Slippery Elm Prize Winner Announced in Prose

Congratulations to Victor McConnell, for his story “Before It Gets Cold,” chosen by this year’s judge Lara Lillibridge! Lara says, “’Before it Gets Cold’ is lyrical rumination of the liminal space between day and night, between relationships, and between stagnation and moving on. Throughout this essay the longing for sleep mimics…

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Announcing 2025 Prose Finalists!

Here are our Finalists in the 2025 Slippery Elm Prose Contest: “Tree Assassin” by Erin Striff “Red and White” by Wisteria Deng “The Marks We Leave” by Anne Gudger “Before It Gets Cold” by Victor McConnell “The Coyote Wars” by Bill Smoot “Night Window” by Kathleen Tyler “Hyacinth” by Kerry…

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Pushcarts 2024!

Congratulations and good luck to our 2024 Pushcart nominees!   Remember to Forget, by JA Sauvageau Denny, How Can I Know You?, by Joyce Victor The Tragic Sense of Life, by Dante Di Stefano Hunting Season, by Luisa Barron The Earth Remembers Seven Sorrows, by Marjorie Maddox la bala perdida.,…

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