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We’re giving away 50 copies of Kate Garklavs’s micro-chapbook, In Memoriam: Lot 69097, at the 2017 AWP Conference in Washington, DC. Kate’s story was the winner of our most recent flash fiction contest, judged by Leesa Cross-Smith. Each of these 50 copies will be numbered and signed by the author. Stop by table 548-T to get yours. We expect them to be gone fast, so show up early if you want to snag one!
Leesa Cross-Smith has finished deliberating, and she has selected Kate Garklavs‘s “In Memoriam: Lot 69097″ as the 2016 Flash Fiction Contest winner.
Kate Garklavs lives and works in Portland, OR. Her work has previously appeared in Ohio Edit, Juked, Matchbook, and Tammy, among other places. She earned her MFA at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and she’s currently a reader for the Portland Review.
This year’s finalists are Thomas Duncan, Melissa Goode, Jillian Jackson, Ingrid Jendrzejewski, Meghan Phillips, and Tessa Yang. Here’s what Leesa had to say about Kate Garklavs’s winning story:
“The language of this story is surprising and so, so pretty. ‘piquant as the night breeze to ocean-damp skin’ and ‘the copier’s light shuttled back and forth beneath the lowered lid, gold spilling out in warm flashes.’ ‘My heartbeat slowed to match the thrum, click, return of the copier.’ I loved reading this story, but even more than that, I loved rereading this story. It’s funny and sweet and pretty much everything I look for in my flash fiction. Nostalgia and romance, a bit of ridiculousness, a whole lot of heart.”
—Leesa Cross-Smith, contest judge and author of Every Kiss a War
Kate’s winning piece will be published on The Conium Review Online Compendium, and it will be made into a limited-run micro-chapbook for distribution at the 2017 AWP Conference in Washington, DC. She will receive a $300 prize and a copy of the judge’s latest book.
There were tons of amazing submissions, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll send us next year. The general submission queue opens on January 1st. Additionally, we’ll be announcing the 2017 Flash Fiction Contest judge shortly. Sign up for our newsletter to stay informed about these calls for submissions and news from The Conium Review and Conium Press.
Olivia Ciacci’s “My Hair Thing” was published on The Butter (an offshoot of The Toast, edited by Roxane Gay) earlier this month. Congrats on the new publication, Olivia! Read “My Hair Thing” here.
Olivia Ciacci’s story, “Nostalgia,” appeared in Volume 3 of The Conium Review, and you can find more of her work at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
Last but not least, here’s a preview of Olivia Ciacci’s piece from the The Conium Review Vol. 3 Collector’s Edition. “Nostalgia” jumps between characters in the past, present, and distant future.
The interior printed on 24-lb linen paper. The cover is 65-lb cream cardstock with a red leaf underneath.
Volume 3 releases on November 30th. Get yours while you can!
This issue’s stories and authors are:
About the Volume 3 Authors:
Olivia Ciacci is an improvisational comedian who teaches high school English in Connecticut. Her work has occasionally appeared on McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
Tom Howard’s work has appeared recently in ARDOR, Storm Cellar, Quarter After Eight, Digital Americana and elsewhere. He lives with his wife in Arlington, Virginia.
DV Klenak’s piece is part of a book of linked short stories titled Le Jardin de Montenegro. She has been published in Raven Chronicles, The Pitkin Review, Underneath the Juniper Tree, Portland Monthly Magazine, and others. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College.
Jan LaPerle lives in east Tennessee with her husband, Clay Matthews, and her daughter, Winnie. She teaches at Tennessee’s oldest college, Tusculum College. She has published a book of poetry, It Would Be Quiet (Prime Mincer Press, 2013), and an e-chap of flash fiction, Hush (Sundress Publications 2012), and several other stories and poems.
Zach Powers lives and writes in Savannah, Georgia. He is writing this bio himself, and writing it in the third person, which to him feels rather pompous. He is averse to pomposity and is really quite personable. You’d like him. Give Zach Powers a chance. Why do you have to be so judgmental? His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Brooklyn Review, Forklift, Ohio, Phoebe, PANK, Caketrain, The Bitter Oleander, Quiddity, The Nervous Breakdown, and elsewhere. He is the founder of the literary arts nonprofit Seersucker Live (SeersuckerLive.com). He leads the writers’ workshop at the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, where he also serves on the board of directors. His writing for television won an Emmy. Get to know him at ZachPowers.com.
Christine Texeira is an MFA candidate at the University of Notre Dame. She is from Seattle, Washington.
Meeah Williams is a graphic artist and writer. She lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. with her husband, Hank.