah Hofler,
"Family on the PATH Train"
George Harrar,
"Bedlam"
Anne Bower,
"The Internet of Everything"
Rafaella Del Bourgo,
"Winter, Lower Longley, Tasmania"
Glena Trachta,
"Offering Prayer, or What I Brought to Standing Rock"
Leslie Anne Mcilroy,
"The Old Point"
Also check out our
Best Small Fictions nominees for the 2019 anthology.
Gemini Contributor News
Belated congratulations to Sakinah Hofler, who won the 2017-2018
Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award from the Mid-American Review for "The Prophet, the Fixer." Read Sakinah's Pushcart-nominated prose poem "Family on the PATH Train" from our August 2018 issue
here.
And a tip of the hat to John Brantingham, semifinalist in the 2018 Best Small Fictions for
"She Wonders Vietnam" from our July 2017 issue.
No-fee
general submissions remain open year round for both written work and visual art.
Peace!
David Bright, Editor