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Editors' Prize Winners for the 2008 Summer Solstice Issue
Choosing only two works of writing in each issue of Cezanne's Carrot's for the Editors' Prizes is always a challenge; the choice for the Summer Solstice 2008 Issue was particularly difficult because of both the quality of the writing and how closely the topics of all the stories relate to the journal's mission and theme. In the end, we chose one fiction and one nonfiction story to receive the prizes for this issue. Our congratulations go to:
- Lee Upton, for her short story "The Floating Woman"
- Doris Plantus-Runey, for her nonfiction story "Lucky Fish"
Cezanne's Carrot editors continue to seek ways to generate enough income to pay all contributors in each issue. If you'd like to help, you can make a tax-deductible donation to Spiritual, Transformational, & Visionary Arts, Inc., the nonprofit publisher of this quarterly literary journal.
Editors' Prize Winners for the 2008 Vernal Equinox Issue
Cezanne's Carrot's editors have chosen two outstanding short stories in the Vernal Equinox 2008 Issue to receive our Editors' Prizes. These awards are given to the two stories (fiction or nonfiction) in each issue that we believe represent the best combination of excellent writing and the type of visionary, metaphysical story that relects the mission of this journal. For this issue, our congratulations go to:
- Tania Casselle, for her short story "Halva in the Glove Box"
- Jery Erwin, for his short story "On the Pier of the Circus of My Mind (With Horses)"
Writers in Profile Website Features Interview with Carrot Editor
An interview with Cezenne's Carrot co-editor Barbara Jacksha was featured on Kelly Spitzer's Writers in Profile web site in February 2008. In the interview, Barbara talks about the background and vision of Cezanne's Carrot, as well as her own writing projects.
Winter Solstice 2007 Contest Winners Announced
Three category prizes and two honorable mentions have been awarded to the winners of the first writing competition sponsored by Cezanne's Carrot. The contest, which closed Nov. 21, 2007, was open to ficition and creative nonfiction entries related to the theme of "Return of the Light."
The first-place winner in each category received a $100 cash prize and publication in the Winter Solstice 2007 issue of Cezanne's Carrot. Our congratulations go out to each of these first-place winners:
- Short Story: Rosemary Jones, for “The Tin Canister”
- Flash Fiction: Margaret A. Frey, for “Riding the Coma”
- Creative Nonfiction: Kevin S. Pendleton, for “The Boxing Match”
In addition, we congratulate these two authors whose entries merited honorable mention and publication in the Winter Solstice issue:
- Flash Fiction: Buzz Mauro, for “Candle”
- Creative Nonfiction: Carly Svamvour, for “This Place, This Time, This Light”
Editors' Prize Winners for the 2007 Autumnal Equinox Issue
Once again, choosing the editors' prize-winning stories for this issue was challenging—all of the fiction and nonfiction works are quite stunning. But the two we finally settled on, while vastly different from each other in content, are equally impressive in how they provoke our imagination, make us wonder about what is "Real," and do it with such beautiful prose. Our congratulations go to:
- Kyle Hemmings, for his short story "Water Woman"
- Mitzi McMahon, for her flash fiction "Forgotten"
Cezanne's Carrot Reviewed at Lucid Fiction Site
"In a world of jaded literature where including the spiritual epiphanies is often disallowed, Cezanne's Carrot warms us with the notion that it is indeed welcomed to combine both bold writing and to explore beyond the mundane world," writes Trantra Besenko in a review on her website, Lucid Fiction.
The review focuses on the work contained in the Summer Solstice 2007 issue and is one of several reviews of magazines that publish the genre Bensenko calls "lucid fiction."
Editors' Prize Winners for the 2007 Summer Solstice Issue
You won't want to miss the stories that captured this issue's editors' prizes. We loved the way both of these visionary stories (and their authors) captured us and quickly drew us into their unique worlds—one familiar, one perhaps not so familiar! Our congratulations to:
Editors' Prizes Awarded for 2007 Vernal Equinox Issue
This selection process seems to get harder with each issue, but we have awarded editors prizes to two amazing works. Both surprised us with their innovation, captured us with their voice and presence on the page, and thematically embraced what Cezanne's Carrot is all about. Our congratulations to:
Two Cezanne's Carrot stories featured in the "Best of the Net Anthology"
Sundress Press recently selected two stories originally published in Cezanne's Carrot for their 2006 Best of the Net Anthology.
With only six fiction pieces featured in the anthology, it was gratifying to see Mary Estrada's "Temperance, a Cautionary Tale" and C.S. Fuqua's "Magic." Both originally appeared in our 2006 Summer Solstice issue.
2006 Puschart Nominees Announced
Winnowing down all the poems and stories we loved from the last year was a process that involved much discussion, much email, and much anguish—but we finally did decide on our six picks. We offer our congratulations and gratitude to:
- R. Virgil Ellis, "Canto 27: This Fabric Canvassing the Wind"
- Jerry G. Erwin, "Prayer for Alana"
- Mary Estrada, "Temperance (a cautionary tale)"
- Eileen Malone, "He Wants to Let Himself Go"
- Charles Ries, "Albino Prunes"
- Laura Stamps, "White Porches"
Editors' Prizes Awarded for 2006 Winter Solstice Issue
With just two editors now awarding prizes, the competition has gotten tougher. We're happy to award the prizes to two writers whose work captured our imagination and our hearts—and never let go. Congratulations to:
- Charles Ries, for his short story "Albino Prunes"
- Hope Payson, for her poem "Chasing the Archer"
Editors' Prizes Awarded for 2006 Autumnal Equinox Issue
One of the most difficult — and most rewarding — tasks of publishing each issue of Cezanne's Carrot is choosing just three of the excellent literary works to be awarded our $25 Editors' Prizes. This issue's selection process proved to be no easier!
The works we ultimately picked are some that, as we talk about in this issue's Editors' Note, take the reader beyond the world of our physical senses, into territory that is just as real as the physical, and that we believe will become more familiar to all people as the Universe shifts to a higher consciousness. Each piece is imaginative, provocative, and has that "wow" factor we all love to encounter in our reading.
And so, with kudos to all the authors and artists whose work graces this issue, we congratulate the Editors' Prize winners of the Autumnal Equinox 2006 issue of Cezanne's Carrot:
- Cyndie Goins Hoelscher, for her short story "Blue Period"
- Theresa L. Hicks, for her creative nonfiction story "Life with Death"
- R. Virgil Ellis, for his poem "Canto 27: This Fabric Canvassing the Wind"
Carrot Editor Published in Norton Flash Fiction Anthology
We are delighted to announce the release of Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very Short Stories, a new anthology of flash fiction by some of the most well-known and respected fiction writers of today, including Grace Paley, John Updike, Amy Hempel, Pamela Painter, Richard Bausch, Paul Theroux — and our own Barbara Jacksha, co-founder and editor of Cezanne's Carrot. The anthology's editors, James Thomas and Robert Shapard, write that they were "determined to bring you the best flashes from America in the twenty-first century." They scoured the periodical world and chose their selections for the finest published flash fiction. Barbara's story, "Geometry Can Fail Us," was first published in Beloit Fiction Journal in 2004.
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Editors' Prizes Awarded for 2006 Summer Solstice Issue
We're learning that it will never be easy to select our three $25 Editors' Prize winners. Each of this issue's winning works touched us with its richness, complexity, and depth. These are pieces you'll want to read again and again. Our congratulations go to:
- Mary Estrada, for her short story "Temperance (a cautionary tale)"
- C.S. Fuqua, for his short story "Magic"
- Miriam Sagan, for her poem "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"
Editors' Prizes Awarded for 2006 Vernal Equinox Issue
With this, our second issue, we’ve begun awarding three $25 Editors’ Prizes to fiction, nonfiction, or poetry in each edition.
To pick just three pieces from the work in this issue was a lot like holding a handful of brilliant diamonds and then trying to choose the ones with the greatest sparkle. Not an easy task.
But we did select three pieces that resonated with us on a number of levels. Each exhibits great artistry as well as a deep wisdom that both inspired us and left us breathless. Our congratulations go to:
- Tamara Kaye Sellman, for her short story "Messages"
- Marian Kaplun Shapiro, for her poem "Naming"
- Laura Stamps, for her poem "White Porches"
2005 Puschart Nominees Announced
Our first bit of news is the announcement of our Pushcart Prize nominees. We would have nominated every one of our contributors' works, but each journal is limited to six selections. It was a very difficult decision, and one we had to make before all of our contributors sent us their work. Nevertheless, we offer our congratulations to:
- Mary Estrada, "Pastorela"
- Mary Estrada, "La Sirena"
- Antonios Maltezos, "A Fond Memory of Lovingkindness"
- Lyn Lifshin, "Sunset Limited"
- Joan Logghe, "The Strange Guest"
- Pam Wynn, "Resurrection"
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