October 10, 2019

Carve Magazine

Fall 2019, Raymond Carver Contest

Gravity House by Carolyn Bishop

October 10, 2019

Carve Magazine

Fall 2019, Raymond Carver Contest

Gravity House by Carolyn Bishop

You press your forehead against the kitchen window, trying to see details in your garden, heat presses back like a fever.

October 14, 2018

Carve Magazine

Fall 2018

Explain It To Me by Jenessa Abrams

October 14, 2018

Carve Magazine

Fall 2018

Explain It To Me by Jenessa Abrams

K asks me to take her to the laundromat.

October 24, 2016

Carve Magazine

Fall 2016, Raymond Carver Contest

Come Down to the Water by Emily Flamm

October 24, 2016

Carve Magazine

Fall 2016, Raymond Carver Contest

“We are made of star stuff,” Alex tells me.

October 15, 2015

Carve Magazine

Fall 2015, Raymond Carver Contest

Kudzu by Andrea Bobotis

October 15, 2015

Carve Magazine

Fall 2015, Raymond Carver Contest

Kudzu by Andrea Bobotis

She could barely make him out. He—she was certain the figure was a he—was a fleck, a disturbance on the horizon, and—this was another certainty—he was coming her way.

October 15, 2014

Carve Magazine

Fall 2014, Raymond Carver Contest

The Snow Children by Wendy Oleson

October 15, 2014

Carve Magazine

Fall 2014, Raymond Carver Contest

The Snow Children by Wendy Oleson

Sarah never said it, but she agreed with the other kids that riding on the bus over Meredith Moore’s skull felt like riding over a big rock.

September 15, 2013

Carve Magazine

Fall 2013, Raymond Carver Contest

No Translation by Mona Awad

September 15, 2013

Carve Magazine

Fall 2013, Raymond Carver Contest

No Translation by Mona Awad

I am letting you listen to Ahmed’s thoughts. It’s important that you know this, because he only speaks Arabic, he only thinks in Arabic, and that’s not a language you understand.

September 15, 2012

Carve Magazine

Fall 2012, Raymond Carver Contest

The Third Element

September 15, 2012

Carve Magazine

Fall 2012, Raymond Carver Contest

The Third Element

Like a kid, Meredith counts down the final days of summer vacation.

September 15, 2011

Carve Magazine

Fall 2011, Raymond Carver Contest

Credo by Bridget Brewer

September 15, 2011

Carve Magazine

Fall 2011, Raymond Carver Contest

Credo by Bridget Brewer

The former Father Peter acts the same as always, from what we can see.

December 15, 2010

Carve Magazine

Winter 2010, Raymond Carver Contest

Unpracticed Altitudes by Shaun Hamill

December 15, 2010

Carve Magazine

Winter 2010, Raymond Carver Contest

Unpracticed Altitudes by Shaun Hamill

Onscreen, the pug pulls away just as Mrs. Hernandez in 7C calls to complain about an awful noise coming from the roof.

June 15, 2009

Carve Magazine

Summer 2009, Raymond Carver Contest

At the Last Minute by Martha Miller

June 15, 2009

Carve Magazine

Summer 2009, Raymond Carver Contest

At the Last Minute by Martha Miller

Dyed yellow, powdered cheeks, and a red kewpie doll mouth—I’m betting she’s in her late sixties.

September 15, 2008

Carve Magazine

Fall 2008, Raymond Carver Contest

Mourning the Departed by L. Annette Binder

September 15, 2008

Carve Magazine

Fall 2008, Raymond Carver Contest

Mourning the Departed by L. Annette Binder

Filipina ladies made the best funeral dishes.

December 15, 2007

Carve Magazine

Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Summit by Julia Gordon-Bramer

December 15, 2007

Carve Magazine

Winter 2007, Raymond Carver Contest

Summit by Julia Gordon-Bramer

Every time I walk through this Summit train station, the first thing that hits me is the vinegar stench of piss from the men’s room...

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