The Black River Chapbook Competition: Fall 2011 Finalists & Semi-Finalists

We’re happy to ring in 2012 by announcing the finalists and semi-finalists for the Fall 2011 Black River Chapbook Competition! It’s always tough to choose among the many wonderful submissions, but here they are:

Poetry Finalists
Bone Letters – Peter Schwartz & Nicelle Davis
Farmstead of the Burning Field – Duncan Campbell
Mountain Redemption – Nick McRae
not meant for you     Dear Love – Brian Clements

Poetry Semi-Finalists
Annunciation – Barbara Tomash
Malice Aforethought – Jon Flieger
Proximity – Jan Freeman
Sludge – Vivian Prescott
The War Reporter – Dan O’Brien

Fiction Finalists
A Purposeful Violence – Nicole Louise Reid

Fiction Semi-Finalists
Amateur Husbandry – Phillip Sterling
One of Many Off-Seasons – Laurie Ann Cedilnik

Congratulations to all!