2010 Fiction Contest Guest Judge: Susan Straight!

We're proud to announce Susan Straight as our 2010 Fiction Contest guest judge. Straight is a novelist and National Book Award finalist whose numerous essays and articles have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, and Harper's Magazine. She is a frequent contributor to NPR and Salon.com. Straight's story "Mines," first published in Zoetrope: All Story, was included in Best American Short Stories 2003, and she's been awarded a Lannan Literary Award (2007) and an Edgar Allan Poe Award (2008). She is a professor at the University of California, Riverside.

Perigee's 2010 Fiction Contest begins January 15th, with the release of our 27th issue. $800 in cash prizes is up for grabs, with publication in our popular summer issue (July 15, 2010). The winning entry will receive $400, with $250 being awarded to the 1st runner-up and $150 to the 2nd runner-up.

To read our contest guidelines, visit www.perigee-art.com/contest/. Beginning January 15th, you can submit your stories directly through our redesigned web site. Don't miss the chance to have your work appear alongside Pushcart- and award-winning writers, in a literary publication recently named one of the world's top 50. All contest entries will also be considered for regular publication.

The contest deadline is May 15, 2010, and winners will be announced on June 15th. Want something to whet your appetite and stir the muse? Read the winners of the 2009 Fiction Contest, as judged by novelist James Brown, by accessing our archived 23rd issue. Or simply read our current issue—chock full of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, all at no charge whatsoever.