<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI -- deadline approaches. Please note there is an entry fee.<br><div><br><div><b>CutBank contests - deadline February 28th</b></div><br>Greetings,<br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
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<span><i>CutBank Literary Magazine's</i></span><i> </i></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">annual print contests, the Montana Prize in Fiction,
Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and the Patricia Goedicke Prize in
Poetry, close on February 28th. 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. Winners receive $500 and publication in <span><i>CutBank</i></span>
75, our summer 2011 issue. This year's judges include <b>Eileen Myles </b>(fiction), <b>Thalia Field </b>(creative nonfiction) and <b>D. A. Powell </b>(poetry). </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We hope you'll share the following opportunities with your <span>students</span>.
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available below, and at <a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/" target="_blank">www.cutbankonline.org</a>. Thank you!<br>
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Yours truly, <br>
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Kate Rutledge Jaffe<br>
<span>CutBank</span> Editor-in-Chief<br>
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</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">MONTANA
PRIZE IN FICTION, MONTANA PRIZE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION, PATRICIA GOEDICKE PRIZE
IN POETRY</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;"><i>CutBank</i></span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;"><i> Literary Magazine</i>'s annual print contests, the </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;"><a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/page/contests" target="_blank">Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and the
Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry</a>, close on February 28th. 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><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Garamond;"></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Garamond;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;">This
year, <b>Eileen Myles</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;">
will judge the fiction contest, <b>Thalia Field</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;"> will judge the nonfiction
contest, and <b>D. A. Powell</b></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;"> will judge the poetry contest. We're thrilled to have
such an esteemed group of writers participating in this year's awards. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Garamond;"></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Garamond;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;">Submissions
are accepted through February 28, 2011. Winners receive $500
and publication in <span><i>CutBank</i></span> 75. All submissions
will be considered for publication in <span>CutBank</span>. The <span>contests</span>' $17 entry fee includes a one-year, two-issue
subscription to <span><i>CutBank</i></span>, beginning with the prize
issue, <span><i>CutBank</i></span> 75. For more information, click <a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/page/contests" target="_blank">here</a> or <a href="http://cutbank.submishmash.com/Submit" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">submit
to the contest directly by clicking here!</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Garamond;"></span></p>
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"></span><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;">To learn
more about our other exciting ventures this year, visit <a href="http://cutbankonline.org/" target="_blank">cutbankonline.org</a>. Thank you!</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;">Yours truly,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;">CutBank</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial;"> Literary Magazine</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;"><a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/" target="_blank">www.cutbankonline.org</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond;"><a href="mailto:cutbank@umontana.edu" target="_blank"><span>cutbank</span>@umontana.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times;"></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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