Issue #38
Issue #38 - Fall 2010 |
Editorial Comment Highlights |
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The cutbacks have come, and magazines and arts organizations are feeling the hit. Sometimes, it is wise not to look around at the increasingly barren arts landscape, but simply to don blinkers and plod forward to the next issue in the hope that things will change. This issue, number thirty- eight, is another contest issue, in which we feature the winners and honourable mentions in both poetry and fiction. Once again, we are indebted to ABE Books for their unfaltering support in this enterprise. They have been a staunch and generous supporter of the Claremont Review for over five years now, and because of their sponsorship, this magazine has been able to attract entries from all across North America. As a result, the following pages are full of wonderful stories and poems for our readers. We have repeat winners from previous years, as well as entirely new faces, and the quality of the submissions, particularly in poetry, was once again amazing. Our able judges have done the difficult work of selecting the few winners, and, while it would be rude to steal their thunder–please, read their comments in advance of the winning entries–the editorial board is unanimous in its agreement that stories like Brittany Graham’s “Pay Up” and poems of the calibre of Maggie Reagan’s “Cygnet” are more than examples of brilliant writing, they are solid evidence of successful careers in the making. We will be hearing from these writers for years to come.
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Table of Contents
Poetry
Ben Morton-Coray> Disobedience Oliver Brooks Future Rejuvenation Kristina Knappett No Light Beams Down from Heaven Lisa Evans They Were Here First Catherine Graham Master And Apprentice Allison Neil You Are Really Not Afraid of the Peacock You Are Not Connor McCleary Slow-Motion Explosions Madalena Henning Digging a Dungeon Chris Reynolds Fancy Ants Mikel Wall This Will Never Happen Tynan van Wyk Family Tree A Love Poem Ian Kopp November Erika Ruiter Let It Fall Walking on Water Giuliana Bianco Candy Land Maggie Reagan Cygnet Camille Petersen Bonfire Desanka Beslic Gulfina Caroline Parker Adams Daddy Brianna Cerkiewicz Moving to the City Brianne Fellows Midnight Dance Ben Kenzer 10:14 Sarah McIlmoyl Universal Laws Cara Dorris La sombra de lluvia Junior Year Allison Shaw Dreams on a Train Lullaby for an Insomniac Jay Pabarue Solutions How a body reaches its potential Ellery Duncan Scrambled Eggs Are the Worst Thing I Can Think of While You Were Sleeping Sarah Price Popsicle Sticks and Glue Ali West The Greatest Danger January 8, Boston Lincoln Welsh Untouchable Leo Marchand Ode to a Siamese Fighting Fish Kelly Twa Anti-Petrarchan Lyn Li Che Resume Portrait Fiction
Brittany Graham Pay Up Gabriel Walden Lingering in Cloud Nine Christopher Alessandrini Isabelle's Purse Claire Zhang Poet Allison Shaw The Explorer Brittany Graham Licorice Melissa Vivian Chung Losing Niyousha Bastani Impulse Sadie McCarney Tantrums Mira Kaufman Jazz Linda Yu Marsupials Allegra Lee Vicarious Visual Arts
Justin Taylor Peeking In Bottled Beauty Miscellaneous
Fiction Judges' Comments Poetry Judges' Coments Contributors's Notes