<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Perhaps of interest. Please note there is a $17 entry/subscription fee.<div><br></div><div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">CutBank Online <<a href="mailto:cutbankonline@gmail.com">cutbankonline@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">November 30, 2010 9:23:25 AM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:cutbank@umontana.edu">cutbank@umontana.edu</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry</b><br></span></div><br><div><div><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial" size="2"><span>Greetings,<br>
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<i>CutBank </i></span></font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><i><span style="font-style:italic"><span></span></span></i><span>is pleased
to announce the 2011 Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in
Creative Nonfiction, and the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry. </span><span>The goal of the Montana and
Goedicke Prizes is to recognize work that showcases an authentic voice,
a boldness of form, and a rejection of functional fixedness.</span></font><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12px"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Winners receive $500 and publication in <i>CutBank</i> 75, our summer 2011 issue. We are thrilled to announce this year's judges:<br>
<br></span></font></span></font><ul><li><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12px"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Montana Prize in Fiction - judge<b> Eileen Myles</b></span></font></span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12px"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction - judge <b>Thalia Field</b></span></font></span></font></li>
<li><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12px"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry - judge <b>D. A. Powell</b></span></font></span></font></li>
</ul><br><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:12px"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">More information is available below, and at <a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/page/contests" target="_blank">www.cutbankonline.org</a>.<br>
<br>We hope you'll share the following
opportunities with your students. Thank you!</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
Yours truly,</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
Kate Rutledge Jaffe</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
CutBank Editor-in-Chief</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/" target="_blank">www.cutbankonline.org</a><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<a style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" href="mailto:cutbank@umontana.edu" target="_blank">cutbank@umontana.edu</a></font>
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<font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>MONTANA PRIZE IN FICTION, MONTANA PRIZE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION, PATRICIA GOEDICKE PRIZE IN POETRY</span></span></font><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>
</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: garamond, serif; "><font size="4"><span style="font-style:italic"><span>CutBank </span></span><span>is pleased
to announce the <a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/page/contests" target="_blank">2011 Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry</a>. </span><span>The goal of the Montana and
Goedicke Prizes is to recognize work that showcases an authentic voice, a boldness of form, and a rejection of functional fixedness.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: garamond, serif; "><br>
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<font size="4"><span>This year, <b>Eileen Myles</b> will judge the fiction contest, <b>Thalia Field</b> will judge the nonfiction contest, and <b>D. A. Powell</b> will judge the poetry contest. We're thrilled to have such an esteemed group of writers participating in this year's awards. <br>
</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: garamond, serif; "><font size="4"><span><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: garamond, serif; "><font size="4"><span>Submissions
are accepted December 1, 2010 through February 28, 2011. Winners
receive $500 and publication in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">CutBank</span> 75. All submissions will be
considered for publication in CutBank. The contests' $17 entry fee
includes a one-year, two-issue subscription to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">CutBank</span>, beginning with
the prize issue, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">CutBank</span> 75. </span></font><font size="4"><span>For more information, visit <a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/page/contests" target="_blank">www.cutbankonline.org/page/contests</a> or </span></font><font size="4"><span><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; "><a href="http://cutbank.submishmash.com/Submit" style="text-decoration: underline; " target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">submit to the contest directly by clicking here!</span></a></span><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 255);line-height:19px"></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: garamond, serif; "><font size="4"><span><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 255);line-height:19px"></span><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 255);font-weight:bold;line-height:19px"><a href="http://cutbank.submishmash.com/Submit" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><br>
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<font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">CALL FOR
SUBMISSIONS TO CUTBANK</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font style="font-family:garamond,serif" size="4">Now in its 37<sup>th</sup>
year, <i><a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/page/Submit" target="_blank">CutBank</a></i> is once again looking for great work to publish in issues 74 and 75. From October
1 through February 15, we're welcoming original, unpublished works of poetry, fiction, and literary
nonfiction from established and upcoming writers alike. <span>Over the years, we've been privileged to feature work by Wendell Berry, William Kittredge,</span></font><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> </span><font style="font-family:garamond,serif" size="4"><span>Louise Erdrich, </span></font><font style="font-family:garamond,serif" size="4"><span>Aimee Bender, </span></font>
<font size="4"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">Richard Hugo, Seamus Heaney, Chris Offutt, Virgil Suarez, Steve Almond, and many others.</span><span style="font-family:Garamond"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">
As editors, we're looking
first and foremost for excellent writing. We love to read, and are
always looking for work that startles us, engaging us emotionally and
challenging us intellectually - and we work hard to cull the majority of
content for our issues from unsolicited submissions. We're always
excited to feature new writers. </span>Furthermore, we’re happy to announce that we’re now accepting online submissions</span><span style="font-family:Garamond">. C</span><span style="font-family:Garamond">lick<b> <a href="http://cutbank.submishmash.com/Submit" target="_blank">here</a> </b></span><span style="font-family:Garamond">to submit directly. We look forward to reading
your work!</span></font></p>
<font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond"></span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond">For more information and
to learn more about our other exciting ventures this year, visit
<a href="http://cutbankonline.org/" target="_blank">cutbankonline.org</a><b><span style="font-weight:normal">. </span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:Garamond;font-weight:normal">Thank
you!</span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond">Yours truly,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><br></font></p><p style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">CutBank Literary Magazine</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/" target="_blank">www.cutbankonline.org</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond"><font size="4"><a href="mailto:cutbank@umontana.edu" target="_blank">cutbank@umontana.edu</a></font></span></p>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Robin Russin<br><br>Associate Professor, Department of Theatre<br>Director, MFA for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts<br>University of California, Riverside<br>Riverside, CA 92521<br>(951) 827-2707<br>(213) 949-1061 cel<br><a href="mailto:robin.russin@ucr.edu">robin.russin@ucr.edu</a><br>http://robinrussin.com<br><br>"I try all things; I achieve what I can." - Ishmael in "Moby Dick," written by Herman Melville<br><br>"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." - William Munny in "Unforgiven," written by David Webb Peoples<br><br>"Hunger is the best spice." - Spike Spiegel in "Cowboy Bebop," written by Keiko Nobumoto</span>
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