Contests: Raymond Carver | Esoteric Awards

2013 CONTEST WINNERS

We’re pleased to announce the winners of our 2013 Esoteric Awards contest (theme: Natural Disaster). The stories are now available to read online and in our Premium Edition.

Click to preview the Premium Edition.Prizewinners

“Storm in a Teacup” by Dan Powell, United Kingdom.

“The Possibility of Fire” by Jessica Barksdale, Oakland, CA

“Higher Ground” by Karen Celestan, New Orleans, LA

Honorable Mentions*:

“Before the Earth Shook” by Victoria Large, Cambridge, MA

“A Chance to Get Involved” by Jeff Moscaritolo, Lincoln, NE.

*The honorable mentions are available to read in our Premium Edition. Preview or order now through PayPal ($12, includes shipping, +$5 for int’l).

Thank you to everyone who entered! The three prizewinners were awarded $1000 each.

The spring 2013 issue will be our first nationally distributed Premium Edition, so ask your local bookstore to stock up on Carve — and make sure to clarify you mean the short story magazine, not the British surfing magazine of the same name.

Our 2014 Esoteric Awards theme will be announced soon, so stay tuned…