Perigee's 2009 Fiction Contest is Now Open!

We are excited to announce that our 2009 Fiction Contest is now accepting submissions. $600 in cash prizes is up for grabs, along with a Pushcart nomination by the editors, and publication in our highly anticipated, commemorative 25th issue.

This year we're proud to have James Brown serve as our guest judge. Brown is the author of The Los Angeles Diaries: A Memoir (HarperCollins), which was chosen for Best Books of the Year 2004 from the San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, and The Independent in the U.K. His work has appeared in GQ, The New York Times Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. Brown has written several novels including Lucky Town and Final Performance.

Click here to read our contest guidelines. You can also submit your stories quickly and easily using our redesigned online submission process. Don't miss the chance to have your work appear along Pushcart nominees and award winning writers, in what has long been one of the most innovative literary publications on the web.

The contest deadline is April 30, 2009, and winners will be announced on June 15th. Want something to whet your appetite and stir the muse? Read the winners of the 2008 Fiction Contest, as judged by Thomas E Kennedy, by visiting our archived 21st issue online here.

Our thanks in advance to all those who choose to participate in what is sure to be another excellent competition.

Warmest Wishes for the New Year,

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2009 Fiction Contest Opens Soon!

Perigee's 2009 Fiction Contest will soon be accepting submissions. This is our most prestigious contest, with a Pushcart nomination going to the first place entry, publication in our 6th year anniversary issue, and $600 in cash prizes for the winners. Call it a stimulus package, if you like, or consider it a just reward for the best crafted, top three stories.

This year we are very pleased to announce that James Brown has agreed to serve as Perigee's guest judge. He will make the final determination of winners. James Brown is the author of The Los Angeles Diaries: A Memoir (HarperCollins), which was chosen for Best Books of the Year 2004 by the San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, and the UK's The Independent. His work has appeared in GQ, The New York Times Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. Brown has written several novels including Lucky Town and Final Performance. He has received the Nelson Algren Award for Short Fiction, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in fiction writing and a Chesterfield Film Writing Fellowship from Universal/Amblin Entertainment.

We are so pleased he has agreed to serve as guest judge and invite you to submit your best short fiction to our contest, when it opens on January 1st, 2009.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 03, 2008
405 Crime Corp.
Anonymous pregnancy freeway hurtles West
As near to the intersection as motorists
Anonymous teachers upset that pediatricians published teen

As of Sunday, the Network 405 involved parents daily
Young sexual police diving, the beach slaying
The multiple three crime men study programming

risks is wounds;
content is sex;
crime is homeless.

5 found dead near the 405 in Long Beach
Study: Sex on TV linked to teen pregnancies
Video shows man playing 'chicken' with 50mph train

—Will Scott

Issue 24 Submissions Now Open

Submissions are now being accepted for our 24th issue, due out in April of 2009. Our 24th issue will also mark our sixth anniversary and will include the winners of our upcoming fiction contest. Our anniversary issues are consistently our best, and now is the perfect time to get your work included along Pushcart nominees and a growing list of international contributors.

Click here to learn about the submission procedure and to upload your submission.