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Poetry

• Jill Bergkamp: "Nocturne with Coffee Fields and Lightning"

• B. J. Best: "Cloud Journal"

• Talia Bloch: "Death Valley," "In the City"

• Pamela Burger: "The Ask-Out"

• Heather June Gibbons: "Do Not Leave this Box"

• W. Todd Kaneko: "Directions"

• F. Daniel Rzicznek: "Gralloch"

• Elena Stefoi: "'Fall Into the World' trans. by Adam J. Sorkin and Liana Vrajitoru"

• Marcela Sulak: "Pomegranates," "In Praise of the Keiffer Pear," "Turnip"

• Mark Wagenaar: "Survival Plans"

The Southeast Review Poetry Contest 2010, Judged by Barbara Hamby

Finalists

• Chuck Carlise: "Street Ghazal"

• Alicia Case: "Inversion"

• Chad Faries: "Fracture: Of Flying"

• Dion Farquhar: "Legacy"

• Gabor G. Gyukics: "Forge or Subdue"

• Ellen LaFlèche: "Midwife Man"

• Rebecca Lauren: "Eschatology"

• Jeanne Wagner: "Kentucky Is the Saddest State"

• Diana Woodcock: "Counting Desert Birds"

Winner

• Rebecca Hoogs: "Miss Scarlet"

Comic

• Kaitlin Baudier: "The Accompanist"

Fiction

• Jay Bates: "The Fisher of Fishermen"

• Ryan Dilbert: "Speak Now"

• Brenna Dixon: "The Weight of Birds"

• Kristin FitzPatrick: "White Rabbit"

• Dustin M. Hoffman: "Self-Destruct"

Art

• Jenna Gribbon: "The Enigma of Possibility: The Artist Writes," "Anne," "Brad," "Mack," "If Matthew weren't colorblind...," "Self-Portrait as an Insomniac Soothsayer," "If I were a blonde...," "Cold Nest," "Still Life with Tome and Time"

World's Best Short-Short Story Contest 2010, Judged by Robert Olen Butler

Finalists

• Mical Dalrey: "Bruce Ismay Commentates the Winter Olympics, St. Moritz, 1928"

• Betsy Denson: "Impact"

• Jen Fawkes: "Dear Ahab"

• M. J. Fievre: "On the Balcony"

• Amina Gautier: "Prone"

• Kim Henderson: "The Carousel"

• Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich: "A Clean-Shaven Man"

• Rebecca J. Schmuck: "There Are No Philosophers Anymore"

Winner

• Betsy Denson: "Motion," "Rest"

Interview

• Melissa Pritchard: "The Mystery from Which Everything Arises: An Interview with Melissa Pritchard"

Nonfiction

• Jim Krosschell: "Felling Trees"

• Zakariya Loutfi: "What Are the Young Muslims Doing Today?"

The Southeast Review Narrative Nonfiction Contest 2010, Judged by Julianna Baggott

Finalists

• Lisa K. Buchanan: "Sixty-Seven Reasons to Answer the Door on a Satuday at 6:03 a.m."

• Caitlin Leffel: "Hope for Dead Letters"

Winner

• Deborah Thompson: "See Monkey Dance, Make Good Photo"

Book Reviews

• Katherine Conner: "My Bright Midnight, Josh Russell"

• Okla Elliot: "The Possible Is Monstrous, Friedrich Durrenmatt trans. Daniele Pantano"

• Michael Shea: "Tongue, Rachel Contreni Flynn"